Girls, delinquency, and juvenile justice / Meda Chesney-Lind, Randall G. Shelden.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Chesney-Lind, Meda
Other Authors:	Shelden, Randall G., 1943-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Belmont, CA : Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, c2004.
Edition:	3rd ed.
Series:	Contemporary issues in crime and justice series.
Subjects:	Female juvenile delinquents > United States. Juvenile justice, Administration of > United States.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Why a book on girls and juvenile justice?
The extent of female delinquency
The nature of female delinquency
Girls and gangs
Theories of female crime and delinquency
Girls' lives and girls' delinquency
Girls and the juvenile justice system: a historical overview
The contemporary juvenile justice system and girls, Part I: Police and juvenile court processing
The contemporary juvenile justice system and girls, Part II: Girls in institutions
In their own words: interviews with girls and boys on the margins
Programs for girls in trouble
Conclusions.

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