Girls in trouble with the law
By: Laurie Schaffner.
Series: The Rutgers series in childhood studies
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780813538334; 9780813538341
Subjects: Female juvenile delinquents -- United States; Juvenile delinquency -- United States; Teenagers with social disabilities -- United States; Juvenile corrections -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Girls trouble the law; title: New troubles for girls; title: Injury, gender, and trouble; title: Empty families, sexuality, and trouble; title: Gender, violence, and trouble; title: Children, gender, and corrections; title: Pathways, politics, policies, and programs.