What a Girl Wants, What a Girl Needs: Findings From a Gender-Specific Focus Group Study

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 536-561

  Garcia, Crystal A ^a   Lane, Jodi ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

at risk and delinquent girls; female juvenile offenders; gender specific programming

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955730928     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128709331790     Document Type: Article

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