Girls' Violence
Subtitle: Myths And Realities (Suny Series in Women, Crime, and Criminology)
Contributors: Christine Alder (Editor); Anne Worrall (Editor)
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: August 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780791461099
Subjects: Adolescents; Violence in society; Social Science; Female juvenile delinquents; Women's Studies - General; Sociology; Teenage girls; Criminology; Cross-cultural studies; Sociology - General; Female offenders; Psychology
Description: "This critical collection brings together some of the best contemporary research on the perceived increase in girls' violence. With perspectives from the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom, the work challenges official definitions and media representations of girls and violence. Contributors discuss whether violence by girls has actually increased, what kind of behavior by girls is classified as "violent," how attitudes toward girls' behavior have changed, in what contexts girls behave violently, and look at the links between girls' violence and the broader issues of the social construction and social control of adolescent femininities. With diverse essays representing different geographical and disciplinary perspectives, this book offers, at times, contradictory evidence and conflicting views. However, common concerns are clear and the reader is rewarded with an exploration of the struggles of girls and young women to take control of their lives in material and ideological conditions that continue to restrict their options and opportunities."--BOOK JACKET.