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The female offender: girls, women, and crime
by Meda Chesney-Lind and Lisa J. Pasko

   

Book description:
It explores gender and cultural factors in women's lives that often precede criminal behavior. Addresses the question of whether female offenders are more violent today than in the past. Updated with recent research, theories, and statistical data for gang membership and more.
Chesney-Lind (women's studies, U. of Hawaii, Manoa) and Pasko (Youth Gang Project, U. of Hawaii, Manoa) examine the circumstances that have led to the increased incarceration of females in the U.S., the public perception of female offenders and the treatment they receive.
 


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Women in criminal justice
By Voncile B. Gowdy, Travis Cain, Richard C. Sutton
 

 

Synopsis:
This informative book is an update of The Report of the LEAA [Law Enforcement Assistance Administration] Task Force on Women, published in October 1975. It evaluates the 1975 recommendations made on issues that the criminal justice field should examine to ensure that women and girls are treated fairly in the criminal justice system. Female offenders, female crime victims, and female criminal justice professionals remain substantially neglected populations in the criminal and juvenile justice systems. Despite the gains made by women since 1975, current evidence shows that: Although the nature and composition of female offenders have changed, the special needs of the burgeoning adult and juvenile offender populations often remain overlooked; Although assistance to crime victims has improved, the need remains for a firm commitment from the criminal justice and juvenile justice systems to change the way these systems respond to women and girls who have been, or potentially could be, victims of crime; Although opportunities for female criminal justice professionals have improved, gender bias and inequality still exist within the criminal justice field.
 

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Girls, delinquency and juvenile justice
by Meda Chesney-Lind and Randall Shelden
 

    

Description:
 This text is intended as a supplement for courses in juvenile delinquency, or for special topics courses on women in criminal justice. This is the first book devoted solely to the topic of female delinquency and the treatment of young girls by the juvenile justice system. The book sheds new light on the special problems of delinquent girls by taking into account what it is like to grow up female in a patriarchal society.
 

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Girls, women and crime: Selected readings
by Lisa Pasko, Meda Chesney-Lind (Editor), Lisa J. Pasko (Editor)



 Synopsis:
This collection of 16 journal articles is designed for use as either a stand-alone text or as a supplement to Chesney-Lind's (women's studies, U. of Hawaii, Manoa) and Pasko's (Youth Gang Project, U. of Hawaii, Manoa) The Female Offender, Second Edition (2004). The essays explore gender and criminology

Book info:
Compilation of journal articles on the female offender, written by leading researchers in the field of criminology and women's studies. Focuses on two central questions: how does gender matter in crime, and what characterizes women's and girls' pathway to crime? For students in women's studies, sociology, criminal justice, and criminology.
 

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Gender justice and welfare: Bad girls in Britain, 1900-1950
by Pamela Cox and Jo Campling
 

Back description:
 The first major study of the history of British "bad girls", this book uses a wide range of professional, popular, and personal texts to explore the experiences of girls in the 20th century juvenile justice system. It examines the processes leading to their definition as variously delinquent, defective or neglected and analyzes the different possibilities for public and private reform made available to them. It shows how "bad girls", though few in number, posed a recurring challenge to established generational and gender orders, and questions the popular contemporary belief that "rising" delinquency among girls has been the product of late-20th century social changes.

Synopsis:
This study of the history of British "bad girls" uses a wide range of professional, popular and personal texts to explore the experiences of girls in the twentieth century juvenile justice system. It examines the processes leading to their definition as variously delinquent, defective or neglected and analyses the different possibilities for public and private reform available to them. It shows how "bad girls", though few in number, posed a recurring challenge to established generational and gender orders and questions the popular contemporary belief that rising delinquency among girls has been the product of late-twentieth century social changes
 


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Girl trouble: Female delinquency in English Canada
by Joan Sangster

Book review:
Rarely a week goes by when juvenile delinquency or the Young Offenders Act are not discussed in the dominant media. Are we witnessing a moral panic over youth crime or a spate of "child-blaming" driven by the politics of law and order?
Drawing on an array of sources, from court cases to practitioners' notes to institutional records, Joan Sangster illuminates the history of girls' conflicts with the law. Beginning with the 1908 passage of the Juvenile Delinquency Act, Girl Trouble takes a critical look at variable definitions of juvenile delinquency, and attempted solutions. Through richly detailed analysis Sangster uncovers the class, gender, and racial biases underpinning the operation of juvenile justice.
We hear the voices of girls and their families who are caught up in the juvenile justice system – voices that have been hidden from history by an overwhelming concern with the potential criminality of boys. Filling a significant gap in Canadian social and legal history, Girl Trouble looks inside the notorious girls' training schools and chronicles the resistance of the young women.
"Girl Trouble is a "must read" for all who want to learn about the manner and reasons that young women and girls become ensnared in the widest, deepest, and stickiest net of social control. After reading this book, you will know why the pursuit and penalizing of women and girls is a pernicious exercise of state power and authority."  � Kim Pate, Executive Director, Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies
 


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 Sex, power, and the violent school girl
by Sibylle Artz
 

Book description:
Although violence in schools has increased dramatically in recent years, little has been written about violence among girls. Sibylle Artz studies show that this disturbing phenomenon must be understood in the context of other gender issues and the girls� own sense of powerlessness. Here, in six gripping case studies, she explores the experiences of violent school girls, gives us a fascinating glimpse into their troubled world as well as clear impetus for social action. A must-read for anyone concerned about youth violence.
 

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