
One of the Guys
Girls, Gangs and Gender
Jody Miller(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published in November 2000
Book
Hardback
282 pages
978-0-19-513077-5 (ISBN)
Description
One of the Guys examines the causes, nature, and meaning of female gang involvement. Miller situates the study of female gang membership in the context of current directions in feminist scholarship and current research on both gangs and female criminal offenders. The body of the book draws on interviews from girls in two mid-sized midwestern cities with relatively new gang histories, St. Louis, Missouri and Columbus, Ohio. It discusses how and why girls join gangs, the nature of girls' involvement in gangs (including initiation rituals, gang rules, inter-gang-rivalries, and criminal activities), and how gang involvement shapes girls' participation in delinquency and their risk of victimization, as well as the ways their gender affects this experience.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
tabl.
2 line illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
559 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-513077-5 (9780195130775)
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