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Chesney-Lind, Meda

Girls, Delinquency, and Juvenile Justice

Chesney-Lind, Meda - Girls, Delinquency, and Juvenile Justice, ebook

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The new edition of Girls, Delinquency, and Juvenile Justice combines cutting-edge research and expanded coverage of girls’ delinquency, including coverage of girls in gangs and the sexual trafficking of girls, to provide students with an accessible, up-to-date, and globally oriented textbook.

  • Including global perspectives and coverage of cutting-edge research, this is the only textbook to deal exclusively with girls and crime
  • Offers expanded coverage of girls in gangs and emerging literature on the sexual trafficking of girls
  • Pulls together and analyzes all existing literature on the subject of female delinquency
  • Brings to light new research on a wide range of issues, including the conditions of confinement for girls incarcerated in juvenile jails and prisons, Latina girls, and gender responsive programming
  • Explores the moral panic around "violent," "bad," and "mean" girls

Keywords: gangs, sex trafficking, female delinquency, juvenile jails

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Publisher
John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Publication year
2013
Language
en
Edition
4
Imprint
Wiley-Blackwell
Page amount
360 pages
Category
Society
Format
Ebook
eISBN (ePUB)
9781118454282
Printed ISBN
9781118454060

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