Screen LibraryGirls and Juvenile Justice : Power, Status, and the Social Construction of Delinquency /
In this fascinating study, Davis provides an insightful account of the lived realities of girls in the juvenile justice system. Drawing on a unique mixture of ethnographic observations and interviews, Davis reveals how young women struggle for dignity amidst near- constant assaults on their humanity...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42845-1 |
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In this fascinating study, Davis provides an insightful account of the lived realities of girls in the juvenile justice system. Drawing on a unique mixture of ethnographic observations and interviews, Davis reveals how young women struggle for dignity amidst near- constant assaults on their humanity and personhood. She also exposes how girls navigate among state, community, and family institutions and how, in the process, they use and alter dominant ideals of gender and citizenship. By remaining attentive to how social power operates simultaneously through gender, race, and class, Davis prov |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource(VII,162pages) |
| ISBN: | 9783319428451 |
| CLC: | D771.285 |
| Contents: | 1. Introduction -- 2. Getting Into Place/Gaining Acceptance and Trust -- 3. Getting Into the System: Negotiating Power and Status in the Family -- 4. Horizontal Surveillance and Therapeutic Governance of Institutionalized Girls -- 5. Family Power Struggles After Release -- 6. Navigating Neighborhood Institutions: Gang Involvement -- 7. Conclusion. |