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Dead end kids : gang girls and the boys they know / Mark S. Fleisher. [electronic resource]
- 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.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 278 )
- Other Title:
- Dead End Kids
- Place of Publication:
- Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c1998.
- Summary:
- Exposes the depravity and humanity of gang life as seen through the eyes of a teen-aged girl named Cara.
- Contents:
- The call
- Fremont hustlers
- Inside
- Families
- Dark side
- Misery
- 5403 smart: the northeast gangstas
- The arrest
- Borderline
- Wrong side
- Miscarriage
- Pregnant again
- A look back
- Gang girls, gang babies
- Street ethnography: methods, ethics, and politics.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-273) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-585-13620-3
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