Girls, Delinquency, and Juvenile Justice, (Paperback)

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