Beyond Bad Girls: Gender, Violence and Hype

By Katherine Irwin and Meda Chesney-Lind

Book Overview

In this important new work, two respected criminologists challenge the characterization of the new 'bad girl', arguing that it is only a new attempt to punish girls who are not the stereotypical depiction of good. Through interviews with young women, educators and people in the criminal justice system, Beyond Bad Girls exposes the formal and informal systems of socio-cultural control imposed on girls.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415948282
• ISBN13: 9780415948289
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"