Girls, women, and crime : selected readings / editors, Meda Chesney-Lind, Lisa Pasko.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Different ways of conceptualizing sex/gender in feminist theory and their implications for criminology / Kathleen Daly -- Patriarchy matters: toward a gendered theory of teen violence and victimization / Lyn Mikel Brown, Meda Chesney-Lind, and Nan Stein -- Feminism in criminology : engendering the outlaw / Dana M. Britton -- An argument for black feminist criminology : understanding African American women's experiences with intimate partner abuse using an integrated approach / Hillary Potter -- At-risk girls and delinquency : career pathways / Carla P. Davis -- Violence against girls provokes girls' violence : from private injury to public harm / Laurie Schaffner -- The gendered nature of risk factors for delinquency / Joanne Belknap and Kristi Holsinger -- Moving toward justice for female juvenile offenders in the new millennium : modeling gender-specific policies and programs / Barbara Bloom ... [and others] -- Murder as self-help : women and intimate partner homicide / Elicka S. L. Peterson -- Women at risk in sex work : strategies for survival / Priscilla Pyett and Deborah Warr -- Dimensions of women's power in the illicit drug economy / Tammy L. Anderson -- The war on drugs as a war against Black women / Stephanie R. Bush-Baskette -- Women under lock and key : a view from the inside / Meda Chesney-Lind and Noelie Rodriguez -- The changing nature of interpersonal relationships in a women's prison / Kimberly R. Greer -- "Setting the record straight": girls, sexuality, and the juvenile / Lisa Pasko -- People, places, and things : how female ex-prisoners negotiate their neighborhood context / Andrea Leverentz.

"Girls, Women, and Crime: Selected Readings, Second Edition is a compilation of journal articles on the female offender written by leading researchers in the fields of criminology and women's studies. The contributors reveal the complex worlds females in the criminal justice system must often negotiate--worlds that are frequently riddled with violence, victimization, discrimination, and economic marginalization. This in-depth collection leaves readers with a greater understanding of the complexities and nuances of the realtionship between girls and women and crime."--pub. desc.