Justice for girls? : stability and change in the youth justice systems of the United States and Canada /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Sprott, Jane B.
Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2009.
Description:	xii, 215 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Female juvenile delinquents -- United States. Juvenile justice, Administration of -- United States. Female juvenile delinquents -- Canada. Juvenile justice, Administration of -- Canada. Female juvenile delinquents. Juvenile justice, Administration of. Canada. United States.
Format:	Print Book
Local Note:	University of Chicago Library's copy 2 has original dust jacket.
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7907158

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Other authors / contributors:	Doob, Anthony N.
ISBN:	9780226770048 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226770044 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Criminal Girls and Girls in Youth Justice
Chapter 2. Are Sugar and Spice Really Evolving into Snips and Snails and Puppy-Dog Tails?
Chapter 3. Paternalism and the Social Control of Adolescent Girls: Juvenile Justice Reform in the United States
Chapter 4. Paternalism and the Social Control of Adolescent Girls: Juvenile Justice Reform in Canada
Chapter 5. The Impact of Law Reform: Deinstitutionalization in Law and Practice in the United States
Chapter 6. The Impact of Law Reform: Deinstitutionalization in Law and Practice in Canada
Chapter 7. Continuity and Change in Justice for Girls
Appendixes
Notes
References
Index

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