Chapter 1: Introduction to female vs. male criminal careers.- Chapter 2: The Pittsburgh girls study and the prevalence of self-reported delinquency.- Chapter 3: Frequency, persistence/continuity, onset, desistance, career duration, recidivism, and chronic offending.- Chapter 4: Trajectories of offending.- Chapter 5: Gender differences: comparisons with boys in the Pittsburgh youth study.- Chapter 6: Conclusions.- Appendix.