Girls in trouble with the law

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.

Record details

ISBN: 0813538343
ISBN: 9780813538341
ISBN: 0813538335
ISBN: 9780813538334
ISBN: 6610947171
ISBN: 9786610947171
ISBN: 9781280947179
ISBN: 1280947179
ISBN: 9780813538341
ISBN: 0813538343
ISBN: 9780813538334
ISBN: 0813538335
ISBN: 0813539463
ISBN: 9780813539461
ISBN: 0813541433
ISBN: 9780813541433
Physical Description: 1 online resource (257 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2006.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-242) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Language Note:	English.