Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Authors; Chapter 1: Introduction toßFemale vs. Male Criminal Careers; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Present Volume; Chapter 2: The Pittsburgh Girls Study andßtheßPrevalence ofßSelf-Reported Delinquency; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Description ofßtheßPGS; 2.3 Measurement ofßSelf-Reported Offending inßtheßPGS; 2.4 Sample Sizes by Self-Report Assessment/Age; 2.5 Prevalence ofßSelf-Reported Offending; 2.6 Age-Crime Curves; 2.7 Summary; Chapter 3: Frequency, Persistence/Continuity, Onset, Desistance, Career Duration, Recidivism, andßChronic Offending; 3.1 Introduction.

3.2 Frequency3.3 Persistence/Continuity; 3.4 Onset, Desistance, andßCareer Duration; 3.5 Recidivists, Chronic Offenders, andßLengthy Criminal Careers; 3.6 Summary; Chapter 4: Trajectories ofßOffending; 4.1 Group-Based Trajectory Modeling; 4.2 Trajectory Model Fit; 4.3 Female Offending Trajectories: Ages 11-19; 4.4 Summary; Chapter 5: Gender Differences: Comparisons withßMales inßtheßPittsburgh Youth Study; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Prevalence; 5.3 Frequency, Persistence/Continuity, Onset, Desistance, Career Length, Recidivism, andßChronic Offending; 5.4 Trajectories ofßOffending; 5.5 Summary.

Chapter 6: Conclusions6.1 Overview; 6.2 Female Criminal Careers; 6.3 Observed Gender Similarities andßDifferences; 6.4 The Larger Picture: Other Gender Differences; 6.5 The Larger Picture: Intervention Studies; 6.6 Theoretical Implications; 6.7 Policy Implications; Appendix: Publication List ofßPittsburgh Girls Study; Review Papers; Book Chapters; References; Index.