She hopes to deepen her understanding of gang culture through the experience of the women who marry, join or are born into the crew. Lourdes Jeannette is a New York based photographer.

Scott's conviction leaves only one defendant remaining in "Operation Blood Trail," a seven-month probe from then-Attorney General Andrew Cuomo that netted 41 members and associates of the gang on ...

Skipp Townsend was a member of the Rollin' 20s Avenue faction of the Bloods gang in Los Angeles for 27 years. He became a member of the Bloods in the early 1980s.