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Female Gangs have long been overlooked in the gang literature. While the gang has been long seen as a fundamentally male phenomena, the existence of female peer groups has not received careful scrutiny. Recently, more attention has been paid to female gangs. An edited volume (seen at right) collexcts some of the most important historical and contemporary scholarship on female gangs. The essays introducing each section, written by Meda Chesney-Lind and John Hagedorn, are reprinted here in pdf format. Another important contribution is the review of the female gang literature by Joan Moore and John Hagedorn, published by OJJDP (the Justice Department's Office of Juvenile Justice and Deliquency Prevention). This essay was controversial within OJJDP and held up for more than two years. Its methodological criticism, muted in the published version, argued that official collection of data did not give us accurate measures of female gang involvement and that non-law enforcement, field research techniques were needed. This essay, combined with Female Gangs in America, provides the best and most comprehensive overview of female gangs in existence. Please tell us what you think of this video and then subscribe to our channel. We want to hear from you. We also encourage you to share our videos on your Facebook, Google+ and Twitter pages.