Girls in Trouble with the Law None Edition Contributor(s): Schaffner, Laurie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813538343 ISBN-13: 9780813538341 Publisher: Rutgers University Press OUR PRICE: $38.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2006 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science |
Dewey: 364.360 |
LCCN: 2005028096 |
Series: Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies |
Physical Information: 0.61" H x 5.99" W x 9.06" (0.85 lbs) 257 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Winner of the 2007 American Sociological Association's Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Award from the Childhood and Youth section In Girls in Trouble with the Law, sociologist Laurie Schaffner takes us inside juvenile detention centers and explores the worlds of the young women incarcerated within. Across the nation, girls of color are disproportionately represented in detention facilities, and many report having experienced physical harm and sexual assaults. For girls, the meaning of these and other factors such as the violence they experience remain undertheorized and below the radar of mainstream sociolegal scholarship. When gender is considered as an analytic category, Schaffner shows how gender is often seen through an outmoded lens. Offering a critical assessment of what she describes as a gender-insensitive juvenile legal system, Schaffner makes a compelling argument that current policies do not go far enough to empower disadvantaged girls so that communities can assist them in overcoming the social limitations and gender, sexual, and racial/ethnic discrimination that continue to plague young women growing up in contemporary United States. |