Gender effects along the juvenile justice system: Evidence of a gendered organization

Feminist Criminology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-43

  Carr, T Nicole ^a   Hudson, Kenneth ^a   Hanks, Roma S ^a   Hunt, Andrea N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Female delinquency; Gender; Gendered organization; Inequality; Juveniles; Residential treatment; Sentencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449098042     PISSN: 15570851     EISSN: 1557086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557085107311390     Document Type: Article

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