The delinquent girl /
A major study defining the delinquent girl, the crimes she commits and why she commits them.
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Other Authors / Creators: | Zahn, Margaret A. |
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Format: | eBook Electronic |
Language: | English |
Imprint: | Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2009. |
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Online Access: | Click here for full text at Project MUSE |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The contribution of "mainstream" theories to the explanation of female delinquency / Robert Agnew
- Feminist theories of girls' delinquency / Jody Miller and Christopher W. Mullins
- Trends in girls' delinquency and the gender gap: statistical assessment of diverse sources / Darrell Steffensmeier and Jennifer Schwartz
- Biopsychological factors, gender, and delinquency / Diana Fishbein, Shari Miller, Donna Marie Winn, and Gayle Dakof
- Family influences on girls' delinquency / Candace Kruttschnitt, and Peggy Giordano
- Peer influences on girls' delinquency / Peggy Giordano
- Girls, schooling, and delinquency / Allison Ann Payne, Denise C. Gottfredson, and Candace Kruttschnitt
- Gender differences in neighborhood effects and delinquency / Margaret A. Zahn and Angela Browne
- The context of girls' violence: peer groups, families, schools, and communities / Merry Morash and Meda Chesney-Lind
- Young women and street gangs / Jody Miller
- Girls in the juvenile justice system / Barry C. Feld
- Appendix: Girls study group members
- References.