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Author Sprott, Jane B.

Title 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.

Imprint Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xii, 215 p. : ill.
Series Adolescent development and legal policy
Adolescent development and legal policy.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-208) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Female juvenile delinquents -- United States.
Juvenile justice, Administration of -- United States.
Female juvenile delinquents -- Canada.
Juvenile justice, Administration of -- Canada.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Doob, Anthony N.
Zimring, Franklin E.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780226770048 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226770044 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226770062 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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