Title:
Girls, delinquency, and juvenile justice / Meda Chesney-Lind, Randall G. Shelden.
Author:
Chesney-Lind, Meda.
Shelden, Randall G., 1943-
Publication Information:
Belmont, CA : Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, c2004.
Call Number:
HV9104 .C39 2004
Edition:
3rd ed.
ISBN:
9780534557744
Series:
The Wadsworth contemporary issues in crime and justice series
Contemporary issues in crime and justice series.
Physical Description:
xvi, 345 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Introduction: Why a book on girls and juvenile justice? -- The extent of female delinquency -- The nature of female delinquency -- Girls and gangs -- Theories of female crime and delinquency -- Girls' lives and girls' delinquency -- Girls and the juvenile justice system: a historical overview -- The contemporary juvenile justice system and girls, Part I: Police and juvenile court processing -- The contemporary juvenile justice system and girls, Part II: Girls in institutions -- In their own words: interviews with girls and boys on the margins -- Programs for girls in trouble -- Conclusions.
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