‘Bad Girls’ or ‘Mad Girls’ – The coping mechanism of female young offenders

Gender and Justice: New Concepts and Approaches

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 147-164

  Hutson, Nicola ^a   Myers, Carrie Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 71049180766     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781843926122     Document Type: Chapter

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