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.
Material type: TextPublication details: Chicago, Ill. ; London : University of Chicago Press, c2009.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 215 p.) : illISBN:- 9780226770062
- Female juvenile delinquents -- United States
- Juvenile justice, Administration of -- United States
- Female juvenile delinquents -- Canada
- Juvenile justice, Administration of -- Canada
- True Crime
- United States of America, USA
- Canada
- Society & culture: general
- Gender studies: women & girls
- Juvenile offenders
- 364.360820973 23
- HV9104 .S676 2009
This is a 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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