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Girls, Delinquency, and Juvenile Justice: Juvenile Justice

by: Chesney-Lind, Meda

Girls, Delinquency, and Juvenile Justice: Juvenile Justice

by: Chesney-Lind, Meda

ISBN 13:
9780534557744
ISBN 10:
0534557740
Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 08/11/2003
Publisher: Cengage Learning

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Summary

This award-winning book was the first book devoted solely to the topic of female delinquency and the treatment of young girls by the juvenile justice system. It sheds new light on the special problems of delinquent girls by taking into account what it is like to grow up female in a patriarchal society. Based on extensive and original research, the book provides compelling firsthand accounts as well as solid research and theory.

Foreword

Preface

xiv

Introduction: Why A Book On Girls and Juvenile Justice?

(7)

The Extent of Female Delinquency

(23)

Recent Trends: National Arrest Data

(10)

Self-Report Surveys

(4)

Delinquent Careers

(2)

Racial Differences

(3)

Summary

(2)

Notes

(1)

The Nature of Female Delinquency

(33)

Girls and Shoplifting

(2)

Status Offenses

(7)

Runaways

(3)

Prostitution Among Girls

(7)

International Prostitution

(4)

Girls and Violence

(12)

Relabeling Status Offenses

(4)

Aggression and Gender

(2)

Girls and Robbery

(3)

Summary

(1)

Notes

(1)

Girls and Gangs

(34)

Trends in Girl Gang Membership

(4)

Girl Gang Membership and Crimes

(3)

Types of Female Gangs

(1)

Moving Beyond the Stereotypes: The Social Context of Girl Gangs

(1)

Class and Race

(26)

Crime and Drugs

(5)

Reasons for Joining the Gang

(7)

Relationship with Males and Male Gangs

(4)

Family-Related Issues

(3)

School and Work

(2)

Some Concluding Thoughts

(1)

Summary

(1)

Notes

(1)

Theories of Female Crime and Delinquency

(34)

Early Theories of Female Delinquency

100

(6)

Sociological Theories of (Male) Delinquency: Do They Apply to Girls?

106

(15)

Social Disorganization/Social Ecology Theory

107

(2)

Strain Theory

109

(4)

Cultural Deviance Theories

113

(1)

Cohen's ``Culture of the Gang''

113

(1)

Miller's ``Lower Class Culture''

114

(1)

Differential Association

115

(1)

Control Theory

115

(1)

Labeling Theory

116

(2)

Critical/Marxist Perspectives

118

(3)

A Concluding Note

121

(1)

Gender Roles and Delinquency in Girls: The Beginnings of a Theory of Female Delinquency

121

(5)

The Women's Movement and Female Crime

126

(4)

Feminist Criminology

128

(2)

Summary

130

(1)

Notes

131

(1)

Girls' Lives and Girls' Delinquency

132

(26)

Growing Up Female

134

(5)

Girls, Parents, and Peers

139

(4)

Girls and the Sexual Double Standard

143

(1)

An Overview of Girls' Victimization

144

(1)

Girls' Victimization and Female Delinquency

145

(4)

Contemporary Delinquency Research and Gender

149

(7)

Summary

156

(2)

Girls and the Juvenile Justice System: A Historical Overview

158

(25)

The Doctrine of Parens Patriae, Stubborn Children, and Houses of Refuge: Roots of a Double Standard of Juvenile Justice

159

(3)

Ex Parte Crouse

162

(1)

The Child-Saving Movement and the Juvenile Court

163

(6)

``The Best Place to Conquer Girls''

169

(1)

The Juvenile Court and the Double Standard of Juvenile Justice

170

(4)

Deinstitutionalization and Judicial Paternalism: Challenges to the Double Standard of Juvenile Justice

174

(1)

Unpopular Reform?

175

(3)

Recent Trends: Finally a Focus on Girls, and the Republican Backlash

178

(3)

Summary

181

(1)

Notes

182

(1)

The Contemporary Juvenile Justice System and Girls, Part I: Police and Juvenile Court Processing

183

(21)

An Overview of the System and Process

183

(1)

The Rights of Juveniles: A Review of Key Cases

184

(2)

Implications of Supreme Court Rulings for Girls

186

(2)

Getting into the System

188

(6)

Girls on the Streets

189

(2)

Girls at the Station House

191

(3)

Delinquents in Court

194

(2)

Gender and Delinquency Referrals

196

(2)

Comparing Girls and Boys in Court

198

(2)

Girls, Race, and the New Double Standard of Juvenile Justice

200

(2)

Summary

202

(1)

Notes

203

(1)

The Contemporary Juvenile Justice System and Girls, Part II: Girls in Institutions

204

(33)

Youths in Institutions: A National Overview

205

(1)

Number of Girls in Institutions

205

(5)

Demographic Characteristics of Youths in Institutions

206

(4)

Characteristics of Girls in Correctional Facilities

210

(1)

Girls in Detention

210

(7)

Girls in Adult Jails

217

(4)

Conditions for Girls in Jail

219

(2)

Girls in Training Schools

221

(9)

The Inmate Subculture and Social System

228

(2)

Girls, Race, and Institutionalization

230

(2)

Deinstitutionalization or Trans-Institutionalization? Girls and the Mental Health System

232

(3)

Summary

235

(1)

Note

236

(1)

In Their Own Words: Interviews with Girls and Boys on the Margins

237

(26)

Interpreting Ethnicity and Gender in Hawaii: A Case Study

239

(19)

Study Methodology

242

(1)

The Youth Participants

242

(1)

Focus Group Questions and Session Dynamics

243

(3)

Key Findings of the Study

246

(1)

``I Thought That One of My Teachers . . . Was Against Samoans Li'dat.''

246

(4)

``But All We da Best In? Violence.''

250

(4)

``. . . They Dress as Hoochie Mammas---You Know, Like Hookers.''

254

(2)

Some Concluding Thoughts

256

(2)

The ``Risky'' Lives of Girl Delinquents: Bottcher's California Study

258

(3)

Summary

261

(1)

Note

262

(1)

Programs for Girls in Trouble

263

(34)

Traditional Approaches

267

(2)

Juvenile Diversion

269

(3)

The Detention Diversion Advocacy Project (DDAP)

272

(7)

Gender Differences

274

(5)

Foster Care and Group Homes

279

(3)

The Ideal Program

282

(1)

Shortchanging Girls: Patterns within Youth-Serving Programs

283

(1)

Are Gender-Specific Programs Necessary?

284

(1)

Programmings as if Girls Mattered: Getting Past Girls Watching Boys Play Sports

285

(4)

Lack of Validated Gender-Specific Programs: Programming and the ``Forgotten Few''

285

(1)

Violence

286

(1)

Running Away, Education, and Trauma

287

(1)

Peers and the Importance of Age

287

(1)

Recreation: Beyond Cheerleading

288

(1)

Programs for Girls

289

(1)

Children of the Night

289

(1)

National Programs of Girls, Incorporated

290

(3)

Local Programs Sponsored by Girls, Incorporated

291

(2)

Policy Implications and Future Directions

293

(1)

Summary

294

(2)

Notes

296

(1)

Conclusions

297

(8)

Bibliography

305

(30)

Index

335

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