Shari Miller ● Leslie D. Leve ● Patricia K. Kerig
Editors

2012

Contexts, Relationships, and Adaptation

Girls who break rules, defy authority, and get in trouble with the law terrify, frustrate, and confuse the adults in their lives: parents, teachers, and helping professionals they may encounter. These girls flagrantly violate our deeply held stereotypes of girls as sweetness and light, and even feminists fight the tendency to be simultaneously repulsed and fascinated by girls involved with the legal system.