ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the newly developed concept Black Girlhood Justice. It explores how the dearth of criminological literature examining youth resistance as praxis normalizes punitive juvenile justice policies. The role of State violence in shaping the social and legal experiences and perception of Black girls is explored. The lack of social and legal protection for Black girls is a major theme throughout this chapter. It advances current studies on Black girls in criminology and illuminates the ways in which Black girls are contributors to resistance-based theoretical and methodological studies.
