Girls, Delinquency, and Juvenile Justice

by CHESNEY-LIND/SHELDEN

Edition:

2nd

ISBN13:

9780534264789

ISBN10:

0534264786

Format:

Paperback

Pub. Date:

7/16/1997

Publisher(s):

Wadsworth Publishing

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This text is intended as a supplement for courses in juvenile delinquency, or for special topics courses on women in criminal justice. This is the first book devoted solely to the topic of female delinquency and the treatment of young girls by the juvenile justice system. The book 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.

1 INTRODUCTION: WHY A BOOK ON GIRLS AND JUVENILE JUSTICE?

(6)

2 THE EXTENT OF FEMALE DELINQUENCY

(21)

Recent Trends: National Arrest Data

(9)

Self-Report Surveys

(5)

Delinquent Careers

(2)

Racial Differences

(3)

Summary

(1)

Note

(1)

3 THE NATURE OF FEMALE DELINQUENCY

(17)

Girls and Shoplifting

(2)

Status Offenses

(5)

Runaways

(3)

Prostitution Among Girls

(5)

International Prostitution

(3)

Summary

(1)

Note

(1)

4 GIRLS AND GANGS

(28)

Media Constructs of Girl Gangs

(2)

Trends in Girls' Violence and Gang Membership: Quantitative Studies

(4)

Girls and Violent Crimes

(1)

Girl Gang Membership

(2)

Qualitative Studies of Girls and Gangs

(3)

Moving Beyond the Stereotypes: The Social Context of Girl Gangs

(17)

Kitchen's Study of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Female Gang Members

(2)

Girls in the Barrio: Moore's Study of Girls in Chicano Gangs

(4)

Female Gangs in San Francisco

(2)

Girl Gang Members in Hawaii

(2)

Campbell's Study of Girl Gang Members in New York

(3)

Fishman's Study of an African American Female Gang in Chicago

(2)

Summary

(1)

Notes

(1)

5 THEORIES OF FEMALE DELINQUENCY AND CRIME

(28)

Early Theories of Female Delinquency

(7)

Sociological Theories of (Male) Delinquency: Do They Apply to Girls?

(10)

The Ecological Approach to Delinquency

(2)

Strain or Class-Based Theories

(3)

Differential Association

(1)

Control Theory

(1)

Labeling Theory

(3)

Critical/Marxist Perspectives

(1)

A Concluding Note

(1)

Gender Roles and Delinquency in Girls: The Beginnings of a Theory of Female Delinquency

(4)

The Women's Movement and Female Crime

(4)

Feminist Criminology

(2)

Summary

(1)

Notes

100

(1)

6 GIRLS' LIVES AND GIRLS' DELINQUENCY

101

(123)

Growing Up Female

102

(5)

Girls, Parents, and Peers

107

(4)

Girls and the Sexual Double Standard

111

(1)

Girls' Victimization and Girls' Crime

112

(3)

Girls' Victimization and Female Delinquency

115

(1)

Contemporary Delinquency Research and Gender

116

(6)

Summary

122

(2)

7 GIRLS AND THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM: A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW

124

(22)

The Doctrine of Parens Patriae, Stubborn Children, and Houses of Refuge: Roots of a Double Standard of Juvenile Justice

125

(3)

Ex Parte Crouse

128

(1)

The Child-Saving Movement and the Juvenile Court

129

(5)

"The Best Place to Conquer Girls"

134

(1)

The Juvenile Court and the Double Standard of Juvenile Justice

135

(3)

Deinstitutionalization and Judicial Paternalism: Challenges to the Double Standard of Juvenile Justice

138

(1)

Unpopular Reform?

139

(3)

Recent Trends: Finally a Focus on Girls and the Republican Backlash

142

(2)

Summary

144

(1)

Notes

145

(1)

8 THE CONTEMPORARY JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND GIRLS, PART I: POLICE AND JUVENILE COURT PROCESSING

146

(18)

An Overview of the System and Process

146

(1)

The Rights of Juveniles--A Review of Key Cases

147

(2)

Implications of Supreme Court Rulings for Girls

149

(1)

Getting into the System

150

(6)

Girls on the Streets

151

(2)

Girls at the Station House

153

(3)

Delinquents in Court

156

(1)

Gender and Delinquency Referrals

157

(2)

Comparing Girls and Boys in Court

159

(2)

Girls, Race, and the New Double Standard of Juvenile Justice

161

(1)

Summary

162

(1)

Notes

163

(1)

9 THE CONTEMPORARY JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND GIRLS, PART II: GIRLS IN INSTITUTIONS

164

(28)

Youths in Institutions: A National Overview

164

(6)

Number of Girls in Institutions

164

(3)

Demographic Characteristics of Youths in Institutions

167

(3)

Characteristics of Girls in Correctional Facilities

170

(1)

Girls in Detention

171

(4)

Girls in Adult Jails

175

(3)

Conditions for Girls in Jail

176

(2)

Girls in Training Schools

178

(7)

The Inmate Subculture and Social System

184

(1)

Girls, Race, and the New Double Standard of Juvenile Justice

185

(2)

Deinstitutionalization or Trans-Institutionalization? Girls and the Mental Health System

187

(3)

Summary

190

(1)

Note

191

(1)

10 IN THEIR OWN WORDS: INTERVIEWS WITH GIRLS IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM

192

(18)

The Hawaii Study

193

(13)

Demographic Information

193

(1)

Offense History

193

(3)

School

196

(1)

The Good Girl/Bad Girl Dilemma

197

(1)

Gender Roles

198

(1)

Sexual History

199

(1)

Family

200

(2)

Loneliness

202

(1)

Fantasies and Boyfriends

202

(1)

Thoughts of Suicide

203

(1)

Physical and Sexual Abuse

204

(2)

The "Risky" Lives of Girl Delinquents: Bottcher's California Study

206

(2)

Summary

208

(1)

Note

209

(1)

11 PROGRAMS FOR GIRLS IN TROUBLE

210

(29)

Casework Approach

212

(1)

Academic Education

213

(3)

Vocational and Work Programs

216

(1)

Group Counseling

217

(1)

Counseling and Psychotherapy

217

(1)

Family Therapy

218

(1)

Juvenile Diversion

219

(2)

Foster Care

221

(1)

Group Homes

222

(1)

Wilderness or Camping Programs

223

(1)

The Ideal Program

223

(2)

Instead of Incarceration: What Could Be Done to Meet the Needs of Girls

225

(3)

Programs for Girls

228

(6)

Children of the Night

228

(1)

Group Counseling for Teenaged Street Women

229

(1)

New Directions for Young Women

230

(1)

Addictive Love and Abuse Course for Teenage Women

231

(1)

Emancipation Program for Girls in Portland, Oregon

232

(1)

CHILD, Inc.

232

(1)

Hawaii Youth Advocacy Project

233

(1)

New Promising Programs: The Girls, Inc. Summary

234

(2)

National Programs of Girls, Inc.

234

(1)

Local Programs Sponsored by Girls, Inc.

234

(2)

Policy Implications and Future Directions

236

(1)

Summary

237

(1)

Notes

238

(1)

12 CONCLUSIONS

239

(6)

Bibliography

245

(16)

Name Index

261

(8)

Subject Index

269

(2)

Index of Court Cases

271

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