Winner of the British Society of Criminology Book Prize, 2015 Fleetwood explores how
women become involved in trafficking, focusing on the lived experiences of women as drug …

The relationship between youth 'gangs' and territory–understood as a monopolistic control
over geographical space, exercised for economic gain–is a longstanding focus of gang …

At the dawn of the twenty-first century, panic about girls' offending in Britain reached fever
pitch. No longer sugar and spice, a 'new breed'of girl, the hedonistic, violent, binge-drinking …

Since 2004, the Sage Key Approaches to Criminology series has been publishing books
that bring together distinct disciplines or fields in order to reflect and celebrate criminology's …

For many children and young people, Britain is a harmful society in which to grow up. This
book contextualizes the violence that occurs between a small number of young people …

This article argues for the value of narrative criminology for feminist explanations of women's
lawbreaking. Contemporary theories note the significance of material gendered inequalities; …

This article examines the ways that 21 girl gangsters perform violent street culture in Cape
Town, South Africa. It examines their participation in the city's township gangs, with a …

Age was a critical factor in shaping imperial experience, yet it has not received any
sustained scholarly attention. This pioneering interdisciplinary collection is the first to …

Objective: The current study explored the prevalence and comorbidity of major internalizing
and externalizing psychiatric disorders in a sample of female detainees participating in drug …

How young women engage in physical violence with other young women is an issue that
raises specific concerns in both criminological literature and theories. Current theoretical …