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008			110331s2000 eng
040			_aWSS _dAFV
082	0		_a302.4 DEN
100			_aDennehy, Glennis _91041
245			_aTroubled journeys : _ban analysis of women's reality and experience within New Zealand gangs _cDennehy, Glennis
246			_aA thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Sociology in the University of Canterbury.
260			_aChristchurch _bUniversity of Canterbury _c2000
300			_a302 p.
365			_a00 _b0
500			_aA thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Sociology in the University of Canterbury.
520			_aThis thesis is a qualitative study that sets out to increase understandings about women's involvement in New Zealand gangs. Semi-structured, conversational interviews were conducted with women who have had experience in gangs and the data obtained was supplemented with information from gang members, associates, police, social service workers and the literature on gangs. There is an analysis on the role of women, what power and control tactics were used and how women's backgrounds relate to the motivation of being involved in gangs. The author focuses on the leaving process and identifies what coping strategies women employ to create personal safety in these violent situations. The findings support international research on female gang involvement. For many of the women, gangs provided a form of protection from domestic/family violence and physical/sexual abuse. These women were forced into a submissive subservient role under the threat of violence. The final strategy for these women was to make the decision to leave the gang altogether.
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650	2	7	_2FVC _aCHILDREN _9127
650	2	7	_2FVC _aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9203
650	2	7	_2FVC _aEMOTIONAL ABUSE _9222
650	2	7	_2FVC _aFAMILIES _9238
650	2	7	_2FVC _aGANGS _9265
650	2	7	_aMĀORI _9357
650	2	7	_2FVC _aRAPE _9488
650	2	7	_2FVC _aSOCIAL CHANGE _9544
650	2	7	_2FVC _aVICTIMS _9622
650	2	7	_2FVC _aYOUTH DEVELOPMENT _9665
650	2	7	_aYOUNG PEOPLE _9660
650	2	7	_aYOUNG WOMEN _9661
650	2	7	_9431 _aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE _2FVC
650	2	4	_aSEXUAL VIOLENCE _9531
650	2	4	_aSEXUAL VIOLENCE _9531
651		4	_aNEW ZEALAND _92588
856			_uhttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/5629
942			_2ddc _cTHESIS