Girls, Delinquency, and Juvenile Justice (Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice Series) - Softcover

Chesney-Lind, Meda; Shelden, Randall G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534557740 ISBN 13: 9780534557744

Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co, 2003

Synopsis

This award-winning text 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 text provides compelling firsthand accounts as well as solid research and theory.

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About the Author

Meda Chesney-Lind, Ph.D. is a Professor of Women's Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She has served as Vice President of the American Society of Criminology and President of the Western Society of Criminology. Nationally recognized for her work on women and crime, her books include Girls, DELINQUENCY, AND JUVENILE JUSTICE (Wadsworth) which was awarded the American Society of Criminology's Michael J. Hindelang Award for "outstanding contribution to criminology, 1992" and THE FEMALE OFFENDER: GIRLS, WOMEN AND CRIME (Sage, 1997). In 1997, she received the Donald Cressey Award from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency for her "outstanding academic contribution to the field of criminology," and in 2001, she received the Bruce Smith, Sr. Award by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0534557740
• ISBN 13: 9780534557744
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 345