Girls, Delinquency, and Juvenile Justice

by CHESNEY-LIND/SHELDEN

• ISBN13: 9780534264789
• ISBN10: 0534264786
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-07-16
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

1 INTRODUCTION: WHY A BOOK ON GIRLS AND JUVENILE JUSTICE?	1	(6)
2 THE EXTENT OF FEMALE DELINQUENCY	7	(21)
Recent Trends: National Arrest Data	7	(9)
Self-Report Surveys	16	(5)
Delinquent Careers	21	(2)
Racial Differences	23	(3)
Summary	26	(1)
Note	27	(1)
3 THE NATURE OF FEMALE DELINQUENCY	28	(17)
Girls and Shoplifting	28	(2)
Status Offenses	30	(5)
Runaways	35	(3)
Prostitution Among Girls	38	(5)
International Prostitution	40	(3)
Summary	43	(1)
Note	44	(1)
4 GIRLS AND GANGS	45	(28)
Media Constructs of Girl Gangs	45	(2)
Trends in Girls' Violence and Gang Membership: Quantitative Studies	47	(4)
Girls and Violent Crimes	48	(1)
Girl Gang Membership	49	(2)
Qualitative Studies of Girls and Gangs	51	(3)
Moving Beyond the Stereotypes: The Social Context of Girl Gangs	54	(17)
Kitchen's Study of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Female Gang Members	56	(2)
Girls in the Barrio: Moore's Study of Girls in Chicano Gangs	58	(4)
Female Gangs in San Francisco	62	(2)
Girl Gang Members in Hawaii	64	(2)
Campbell's Study of Girl Gang Members in New York	66	(3)
Fishman's Study of an African American Female Gang in Chicago	69	(2)
Summary	71	(1)
Notes	72	(1)
5 THEORIES OF FEMALE DELINQUENCY AND CRIME	73	(28)
Early Theories of Female Delinquency	74	(7)
Sociological Theories of (Male) Delinquency: Do They Apply to Girls?	81	(10)
The Ecological Approach to Delinquency	81	(2)
Strain or Class-Based Theories	83	(3)
Differential Association	86	(1)
Control Theory	87	(1)
Labeling Theory	87	(3)
Critical/Marxist Perspectives	90	(1)
A Concluding Note	90	(1)
Gender Roles and Delinquency in Girls: The Beginnings of a Theory of Female Delinquency	91	(4)
The Women's Movement and Female Crime	95	(4)
Feminist Criminology	97	(2)
Summary	99	(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