MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01791nam a22002418a 4500
001 2008012509
003 DLC
005 20080321090420.0
008 080318s2009 pau b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008012509
020 $a9781592139514 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a9781592139521 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aHV6046$b.D39 2009
082 00 $a364.36082$222
245 04 $aThe delinquent girl /$cedited by Margaret A. Zahn.
260 $aPhiladelphia :$bTemple University Press,$c2009.
263 $a0901
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- 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-Johnson, 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.
650 0 $aFemale juvenile delinquents.
700 1 $aZahn, Margaret A.