Looking in the rearview mirror: What incarcerated women think girls need from the system

Feminist Criminology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 227-243

  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; focus groups; gender specific programming; incarcerated women

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955766313     PISSN: 15570851     EISSN: 1557086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557085110376341     Document Type: Article

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