Justice for girls? : 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.
"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...
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| Language: | English |
| Published: | Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2009. |
| Series: | Adolescent development and legal policy.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.