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Meda Chesney-Lind
Researcher at University of Hawaii at Manoa
Publications - 103
Citations - 7646
Meda Chesney-Lind is an academic researcher from University of Hawaii at Manoa. The author has contributed to research in topics: Juvenile delinquency & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 102 publications receiving 7282 citations. Previous affiliations of Meda Chesney-Lind include University of Hawaii.
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Girls, delinquency, and juvenile justice
TL;DR: In this article, a text devoted solely to the topic of female delinquency and the treatment of young girls by the juvenile justice system is presented. And the authors reveal the special problems of delinquent girls by considering the impact that growing up female in a patriarchal society has had on their development.
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The female offender girls, women, and crime
Meda Chesney-Lind,Lisa Pasko +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, Laidler et al. discuss the nature and causes of women's crime and the nature of the pathways to women's criminal behavior, including domestic violence, drugs, prostitution, and gang membership.
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Feminism and criminology
Kathleen Daly,Meda Chesney-Lind +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the core elements of feminist thought and demonstrate their relevance for criminology are sketched and discussed in three areas: building theories of gender and crime, controlling men's violence toward women, and gender equality in the criminal justice system.
Invisible punishment : the collateral consequences of mass imprisonment
Marc Mauer,Meda Chesney-Lind +1 more
TL;DR: Flegel as discussed by the authors explained that the worse things get out in the world, the better things get in jail, and that was what made him appreciate the job so much, that it was a lot easier and the money was secure.
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Girls' Crime and Woman's Place: Toward a Feminist Model of Female Delinquency
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that existing delinquency theories are fundamentally inadequate to the task of explaining female delinquency and official reactions to girls' deviance, and they suggest that the official actions of the juvenile justice system should be understood as major forces in women's oppression as they have historically served to reinforce the obedience.