Justice for girls? [electronic resource] : stability and change in the youth justice systems of the United States and Canada / Jane B. Sprott and Anthony N. Doob ; with a foreword by Franklin E. Zimring.
Series: Adolescent development and legal policyPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.Description: xii, 215 p. : illISBN:- 9780226770048 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0226770044 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780226770062 (e-book)
- 364.36082/0973 22
- HV9104 .S67 2009eb
eBooks
Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-208) and index.
Criminal girls and girls in youth justice -- Are sugar and spice really evolving into snips and snails and puppy-dog tails? -- Paternalism and the social control of adolescent girls: juvenile justice reform in the United states -- Paternalism and the social control of adolescent girls: juvenile justice reform in Canada -- The impact of law reform: deinstitutionalization in law and practice in the United States -- The impact of law reform: deinstitutionalization in law and practice in Canada -- Continuity and change in justice for girls -- Appendixes.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.