One of the Guys Girls, Gangs, and Gender

by Miller, Jody

• ISBN13: 9780195130775
• ISBN10: 0195130774
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-10-26
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Acknowledgments	xiii
Perspectives on Gangs and Gender	1	(17)
Studying in ``New'' Gang Cities	18	(17)
Getting into Gangs	35	(29)
Gangs and Gang Life in Columbus	64	(28)
Gangs and Gang Life in St. Louis	92	(31)
Rod K. Brunson
Niquita Vinyard
Gangs, Delinquency, and Violence	123	(28)
Gender and Victimization in Gangs	151	(27)
Gender Strategies in Youth Gangs	178	(21)
Conclusion	199	(6)
Appendix	205	(2)
Notes	207	(38)
References	245	(14)
Index	259