Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-333) and index.
Contents:
1. Introduction : why a book on girls and juvenile justice? -- 2. The extent of female delinquency -- Recent trends : national arrest data -- Self-report surveys -- Delinquent careers -- Racial differences -- Summary -- Notes -- 3. The nature of female delinquency -- Girls and shoplifting -- Status offenses -- Runaways -- Prostitution among girls -- International prostitution -- Girls and violence -- Relabeling status offenses -- Aggression and gender -- Girls and robbery -- Summary -- Notes -- 4. Girls and gangs -- Trends in girl gang membership -- Girl gang membership and crimes -- Types of female gangs -- Moving beyond the stereotypes : the social context of girl gangs -- Class and race -- Crime and drugs -- Reasons for joining the gang -- Relationship with males and male gangs -- Family-related issues -- School and work -- Some concluding thoughts -- Summary -- Notes -- 5. Theories of female crime and delinquency -- Early theories of female delinquency -- Sociological theories of (male) delinquency : do they apply to girls? -- Social disorganization/social ecology theory -- Strain theory -- Cultural deviance theories -- Cohen's "culture of the gang" -- Miller's "lower class culture" -- Differential association -- Control theory -- Labeling theory -- Critical/Marxist perspectives -- A concluding note -- Gender roles and delinquency in girls : the beginnings of a theory of female delinquency -- The women's movement and female crime -- Feminist criminology -- Summary -- Notes -- 6. Girls' lives and girls' delinquency -- Growing up female -- Girls, parents, and peers -- Girls and the sexual double standard -- An overview of girls' victimization -- Girls' victimization and female delinquency -- Contemporary delinquency research and gender -- Summary -- 7. Girls and the juvenile justice system : a historical overview -- The doctrine of Parens Patriae, stubborn children, and houses of refuge : roots of a double standard of juvenile justice -- Ex Parte Crouse -- The child-saving movement and the juvenile court -- "The best place to conquer girls" -- The juvenile court and the double standard of juvenile justice -- Deinstitutionalization and judicial paternalism : challenges to the double standard of juvenile justice -- Unpopular reform? -- Recent trends : finally a focus on girls, and the republican backlash -- Summary -- Notes -- 8. The contemporary juvenile justice system and girls, part I : police and juvenile court processing -- An overview of the system and process -- The rights of juveniles : a review of key cases -- Implications of Supreme Court rulings for girls -- Getting into the system -- Girls on the streets -- Girls at the station house -- Delinquents in court -- Gender and delinquency referrals -- Comparing girls and boys in court -- Girls, race, and the new double standard of juvenile justice -- Summary -- Notes -- 9. The contemporary juvenile justice system and girls, part II : girls in institutions -- Youths in institutions : a national overview -- Number of girls in institutions -- Demographic characteristics of youths in institutions -- Characteristics of girls in correctional facilities -- Girls in detention -- Girls in adult jails -- Conditions for girls in jail -- Girls in training schools -- The inmate subculture and social system -- Girls, race, and institutionalization -- Deinstitutionalization or trans-institutionalization? : girls and the mental health system -- Summary -- Notes -- 10. In their own words : interviews with girls and boys on the margins -- Interpreting ethnicity and gender in Hawaii : a case study -- Study methodology -- The youth participants -- Focus group questions and session dynamics -- Key findings of the study -- "I thought that one of my teachers ... was against Samoans Li'dat" -- "But all we da best in? : violence" -- " ... they dress as hoochie mammas-- you know, like hookers" -- Some concluding thoughts -- The "risky" lives of girl delinquents : Bottcher's California study -- Summary -- Notes -- 11. Programs for girls in trouble -- Traditional approaches -- Juvenile diversion -- The Detention Diversion Advocacy Project (DDAP) -- Gender differences -- Foster care and group homes -- The ideal program -- Shortchanging girls : patterns within youth-serving programs -- Are gender-specific programs necessary? -- Programmings as if girls mattered : getting past girls watching boys play sports -- Lack of validated gender-specific programs : programming and the "forgotten few" -- Violence -- Running away, education, and trauma -- Peers and the importance of age -- Recreation : beyond cheerleading -- Programs for girls -- Children of the night -- National programs of Girls, Incorporated -- Local programs sponsored by Girls, Incorporated -- Policy implications and future directions -- Summary -- Notes -- 12. Conclusions.
Series:
The Wadsworth contemporary issues in crime and justice series
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