{"product_id":"governing-girls-christie-barron-9781552664360","title":"Governing Girls: Rehabilitation in the Age of Risk","description":"In recent years there has been significant media hype and moral panic over assaults and violent crimes perpetrated by young women. The governmental response to control crime and to provide protection to citizens has taken various, often contradictory, forms. The current research agenda on controlling youth violence in Canada, especially in light of provisions in the \u003ci\u003eYouth Criminal Justice Act\u003c\/i\u003e, is focused on risk assessment. The approach, however, ignores how \"risk\" is a socio-cultural phenomenon. Through interviews with young female offenders and youth justice authorities, \u003ci\u003eGoverning Girls\u003c\/i\u003e examines female youth violence in the contemporary landscape of control and the increasing reliance on risk assessment tools to classify and manage youths' level of risk. Exploring the meaning of treatment and rehabilitation in the age of risk, as well as analyzing the gender, race and class dimensions of the risk construct, Christie L. Barron questions the impact of risk rationality and argues that actuarial technologies depoliticize the process of control and further exclude and marginalize young female offenders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christie Barron\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1552664368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781552664360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fernwood Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Christie Barron","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48449741488383,"sku":"9781552664360","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2bf7e77f-ec3b-4ce2-92ba-d30f3c67e2c2.jpg?v=1777264711","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/governing-girls-christie-barron-9781552664360","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}