Jacked Up and Unjust

Katherine Irwin is Professor of Sociology at the University of Hawai'i, Manoa. She is the coauthor with Meda Chesney-Lind of Beyond Bad Girls: Gender, Violence, and Hype. Karen Umemoto is Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Hawai'i, Manoa. She is the author of The Truce: Lessons from an L.A. Gang War.

• Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Literature Review and Background 2. The Caring Adult Role and Youth Research 3. "Us Girls Get the Second Half ": Girls' Early Socialization and Outspoken Femininity v 4. Fighting for Her Honor: High School Girls' Struggles for Respect 5. Boys' Fights and the Jacked-Up System 6. Sea of Good Intentions: Juvenile Protection in the Shadow of Punishment 7. Youth Prepare for Adulthood 8. Theoretical Conclusions 9. Compassionate and Constructive Policy and Practice Appendix 1. Data Sources and Participant Demographics Appendix 2. Demographics of Quoted Teens Notes References Index

"Irwin and Umemoto skillfully emphasize how racial inequalities have developed in a context that supports the oppression of persons of color... The book is based on extensive ethnographic research, and Irwin and Umemoto approached it in an innovative way, defining themselves as supportive adults rather than as shadowing or participating in the youths' lives." Journal of Children and Poverty