Little women: Girls in adult prison

Women and Criminal Justice

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 51-80

  Gaarder, Emily ^a,b   Belknap, Joanne ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Girls; Juvenile transfer; Prison

Indexed keywords

EID: 28344431665     PISSN: 08974454     EISSN: 15410323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J012v15n02_03     Document Type: Article

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