as a narcotics agent because they knew she was not from the "hood" because of her actions in public. Her relationship with the gang members and the youths began slowly, but she learned further that being a woman that she was not to attend fights or allowed to go out looking for other gang members. She began to attend parties and often drank with the gang members and on some occasions she observed the purchasing of firearms. Horowitz role of being female affected her ability to receive first hand information, but on other occasions was allowed to pry into the gang members private lives. Also, being female she wasnt seen as being too harmful only if she started to control the situation. She was considered or labeled as being a "lady" so that she was respected, but at the same time was not able to get closer to the gang members because of her title. Gang members would discuss sex and swear in front of girls, but never a "lady." One of the beneficial roles she played was when she was called "Lois Lane" from then on Horowitz was able to ask questions about the gangs activities. Steadily gang members would start to come up to her to ask about stories others had told her and tell her more about what went on each day. "I was declared Lois Lane, the reporter from Superman. This provided them with the necessary identity with which I could ask about their activities and they could readily respond."(Horowitz, p. 50) To take more of their suspicions away after drinking with them she observed them smoking pot and taking hits of acid; she was even shown their weapons. Horowitz became a little bias towards the end of her research because she got caught up in her field studies. She contributed in bailing one of the members out of jail. If she was to stay neutral, she could have seen what went on if she did not bail out the gang member. Horowitz contaminated her own research to a degree, because she became too close with the gang members...
