Girls in Trouble with the Law / / Laurie Schaffner.
In Girls in Trouble with the Law, sociologist Laurie Schaffner takes us inside juvenile detention centers and explores the worlds of the young women incarcerated within. Across the nation, girls of color are disproportionately represented in detention facilities, and many report having experienced p...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2006] ©2006 |
Year of Publication: | 2006 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (280 p.) :; 18 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Tables
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. New Troubles for Girls
- 2. Injury, Gender, and Trouble
- 3. Empty Families, Sexuality, and Trouble
- 4. Gender, Violence, and Trouble
- 5. Children, Gender, and Corrections
- 6. Conclusion: Pathways, Policies, Programs, and Politics
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index