Lind, Meda C.
Girls, delinquency, and juvenile justice / Meda Chesney-Lind, Randall G. Shelden. - Third edition. - Belmont, CA ; Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, c2004. - xvi, 345 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents : 1. Introduction: why a book on girls and juvenile justice? -- 2. The extent of female delinquency -- 3. The nature of female delinquency -- 4. Girls and gangs -- 5. Theories of female crime and delinquency 6. Girls lives and girls delinquency -- 7. Girls and the juvenile justice system: a history overview -- 8. The contemporary juvenile justice system and girls part I: and juvenile court processing -- 9. The contemporary juvenile justice system and girls part II: girls in institutions -- 10. In their own words: Interviews with girls and boys on the margins -- 11. Program for girls in trouble -- 12. Conclusions.
English
0534557740 [paperback]
Female juvenile delinquents-- United States.
Juvenile justice, Administration--United States.
Girls, delinquency, and juvenile justice / Meda Chesney-Lind, Randall G. Shelden. - Third edition. - Belmont, CA ; Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, c2004. - xvi, 345 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents : 1. Introduction: why a book on girls and juvenile justice? -- 2. The extent of female delinquency -- 3. The nature of female delinquency -- 4. Girls and gangs -- 5. Theories of female crime and delinquency 6. Girls lives and girls delinquency -- 7. Girls and the juvenile justice system: a history overview -- 8. The contemporary juvenile justice system and girls part I: and juvenile court processing -- 9. The contemporary juvenile justice system and girls part II: girls in institutions -- 10. In their own words: Interviews with girls and boys on the margins -- 11. Program for girls in trouble -- 12. Conclusions.
English
0534557740 [paperback]
Female juvenile delinquents-- United States.
Juvenile justice, Administration--United States.