Girls’ delinquency and the justice implications of intake workers’ perspectives

Women and Criminal Justice

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 51-77

  Bond Maupin, Lisa ^a   Maupin, James R ^a   Leisenring, Amy ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency processing; Female delinquency; Females and juvenile justice system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937387859     PISSN: 08974454     EISSN: 15410323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J012v13n02_04     Document Type: Article

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