Katherine Irwin, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hawaii’i. She has conducted research in the areas of youth culture, women and drug use, youth violence, girls in the juvenile justice system, and youth violence prevention programs. Her work has been published in a number of journals such as Contemporary Drug Problems, Critical Criminology, Qualitative Sociology, Sociology Compass, Sociological Spectrum, Symbolic Interaction, Youth and Society, and Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, among others.
