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Preface | p. ix |
Acknowledgments | p. xi |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Girls' Troubles and "Female Delinquency" | p. 10 |
Trends in Girls' Arrests | p. 11 |
Boys' Theories and Girls' Lives | p. 16 |
Criminalizing Girls' Survival: Abuse, Victimization, and Girls' Official Delinquency | p. 24 |
Delinquency Theory and Gender: Beyond Status Offenses | p. 32 |
Girls, Gangs, and Violence | p. 33 |
Girls Gone Wild? | p. 33 |
The Media, Girls of Color, and Gangs | p. 33 |
Trends in Girls' Violence and Aggression | p. 37 |
Girls, Robbery, and "Other" Assaults | p. 39 |
Girl Gang Membership | p. 42 |
Girls and Gangs: Qualitative Studies | p. 45 |
Labeling Girls Violent? | p. 54 |
Girls, Gangs, and Media Hype: A Final Note | p. 55 |
The Juvenile Justice System and Girls | p. 57 |
"The Best Place to Conquer Girls" | p. 58 |
Girls and Juvenile Justice Reform | p. 62 |
Deinstitutionalization and Judicial Paternalism: Challenges to the Double Standard of Juvenile Justice | p. 64 |
Rising Detentions and Racialized Justice | p. 71 |
Offense Patterns of Girls in CustodyùBootstrapping | p. 80 |
Deinstitutionalization or Transinstitutionalization? Girls and the Mental Health System | p. 83 |
Girls' Sexuality in institutional Environments | p. 86 |
Human Rights Abuses in Girls' Institutions? | p. 87 |
Instead of Incarceration: What Could Be Done to Meet the Needs of Girls? | p. 91 |
Trends in Women's Crime | p. 97 |
Unruly Women: A Brief History of Women's Offenses | p. 98 |
Trends in Women's Arrests | p. 100 |
How Could She? The Nature and Causes of Women's Crime | p. 102 |
Embezzlement | p. 103 |
Driving Under the Influence | p. 104 |
Larceny Theft/Shoplifting | p. 104 |
Big Time/Small Time | p. 106 |
Pathways to Women's Crime | p. 107 |
Beyond the Street Woman: Resurrecting the Liberated Female Crook? | p. 111 |
The Revival of the "Violent Female Offender" | p. 114 |
Sentencing Women to Prison: Equality Without Justice | p. 119 |
Trends in Women's Crime: A Reprise | p. 120 |
Women, Violent Crimes, and the War on Drugs | p. 121 |
Getting Tough on Women's Crime | p. 125 |
Building More Women's Prisons | p. 129 |
Profile of Women in U.S. Prisons | p. 130 |
Childhoods of Women in Prison | p. 130 |
Current Offenses | p. 133 |
Property Crimes | p. 134 |
Drug Use Among Women in Prison | p. 135 |
Mothers Behind Bars | p. 136 |
Race and Women's Imprisonment | p. 138 |
Different Versus Equal? | p. 140 |
Prisons and Parity | p. 141 |
Reducing Women's Imprisonment Through Effective | |
Community-Based Strategies and Programs | p. 148 |
Detention Versus Prevention | p. 150 |
Female Offenders, Community Supervision, and Evidence-Based Practices | p. 153 |
Trends in Probation, Incarceration, and Parole | p. 154 |
Evidence-Based Practices and Gender-Neutral Supervision | p. 155 |
Challenging Gender-Neutral Risk-Driven Supervision | p. 162 |
Criminal History | p. 162 |
Education and Employment | p. 163 |
Financial | p. 164 |
Family and Marital | p. 165 |
Accommodation | p. 167 |
Alcohol and Drug Problems | p. 168 |
Emotional and Personal | p. 169 |
Challenging Gender-Neutral Supervision: Women's Histories of Victimization, Health Problems, and Child Care Needs | p. 171 |
Histories of Abuse | p. 171 |
Health and Children | p. 173 |
Supervision and Reintegration | p. 174 |
Moving Forward: Gender-Equitable Supervision for Female Offenders in the Community | p. 175 |
Promising Examples for Moving Forward | p. 177 |
Conclusion | p. 181 |
References | p. 188 |
Index | p. 212 |
About the Authors | p. 223 |
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