SOC 3710 Lecture Notes - Gang Injunction, These Girls, Dysfunctional Family

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 3710
• Professor: Bill O' Grady

Document Summary

Female gangs - ann campbell: female gangs date back to the early 1800"s, 3 main types. Co gangs: includes both male and females with equal power. Exilerate: males gangs with females sort of on the side: there are very few rivalries between all male and all female gangs, roles. Sexual favours for the male gang members. The male gang members often use the females to hold and move the drugs and fire arms for them. Drug mules: moving the drugs from one country to another- they raise less suspicious at the border: research shows there are independent gangs in new york and las angelas. According to campbell, a gang represented an idealized collective solution to a bleak future. Idealized: making it seem like more than it is- sensationalized, seen as fun, risky, daring. Collective: these girls coming together have a shared common identity and a shared visualization of what being in a gang means.