03543nam 22007334a 450 991017099880332120240417040410.01-280-94717-997866109471710-8135-3946-30-8135-4143-310.36019/9780813539461(CKB)1000000000471586(EBL)340812(OCoLC)729266005(SSID)ssj0000163007(PQKBManifestationID)11164638(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000163007(PQKBWorkID)10124062(PQKB)11396553(MiAaPQ)EBC340812(OCoLC)122384249(MdBmJHUP)muse21214(DE-B1597)526104(DE-B1597)9780813539461(Au-PeEL)EBL340812(CaPaEBR)ebr10167787(CaONFJC)MIL94717(EXLCZ)99100000000047158620050926d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGirls in trouble with the law[electronic resource] /Laurie Schaffner1st ed.New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Pressc20061 online resource (280 p.)The Rutgers series in childhood studiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8135-3834-3 0-8135-3833-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-242) and index.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.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 physical harm and sexual assaults. For girls, the meaning of these and other factors such as the violence they experience remain undertheorized and below the radar of mainstream sociolegal scholarship. When gender is considered as an analytic category, Schaffner shows how gender is often seen through an outmoded lens. Offering a critical assessment of what she describes as a gender-insensitive juvenile legal system, Schaffner makes a compelling argument that current policies do not go far enough to empower disadvantaged girls so that communities can assist them in overcoming the social limitations and gender, sexual, and racial/ethnic discrimination that continue to plague young women growing up in contemporary United States.Rutgers series in childhood studies.Female juvenile delinquentsUnited StatesJuvenile delinquencyUnited StatesTeenagers with social disabilitiesUnited StatesJuvenile correctionsUnited StatesFemale juvenile delinquentsJuvenile delinquencyTeenagers with social disabilitiesJuvenile corrections364.36082/0973Schaffner Laurie864202MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910170998803321Girls in trouble with the law1928897UNINA