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

"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 wave - despite a persistent lack of evidence of its existence - has played a decisive role in the development of...

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Main Author: Sprott, Jane B.
Other Authors: Doob, Anthony N., Zimring, Franklin E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2009
Series:Adolescent development and legal policy.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central