Citation

Laidler KJ, Hunt G. Br. J. Criminol. 2001; 41(4): 656-678.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, Publisher Oxford University Press)

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Abstract

Sociologists and criminologists in America have had a longstanding interest in youth gangs dating back to the pioneering work of Frederick Thrasher through to the subcultural theories of the 1960s -1970s to the present. Until recently, the primary focus was on the role of male gang members. In contrast, discussions about young women's involvement in gangs, with a few notable exceptions, have been typically shallow and sexist. In this paper the authors examine the meanings, expressions and paradoxes of femininity as they are understood and experienced by Latina, African American and Asian-Pacific American female gang members. The analysis, based on in-depth interviews with 141 gang members, is part of a long-term study (1990-present) of youth gangs in the San Francisco Bay Area. (Abstract Adapted from Source: British Journal of Criminology, 2001. Copyright © 2001 by Oxford University Press)

California
Juvenile Female
Juvenile Gang
Juvenile Offender
Juvenile Crime
Adult Female
Adult Gang
Adult Offender
Adult Crime
Female Gang
Female Crime
Female Offender
Offender Characteristics
Late Adolescence
Early Adolescence
Demographic Characteristics
Gang Membership Causes
African American Adult
African American Crime
African American Female
African American Gang
African American Juvenile
African American Offender
Hispanic Adult
Hispanic Crime
Hispanic Female
Hispanic Gang
Hispanic Juvenile
Hispanic Offender
Asian Adult
Asian Crime
Asian Female
Asian Gang
Asian Juvenile
Asian Offender
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