Girl Trouble: Female Delinquency in English Canada
- ISBN-10
- 189635758X
- ISBN-13
- 9781896357584
- Series
- Girl Trouble
- Category
- Female juvenile delinquents
- Pages
- 213
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Between the Lines
- Author
- Joan Sangster
Description
Rarely a week goes by when juvenile delinquency or the Young Offenders Act are not discussed in the dominant media. Are we witnessing a moral panic over youth crime or a spate of "child-blaming" driven by the politics of law and order? Sangster traces the history of young women and crime and in so doing punctures dozens of myths surrounding these issues. Girl Trouble uncovers the voices of girls and their families who are caught up in the juvenile justice system, and provides a critical look at the definitions of, and solutions to, female delinquency. The book fills a significant gap in Canadian social and legal history.
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- 2014-06-12
- 320 pages
- Paperback
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- 2014-06-12
- 324 pages
- Ebook
- Bloomsbury Publishing
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