Girls, Delinquency, and Juvenile Justice by Meda Chesney-Lind... - 9781118454060

Girls, Delinquency, and Juvenile JusticeAuthor(s): Meda Chesney-Lind, Randall G. Shelden\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9781118454060, 978-1118454060\nSynopsis\nThe 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.\n\nIncluding global perspectives and coverage of cutting-edge research, this is the only textbook to deal exclusively with girls and crime\nOffers expanded coverage of girls in gangs and emerging literature on the sexual trafficking of girls\nPulls together and analyzes all existing literature on the subject of female delinquency\nBrings to light new research on a wide range of issues, including the conditions of confinement for girls incarcerated in juvenile jails