The Female Offender: Girls Women and Crime

Issues surrounding the incarceration of females and girls are examined. Eight chapters comprise this book: introduction; girls' troubles and 'female delinquency'; girls, gangs, and violence; the juvenile justice system and girls; trends in women's crime; sentencing women to prison'equality without justice; 'Female Offenders, Community Supervision, and Evidence-Based Practices' by Janet T. Davidson; and conclusion.