TY - JOUR
T1 - Female Membership in the Black-Society Style Criminal Organizations: Evidence From a Female Prison in China
AU - Shen, Anqi
PY - 2015/9/22
Y1 - 2015/9/22
N2 - From the 1970s onwards, women’s participation in gangs in the mainstream Western social contexts has been increasingly researched. However, the experiences of women in other cultural settings are rarely discussed. This qualitative study focuses on female members of the black-society style criminal organizations (BSSCO) in China. It starts with reviewing literature on female gang membership and on BSSCO so as to locate its discussions in the international criminological framework. This is followed by a methodology section, and then it analyses the empirical findings. This article seeks to provide some theoretical insights into the construction of female criminal membership in broader social contexts.
AB - From the 1970s onwards, women’s participation in gangs in the mainstream Western social contexts has been increasingly researched. However, the experiences of women in other cultural settings are rarely discussed. This qualitative study focuses on female members of the black-society style criminal organizations (BSSCO) in China. It starts with reviewing literature on female gang membership and on BSSCO so as to locate its discussions in the international criminological framework. This is followed by a methodology section, and then it analyses the empirical findings. This article seeks to provide some theoretical insights into the construction of female criminal membership in broader social contexts.
U2 - 10.1177/1557085115605910
DO - 10.1177/1557085115605910
M3 - Article
SN - 1557-086X
VL - 11
SP - 69
EP - 90
JO - Feminist Criminology
JF - Feminist Criminology
IS - 1
ER -