| Description |
1 online resource (257 pages) : illustrations. |
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data file rda |
| Series |
The Rutgers series in childhood studies |
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Rutgers series in childhood studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-242) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Girls trouble the law -- New troubles for girls -- Injury, gender, and trouble -- Empty families, sexuality, and trouble -- Gender, violence, and trouble -- Children, gender, and corrections -- Pathways, politics, policies, and programs. |
| Summary |
Juvenile arrest rates in the United States have declined over the past decade, yet the percentage of girls in trouble with the law increased. Girls now enter the juvenile legal system for violent offenses in addition to minor violations for which previous generations of young women have always been detained. In Girls in Trouble with the Law, sociologist Laurie Schaffner takes us inside female detention centers and explores the worlds of those who are incarcerated. Across the country, she finds t. |
| Local Note |
EBSCOhost SocINDEX with Full Text |
| Subject |
Female juvenile delinquents -- United States.
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Juvenile delinquency -- United States.
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Teenagers with social disabilities -- United States.
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Juvenile corrections -- United States.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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Female juvenile delinquents. (OCoLC)fst00922624
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Juvenile corrections. (OCoLC)fst00985282
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Juvenile delinquency. (OCoLC)fst00985320
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Teenagers with social disabilities. (OCoLC)fst01145686
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Jugendliche Täterin.
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United States.
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| Indexed Term |
Delinquent girls |
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Juvenile offenders |
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Female offenders |
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Female prisoners |
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Juvenile detention centres |
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Juvenile justice system |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Schaffner, Laurie. Girls in trouble with the law. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2006 0813538335 9780813538334 (DLC) 2005028096 (OCoLC)61731399 |
| ISBN |
9780813541433 (electronic book) |
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0813541433 (electronic book) |
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9780813539461 (electronic book) |
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0813539463 (electronic book) |
| Standard No. |
9780813538334 |
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9780813538341 |
| ISBN |
9780813538334 |
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0813538335 |
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9780813538341 |
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0813538343 |
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0813538335 |
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9780813538334 |
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0813538343 |
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9780813538341 |
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