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

• Autore: Sprott Jane B
• 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 non controllato: youth, 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
• Altri autori: DoobAnthony N ZimringFranklin E
• 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.: 9910826714203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Adolescent development and legal policy.