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Dead end kids : gang girls and the boys they know / Mark S. Fleisher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fleisher, Mark S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Female juvenile delinquents--Missouri--Kansas City--Case studies.
- Female juvenile delinquents.
- Gang members--Missouri--Kansas City--Case studies.
- Gang members.
- At-risk youth--Missouri--Kansas City--Case studies.
- At-risk youth.
- Gangs--Missouri--Kansas City.
- Gangs.
- Juvenile delinquency--Missouri--Kansas City.
- Juvenile delinquency.
- Kansas City (Mo.)--Social conditions.
- Kansas City (Mo.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (293 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Dead End Kids exposes both the depravity and the humanity in gang life through the eyes of a teenaged girl named Cara, a member of a Kansas City gang. In this shocking yet compassionate account, Mark Fleisher shows how gang girls' lives are shaped by poverty, family disorganization, and parental neglect.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. The Call
- 2. Fremont Hustlers
- 3. Inside
- 4. Families
- 5. Dark Side
- 6. Misery
- 7. 5403 Smart: the Northeast Gangstas
- 8. The Arrest
- 9. Borderline
- 10. Wrong Side
- 11. Miscarriage
- 12. Pregnant Again
- 13. A Look Back
- 14. Gang Girls, Gang Babies
- 15. Street Enthography: Methods, Ethics, and Politics
- Notes
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612424038
- 9781282424036
- 1282424033
- 9780299158835
- 0299158837
- OCLC:
- 489295238
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