TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1996//
TI  - "Smartness", "Toughness", and "Autonomy": Drug Use in the Context of Gang Female Delinquency
JO  - Journal of drug issues
A1  - Brotherton, David C.
SP  - 261
EP  - 277
VL  - 26
IS  - 1
N2  - This paper, based on data from interviews with a selective sample of self-identified gang females, compares the practices and characteristics of three gangs, highlighting the interrelationship of drugs, delinquency, and social context. Using themes developed from the classical gang delinquency study of Walter Miller in 1958 (Journal of Social Issues, XIV, no. 3), this paper argues that just as he was able to discern major "focal concerns" among lower-class gang males, the same might be said of gang females. However, during the era in which Miller was writing, gang females were still considered mere "appendages" of male gangs and left unanalyzed. This paper refocuses attention on the importance of gang female agency, showing how the degree of autonomy obtained by gang females is shaped by the entrepreneurial success of their delinquent activities, especially in the field of drug sales. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Journal of Drug Issues, 1996. Copyright © 1996 by Florida State University, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice)  Juvenile Delinquency Juvenile Gang Juvenile Female Juvenile Offender Female Gang Female Delinquency Female Offender Female Substance Use Drug Use Effects Gang Drug Trafficking 10-02<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-0426
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -