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Autore |
Sprott Jane B |
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Titolo |
Justice for girls? [[electronic resource] ] : stability and change in the youth justice systems of the United States and Canada / / Jane B. Sprott and Anthony N. Doob ; with a foreword by Franklin E. Zimring |
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-15977-5 |
9786613159779 |
0-226-77006-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (229 p.) |
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Collana |
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Adolescent development and legal policy |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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DoobAnthony N |
ZimringFranklin E |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Female juvenile delinquents - United States |
Juvenile justice, Administration of - United States |
Female juvenile delinquents - Canada |
Juvenile justice, Administration of - Canada |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-208) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Criminal girls and girls in youth justice -- Are sugar and spice really evolving into snips and snails and puppy-dog tails? -- Paternalism and the social control of adolescent girls: juvenile justice reform in the United states -- Paternalism and the social control of adolescent girls: juvenile justice reform in Canada -- The impact of law reform: deinstitutionalization in law and practice in the United States -- The impact of law reform: deinstitutionalization in law and practice in Canada -- Continuity and change in justice for girls -- Appendixes. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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For over a century, as women have fought for and won greater freedoms, concern over an epidemic of female criminality, especially among young women, has followed. Fear of this crime wave-despite a persistent lack of evidence of its existence-has played a decisive role in the development of the youth justice systems in the United States and Canada. Justice for Girls? is a comprehensive comparative study of the way these countries have responded to the hysteria over "girl crime" and how it has affected the treatment of both girls and boys. Tackling a |
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