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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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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| Pubblicazione: | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (229 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364.36082/0973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Female juvenile delinquents - United States |
| Juvenile justice, Administration of - United States | |
| Female juvenile delinquents - Canada | |
| Juvenile justice, Administration of - Canada | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
DoobAnthony N
ZimringFranklin E
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-208) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Justice for girls |
| ISBN: | 1-283-15977-5 |
| 9786613159779 | |
| 0-226-77006-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910457125303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Adolescent development and legal policy.