1 Introduction: Our Journey into the World of Women and Violent Crime, 2 Crime and Urban Distress: Patterns of Violent Offending, 3 Getting into Crime and Violence, 4 Work and Crime and Crime as Work, 5 The What, Where, When, Why, and Who of Violent Events, 6 Getting Out of Crime and Violence, 7 Breaking with the Past: Challenging Assumptions About Women and Violent Crime