"The topic of young women's participation in street gangs and violence has generated much heat and little light-until now. Dr. Miller's use of multiple theoretical and methodological lenses produces a comparative perspective that is rare in social research. Her sophisticated analyses of the impact of gender on gang girls' lives contributes to our understanding of how gang involvement shapes these girls' experience. One of the Guys is surely one of thebest scholarly works about gangs."--Cheryl L. Maxson, University of Southern California"We have long known that girls are in gangs, but very little first-hand research on their lives, their choices, and their differences has been available. For this reason, Miller's detailed work on girls in gangs not only fills an enormous scholarly void in gang research, it also provides those that are working with this problem with solid, careful information on the painful bargains that girls in economically marginalized and violent neighborhoods are forced tomake every day."--Meda Chesney-Lind, University of Hawaii at Manoa

• Foreword ; Acknowledgements ; 1. Perspective on Gangs and Gender ; 2. Studying in 'New' Gangs Cities ; 3. Getting into Gangs ; 4. Gangs and Gangs Life in Columbus ; 5. Gangs and Gang Life in St. Louis ; 6. Gangs, Delinquney, and Violence ; 7. Gender and Victimization in Gangs ; 8. Gender Strategies in Youth Gangs ; 9. Conclusion

"The topic of young women's participation in street gangs and violence has generated much heat and little light-until now. Dr. Miller's use of multiple theoretical and methodological lenses produces a comparative perspective that is rare in social research. Her sophisticated analyses of the impact of gender on gang girls' lives contributes to our understanding of how gang involvement shapes these girls' experience. One of the Guys is surely one of thebest scholarly works about gangs."--Cheryl L. Maxson, University of Southern California"We have long known that girls are in gangs, but very little first-hand research on their lives, their choices, and their differences has been available. For this reason, Miller's detailed work on girls in gangs not only fills an enormous scholarly void in gang research, it also provides those that are working with this problem with solid, careful information on the painful bargains that girls in economically marginalized and violent neighborhoods are forced tomake every day."--Meda Chesney-Lind, University of Hawaii at Manoa

• Foreword ; Acknowledgements ; 1. Perspective on Gangs and Gender ; 2. Studying in 'New' Gangs Cities ; 3. Getting into Gangs ; 4. Gangs and Gangs Life in Columbus ; 5. Gangs and Gang Life in St. Louis ; 6. Gangs, Delinquney, and Violence ; 7. Gender and Victimization in Gangs ; 8. Gender Strategies in Youth Gangs ; 9. Conclusion

"The topic of young women's participation in street gangs and violence has generated much heat and little light-until now. Dr. Miller's use of multiple theoretical and methodological lenses produces a comparative perspective that is rare in social research. Her sophisticated analyses of the impact of gender on gang girls' lives contributes to our understanding of how gang involvement shapes these girls' experience. One of the Guys is surely one of thebest scholarly works about gangs."--Cheryl L. Maxson, University of Southern California"We have long known that girls are in gangs, but very little first-hand research on their lives, their choices, and their differences has been available. For this reason, Miller's detailed work on girls in gangs not only fills an enormous scholarly void in gang research, it also provides those that are working with this problem with solid, careful information on the painful bargains that girls in economically marginalized and violent neighborhoods are forced tomake every day."--Meda Chesney-Lind, University of Hawaii at Manoa

• Foreword ; Acknowledgements ; 1. Perspective on Gangs and Gender ; 2. Studying in 'New' Gangs Cities ; 3. Getting into Gangs ; 4. Gangs and Gangs Life in Columbus ; 5. Gangs and Gang Life in St. Louis ; 6. Gangs, Delinquney, and Violence ; 7. Gender and Victimization in Gangs ; 8. Gender Strategies in Youth Gangs ; 9. Conclusion