Chesney-Lind, Meda (Erstverf.): Girls, Delinquency, and Juvenile Justice

The new edition of Girls, Delinquency, and Juvenile Justice combines cutting-edge research and expanded coverage of girls' delinquency, including coverage of girls in gangs and the sexual trafficking of girls, to provide students with an accessible, up-to-date, and globally oriented textbook. * Including global perspectives and coverage of cutting-edge research, this is the only textbook to deal exclusively with girls and crime * Offers expanded coverage of girls in gangs and emerging literature on the sexual trafficking of girls * Pulls together and analyzes all existing literature on the subject of female delinquency * Brings to light new research on a wide range of issues, including the conditions of confinement for girls incarcerated in juvenile jails and prisons, Latina girls, and gender responsive programming * Explores the moral panic around "violent," "bad," and "mean" girls