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Does Feminism Spoil Girls? Explanations for Official Rises in Female Delinquency

Does Feminism Spoil Girls? Explanations for Official Rises in Female Delinquency AbstractOfficial rates of female delinquency have been rising steadily in countries such as Australia, England, Canada and the United States since the 1960s.They have also generally been rising at a rate faster than that for boys. As yet there is little consensus about the reasons for these rises or even whether such rate rises reflect any real increase in female delinquency at all. Against this backdrop of rising official crimes rates for young women, this article revisits the various criminological explanations for these trends. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology SAGE

Does Feminism Spoil Girls? Explanations for Official Rises in Female Delinquency

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SAGE
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ISSN
0004-8658
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1837-9273
DOI
10.1375/acri.39.1.34
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Abstract

AbstractOfficial rates of female delinquency have been rising steadily in countries such as Australia, England, Canada and the United States since the 1960s.They have also generally been rising at a rate faster than that for boys. As yet there is little consensus about the reasons for these rises or even whether such rate rises reflect any real increase in female delinquency at all. Against this backdrop of rising official crimes rates for young women, this article revisits the various criminological explanations for these trends.

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Australian & New Zealand Journal of CriminologySAGE

Published: Apr 1, 2006

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