Girls, delinquency, and juvenile justice / Meda Chesney-Lind, Randall G. Shelden.
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TextPublisher: Belmont, CA ; Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, c2004Edition: Third editionDescription: xvi, 345 pages : illustration ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unemdiated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0534557740 [paperback]Subject(s): Female juvenile delinquents -- United States | Juvenile justice, Administration -- United States| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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364.36082 C42 2004 (Browse shelf) | Available | 3UCBL000015247 |
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.
Criminology
English
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