"8 Ball Chicks"

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This paper discusses the 1992 book written by Gini Sikes about female street gangs, "8 Ball Chicks". The paper contends that Sikes provides in-depth details of the lives of such female youths in Los Angeles, San Antonio, and Milwaukee. She clearly shows how the victimization of these girls through rapes, physical/mental abuse, and neglect does not condone this deviant behavior, but explains it.

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"When hearing the word "street gang," people normally think of young men in large urban settings who wear "colors" or certain type of clothes and tattoos, are turf oriented and prone to anti-social and violent behavior. What does not immediately come to mind are "girl gangs," who similarly look and behave as their male counterparts by harassing, bullying and beating others. In 8 Ball Chicks, Gini Sikes details in depth the lives of such female youths in Los Angeles, San Antonio, and Milwaukee. She clearly shows how the victimization of these girls, through rapes, physical/mental abuse, and neglect does not condone but explains the terrorization of others."

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