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Girls in Trouble with the Law /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Schaffner, Laurie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2006.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.