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986320
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b740690
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Schaffner, Laurie.
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Girls in trouble with the law /\ Laurie Schaffner.
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| Publication Statement
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New Brunswick, N.J. :: Rutgers University Press,, ©2006.
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The Rutgers series in childhood studies
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1 online resource (257 pages) :: illustrations.
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| ISBN
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0813538335
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0813538335
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0813538343
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9780813538334
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9780813538341
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-242) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: Girls trouble the law -- New troubles for girls -- Injury, gender, and trouble -- Empty families, sexuality, and trouble -- Gender, violence, and trouble -- Children, gender, and corrections -- Pathways, politics, policies, and programs.
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Juvenile arrest rates in the United States have declined over the past decade, yet the percentage of girls in trouble with the law increased. Girls now enter the juvenile legal system for violent offenses in addition to minor violations for which previous generations of young women have always been detained. In Girls in Trouble with the Law, sociologist Laurie Schaffner takes us inside female detention centers and explores the worlds of those who are incarcerated. Across the country, she finds t.
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Female juvenile delinquents-- United States.
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Juvenile corrections-- United States.
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Juvenile delinquency-- United States.
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Teenagers with social disabilities-- United States.
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Adolescents handicapés sociaux-- États-Unis.
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Délinquance juvénile-- États-Unis.
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Jeunes délinquantes-- États-Unis.
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Services correctionnels pour mineurs-- États-Unis.
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Female juvenile delinquents.
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Jugendliche Täterin
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Juvenile corrections.
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Juvenile delinquency.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Criminology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Sociology-- General.
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Teenagers with social disabilities.
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United States.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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364.36082/0973
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HV9104.S3224 2006
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