Foreword -- About the authors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Ch. 1 Gendered justice : women in the criminal justice system -- Ch. 2 Differences with a distinction : women offenders and criminal justice practice -- Ch. 3 The meaning of 'risk' in women's prisons : a critique -- Ch. 4 Cognitive behavioralism in women's prisons : a critical analysis of therapeutic assumptions and practices -- Ch. 5 Stage of gendered disadvantage in the lives of convicted battered women -- Ch. 6 Cross-sex supervision of incarcerated women and the dynamics of staff sexual misconduct -- Ch. 7 Gendered implications of sentencing and correctional practices : a legal perspective -- Ch. 8 Professionals' assessments of the needs of delinquent girls : the results of a focus group study -- Ch. 9 Gender matters : patterns in girls' delinquency and gender responsive programming -- Ch. 10 A new vision : gender-responsive principles, policy, and practice -- Author index -- Subject index