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Why girls fight : female youth violence in the inner city / Cindy D. Ness.
LIBRA HV6791 .N38 2010
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ness, Cindy D., 1959-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Female juvenile delinquents--United States.
- Female juvenile delinquents.
- Minorities.
- Psychology.
- United States.
- Teenage girls--Psychology.
- Teenage girls.
- Inner cities--United States.
- Inner cities.
- Minorities--United States--Psychology.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 185 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2010]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The city of Philadelphia and female youth violence
- Girls' violent behavior as viewed from the streets
- The reasons girls give for fighting
- Mothers, daughters, and the double-generation dynamic
- Culture and neighborhood institutions
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780814758403
- 0814758401
- 9780814758410
- 081475841X
- 9780814758670
- 0814758673
- OCLC:
- 491917898
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