03926nam 2200745 a 450 991082671420332120200520144314.01-283-15977-597866131597790-226-77006-010.7208/9780226770062(CKB)2550000000039086(EBL)719228(OCoLC)733040343(SSID)ssj0000523693(PQKBManifestationID)12212627(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000523693(PQKBWorkID)10542272(PQKB)10826929(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122563(MiAaPQ)EBC719228(DE-B1597)524446(OCoLC)741691800(DE-B1597)9780226770062(Au-PeEL)EBL719228(CaPaEBR)ebr10480977(CaONFJC)MIL315977(PPN)254632726(EXLCZ)99255000000003908620090303d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrJustice 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. ZimringChicago University of Chicago Press20091 online resource (229 p.)Adolescent development and legal policyDescription based upon print version of record.0-226-77004-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-208) and index.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.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 century of Adolescent development and legal policy.Female juvenile delinquentsUnited StatesJuvenile justice, Administration ofUnited StatesFemale juvenile delinquentsCanadaJuvenile justice, Administration ofCanadayouth, juvenile courts, criminal justice, law, legal system, united states, canada, women, gender, femininity, criminology, female criminality, girl crime, punishment, prosecution, paternalism, reform, deinstitutionalization, adolescence, nonfiction, bad girls, delinquency, administrative offense, status offender reforms, social norms, fear.Female juvenile delinquentsJuvenile justice, Administration ofFemale juvenile delinquentsJuvenile justice, Administration of364.36082/0973Sprott Jane B1682626Doob Anthony N1682627Zimring Franklin E472956MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826714203321Justice for girls4052889UNINA