Girl Trouble: Female Delinquency in English Canada |
| Rarely a week goes by when juvenile delinquency or the Young
Offenders Act are not discussed in the dominant media. Are we witnessing a
moral panic over youth crime or a spate of "child-blaming" driven by the
politics of law and order? Drawing on an array of sources, from court cases to practitioners' notes to institutional records, Joan Sangster illuminates the history of girls' conflicts with the law. Beginning with the 1908 passage of the Juvenile Delinquency Act, Girl Trouble takes a critical look at variable definitions of juvenile delinquency, and attempted solutions. Through richly detailed analysis Sangster uncovers the class, gender, and racial biases underpinning the operation of juvenile justice. |
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We hear the voices of girls and their families who are caught up in
the juvenile justice system - voices that have been hidden from history by an
overwhelming concern with the potential criminality of boys. Filling a
significant gap in Canadian social and legal history, Girl Trouble looks
inside the notorious girls' training schools and chronicles the resistance of
the young women.
"Girl Trouble is a "must read" for all who want to learn about the manner and reasons that young women and girls become ensnared in the widest, deepest, and stickiest net of social control. After reading this book, you will know why the pursuit and penalizing of women and girls is a pernicious exercise of state power and authority." - Kim Pate, Executive Director, Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry SocietiesWritten by Joan Sangster. Published by Between the Lines, 2002. |
| Catalogue No. | 1-896357-58-X |
| Price | $24.95 |
| Format | Softcover |
| Pages | 213 |
| Language | English only |
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