{"product_id":"the-female-offender-girls-women-and-crime-9780761929789","title":"The Female Offender Girls Women and Crime","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe authors explore gender and cultural factors in women's lives that often precede criminal behaviour and address the question of whether female offenders are more violent today than in the past. The result is a book that will be an enlightening and thought-provoking read for academics, researchers and students. \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Girls' Troubles and \"Female Delinquency    Trends in Girls' Arrests    Boys' Theories and Girls' Lives    Criminalizing Girls' Survival: Abuse, Victimization, and Girls' Official Delinquency    Delinquency Theory and Gender: Beyond Status Offenses Chapter 3. Girls, Gangs, and Violence: Rediscovering the \"Liberated Female Crook\"     The Media, Girls of Color, and Gangs    Trends in Girls' Violence and Aggression    Girl Gang Membership    Girls and Gangs: Qualitative Studies    Labeling Girls Violent?    Girls, Gangs, and Media Hype: A Final Note 4. The Juvenile Justice System and Girls    \"The Best Place to Conquer Girls\"     Girls and Juvenile Justice Reform    Deinstitutionalization and Judicial Paternalism: Challenges to the Double Standard of  Juvenile Justice    Rising Detentions and Racialized Justice    Offense Patterns of Girls in Custody--Bootstrapping    Deinstitutionalization or Transinstitutionalization? Girls and the Mental Health System    Small Numbers Don't Mean Small Problems: Girls in Institutions    Instead of Incarceration: What Could Be Done to Meet the Needs of Girls? Chapter 5. Trends in Women's Crime     Unruly Women: A Brief History of Women's Offenses    Trends in Women's Arrests    How Could She? The Nature and Causes of Women's Crime    Big Time\/Small Time    Pathways to Women's Crime    Beyond the Street Woman: Resurrecting the Liberated Female Crook?    The Revival of the \"Violent Female Offender\"  Chapter 6. Drugs, Violence, and Women's Crime - with Karen Joe Laidler    Drug Use in a Multiethnic Community    A Profile of the Women    The Family: Conflict and Comfort    Dealing With Family Turmoil    Pathway to Drugs     Demystifying Women of Color    Gender, Culture, and Drug Use    \"Crack Pipe as Pimp\": Drugs, Ethnicity, and Gender in African American Communities    Prostitution and Drug Use     Victimization, Prostitution, and Women's Crime     Conclusion Chapter 7. Sentencing Women to Prison: Equality Without Justice     Trends in Women's Crime: A Reprise    Women, Violent Crimes, and the War on Drugs    Getting Tough on Women's Crime    Building More Women's Prisons    Profile of Women in U.S. Prisons    Reducing Women's Imprisonment Through Effective Community-Based Strategies and Programs    Detention Versus Prevention Chapter 8. Conclusion References  Index  About the Authors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SAGE Publications, Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768005460311,"sku":"9780761929789","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-female-offender-girls-women-and-crime-9780761929789","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}