The new edition of Girls, Delinquency, and Juvenile Justice combines cutting-edge research and expanded coverage of girls' delinquency, including coverage of girls in gangs and the sexual trafficking of girls, to provide students with an accessible, up-to-date, and globally oriented textbook.
- Including global perspectives and coverage of cutting-edge research, this is the only textbook to deal exclusively with girls and crime
- Offers expanded coverage of girls in gangs and emerging literature on the sexual trafficking of girls
- Pulls together and analyzes all existing literature on the subject of female delinquency
- Brings to light new research on a wide range of issues, including the conditions of confinement for girls incarcerated in juvenile jails and prisons, Latina girls, and gender responsive programming
- Explores the moral panic around "violent," "bad," and "mean" girls
In the last two decades data on girls' detention and incarceration reveals a remarkable shift in their treatment, resulting in increased arrest and detention. It is now the case that girls coming into the criminal justice system are much more likely to be jailed. In light of girls' increased arrests for delinquency, this book-the only textbook to focus exclusively on girls and crime-is both timely and highly relevant.
The new edition of Girls, Delinquency, and Juvenile Justice combines cutting-edge research and expanded coverage of girls' violence to include data showing that, despite media hype, girls are not becoming more violent. It also covers girls in gangs and the emerging literature on the sexual trafficking of girls, adding some complexity to the sometimes over-hyped discussion of this issue. The overall approach is global in context.
