Christine Alder is Principal Research Fellow in the Criminology Department at The University of Melbourne. She is the coeditor (with Rob White) of The Police and Young People in Australia and coauthor (with Ken Polk) of Child Victims of Homicide. Anne Worrall is Professor of Criminology at Keele University. She is the coeditor (with Pat Carlen) of Gender, Crime, and Justice and author of Offending Women: Female Lawbreakers and the Criminal Justice System and Punishment in the Community: The Future of Criminal Justice.

Acknowledgments

1. A Contemporary Crisis?
Christine Alder and Anne Worrall

2. Rough Girls, 1880-1930: The "Recent" History of Violent Young Women
Barry Godfrey

3. Twisted Sisters, Ladettes, and the New Penology: The Social Construction of "Violent Girls"
Anne Worrall

4. Racism, "Girl Violence," and the Murder of Reena Virk
Sheila Batacharya

5. Turbulent Talk: Girls' Making Sense of Violence
Michele Burman

6. Capturing Girls' Experiences of "Community Violence" in the United States
Laurie Schaffner

7. Coming Out to Play? Young Women and Violence on the Street
Jenny J. Pearce

8. Violence in the Schoolyard: School Girls' Use of Violence
Sibylle Artz

9. Situational Effects of Gender Inequality on Girls' Participation in Violence
Jody Miller and Norman A. White

Glossary of UK/Australian terms by chapter

Contributors

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