Girls' violence : myths and realities /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Alder, Christine, 1950-, Worrall, Anne
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Albany : State University of New York Press, [2004]
Series:	SUNY series in women, crime, and criminology.
Subjects:	Female juvenile delinquents > Cross-cultural studies. Female offenders > Cross-cultural studies. Teenage girls > Psychology.

Table of Contents:

A contemporary crisis? / Christine Alder and Anne Worrall
Rough girls, 1880-1930 : the "recent" history of violent young women / Barry Godfrey
Twisted sisters, Ladettes and the new penology : the social construction of "violent girls" / Anne Worrall
Racism, "girl violence" and the murder of Reena Virk / Sheila Batacharya
Turbulent talk : girls' making sense of violence / Michele Burman
Capturing girls' experiences of "community violence" in the United States / Laurie Schaffner
Coming out to play? : young women and violence on the street / Jenny J Pearce
Violence in the schoolyard : school girls' use of violence / Sibylle Artz
Situational effects of gender inequality on girls' participation in violence / Jody Miller and Norman A. White
Glossary of UK/Australian terms by chapter.