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Justice for Girls?: Stability and Change in the Youth Justice Systems of the United States and Canada

By (author) Sprott Jane B Zimring Franklin E Doob Anthony N





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For over a century, as women have fought for and won greater freedoms, concern over an epidemic of female criminality, especially among young women, has followed. Fear of this crime waveOCodespite a persistent lack of evidence of its existenceOCohas played a decisive role in the development of the youth justice systems in the United States and Canada. Justice for Girls? is a comprehensive comparative study of the way these countries have responded to the hysteria over OC girl crimeOCO and how it has affected the treatment of both girls and boys. Tackling a century of historical evidence and crime statistics, Jane B. Sprott and Anthony N. Doob carefully trace the evolution of approaches to the treatment of young offenders. Seeking to keep youths out of adult courts, both countries have built their systems around rehabilitation. But, as Sprott and Doob reveal, the myth of the OC girl crime waveOCO led to a punitive system where young people are dragged into court for minor offenses and girls are punished far more severely than boys. Thorough, timely, and persuasive, Justice for Girls? will be vital to anyone working with troubled youths.

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Publisher | The University of Chicago Press
Published date | 14 May 2014
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Pages | 229
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ISBN | 978-0-2267-7006-2
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BISAC | social science / criminology


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