Beyond Bad Girls : Gender, Violence and Hype

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix 1 GIRLS GONE WILD? 1 2 THE NEW BAD GIRL: CONSTRUCTING MEAN AND VIOLENT GIRLS 11 3 SPEAKING OF GIRLS 33 4 GROWING UP FEMALE: FAMILIES AND THE REGULATION OF GIRLHOOD 67 5 POLICING GIRLS' PEER GROUPS: COLUMBINE AND THE HUNT FOR GIRL BULLIES 89 6 PATHOLOGIZING GIRLS?: RELATIONAL AGGRESSION AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION 107 7 POLICING GIRLHOOD: SEXISM, SCHOOLS, AND THE ANTI-VIOLENCE MOVEMENT 129 8 STILL "THE BEST PLACE TO CONQUER GIRLS": GIRLS AND THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM 157 9 POLICING GONE WILD 183 REFERENCES 189 APPENDIX 215 NOTES 217 INDEX 223