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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition.

Condición: good. This book is in good condition, with minimal signs of wear and tear.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Minimal wear to cover. Pages clean and binding tight. shelf wear. bumped edges. Paperback. With appallingly high rates of abuse in their histories, exploitation around every corner, and a very different set of needs once 'inside,' girls are brought into the juvenile justice system by a unique set of social forces and experience incarceration much differently than boys. Girls in Justice, the much-anticipated follow up to Juvenile in Justice, turns our focus specifically to girls in the system, and not a moment too soon. While the number of youth in the juvenile justice system has steadily declined, girls are a growing share of youth arrested, detained and committed. A rare, multidimensional look at these girls' vulnerable lives, Girls in Justice speaks to the unique issues they face with both hard-hitting words and Richard Ross' evocative images. Essays from some of the top girls' criminology scholars and advocates in the U.S. give readers a picture of their work with young women in the system as well as cold, hard facts about the issue. As with Juvenile in Justice, the photographs are accompanied by girls' first-person stories, as told to Ross in interviews from over 250 detention facilities across the U.S. Even for those who work with girls in the system daily, this book is sure to expand your understanding of the realities of these girls' lives.…

Paperback. Condición: Brand New. reprint edition. 126 pages. 7.75x5.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condición: Fine. 1st. 192 pages, illustrations (colour); 27 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** Photographs of young women incarcerated in the American prison-industrial complex. *** Contains colour photographs by Richard Ross of young women in juvenile detention, including statements from the girls about how they came to be in the detention facility. *** CONTENTS: Foreword: True justice, by Marian Wright Edelman; Preface, by Richard Ross; Between "Black girls rock" and a hard place, by Maisha T. Winn; Stopping the girls to prison pipeline, by Leslie Acoca; Still not free: working with girls in conflict with the law, by Mariame Kaba; Who's pimpin' now?: how our system is exploiting the exploited, by Karen I. Countryman-Roswurm. Size: 4to. Collectible.…

Paperback. Condición: Brand New. 288 pages. 8.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condición: Brand New. reissue edition. 258 pages. 8.25x5.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. 1st Edition. 1st. Edition, Only Printing 1991, Red cloth hardcover with the dust jacket,87 page book. Included and laid in is a hand written letter to a friend about this upcoming book, also a The Texas Monthly piece by Stephen Shames . The book is illustrated with award winning photographer Stephen Shames black & white photo plates most are full page. Condition : As New Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Stephen Shames (ilustrador). Signed By Photographer. Book.…