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This chapter reviewed the extant research on the contexts of women and girls’ offending for many specific offenses. Although there are many gender similarities in the contexts of offending, there are also many gender differences. It was beyond the scope to cover all offenses, but clear patterns emerged regarding the significance of how race, sexual identity, class, and some other variables such as mental health, intersect with gender in offending. Moreover, this chapter documents the impact of societal sexism, particularly gendered roles, and gender-based abuse, regarding women and girls’ offending. The next chapter addresses how gender impacts the criminal legal system’s responses to women and girl offenders and how these responses are related to race, sexuality, mental health, class, and some other intersecting variables.