Girls in Trouble with the Law

Name: Girls in Trouble with the Law
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ISBN: 9780813538341

ISBN-10: 0813538343

ISBN-13: 9780813538341

Edition: 2006

Authors: Laurie Schaffner

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"Girls in Trouble with the Law offers readers a brilliant window for re-viewing the gender, race, and class politics of juvenile justice. Readers will be filled with outrage, and yet fueled by Schaffner's passionate sense of possibility and vision for 'what must be.'"--Michelle Fine, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, The Graduate Center, CUNY "This is a superb work, intermingling poetry, narrative, interviews, and examples to create a fascinating overview of what girls experience in the juvenile corrections system, as well as how they are perceived by the people entrusted with their care. Schaffner's book is well-conceived and beautifully written."--Lynn Chancer, author of High Profile…

Book details

List price: $40.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication date: 9/6/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



List of Illustrations


List of Tables


Preface


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



Conclusion: Pathways, Policies, Programs, and Politics


Notes


Bibliography


Index