@article{ref1,
title="Accomplishing Femininity Among the Girls in the Gang",
journal="British journal of criminology",
year="2001",
author="Laidler, Karen Joe and Hunt, Geoffrey",
volume="41",
number="4",
pages="656-678",
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)CaliforniaJuvenile FemaleJuvenile GangJuvenile OffenderJuvenile CrimeAdult FemaleAdult GangAdult OffenderAdult CrimeFemale GangFemale CrimeFemale OffenderOffender CharacteristicsLate AdolescenceEarly AdolescenceDemographic CharacteristicsGang Membership CausesAfrican American AdultAfrican American CrimeAfrican American FemaleAfrican American GangAfrican American JuvenileAfrican American OffenderHispanic AdultHispanic CrimeHispanic FemaleHispanic GangHispanic JuvenileHispanic OffenderAsian AdultAsian CrimeAsian FemaleAsian GangAsian JuvenileAsian Offender12-01<p />",
language="en",
issn="0007-0955",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}