| Beyond Bad Girls: Gender, Violence and Hype Contributor(s): Chesney-Lind, Meda (Author), Irwin, Katherine (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415948274 ISBN-13: 9780415948272 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $190.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2007 Annotation: In this important new work, two respected criminologists challenge the characterization of the new 'bad girl' arguing that it is only a new attempt to punish girls who are not the stereotypical depiction of good. Through interviews with young women, educators and people in the criminal justice system, EM Beyond Bad Girls /EM exposes the formal and informal systems of socio-cultural control imposed on girls. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Gender Studies - Social Science | Criminology - Social Science | Sociology - Urban |
| Dewey: 305.230 |
| LCCN: 2006102808 |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.43" W x 9.11" (1.02 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this important new work, two respected criminologists challenge the characterization of the new 'bad girl' arguing that it is only a new attempt to punish girls who are not the stereotypical depiction of good. Through interviews with young women, educators and people in the criminal justice system, Beyond Bad Girls exposes the formal and informal systems of socio-cultural control imposed on girls. |
