8 Ball Chicks A Year in the Violent World of Girl Gangs

Name: 8 Ball Chicks A Year in the Violent World of Girl Gangs
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ISBN: 9780385474320

ISBN-10: 0385474326

ISBN-13: 9780385474320

Edition: 1997

Authors: Gini Sikes

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Dismissed by the police as mere adjuncts to or gofers for male gangs, girl gang members are in fact often as emotionally closed off and dangerous as their male counterparts. Carrying razor blades in their mouths and guns in their jackets for defense, they initiate drive-by shootings, carry out car jackings, stomp outsiders who stumble onto or dare to enter the neighborhood, viciously retaliate against other gangs and ferociously guard their home turf. But Sikes also captures the differences that distinguish girl gangs-abortion, teen pregnancy and teen motherhood, endless beatings and the humiliation of being forced to have sex with a lineup of male gangbangers during initiation,…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/20/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 278
Size: 5.20" wide x 8.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English