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- Title
Setting the Record "Straight": Girls, Sexuality, and the Juvenile Correctional System.
- Authors
Pasko, Lisa
- Abstract
The article discusses the sexuality of girls who have been incarcerated within the U.S. juvenile correctional system, particularly focusing upon how the institution deals with lesbian, bisexual, and questioning (LBQ) youth and how management techniques pertaining to these topics affect girl offenders’ relationships and identities. The author uses feminist critical criminology to examine the perceptions about LBQ issues held by juvenile corrections professionals. Specifically, the article aims to elucidate the ways in which staff members construct and penalize girls in juvenile corrections facilities for their sexual identities and activities.
- Subjects
UNITED States; GIRLS' sexual behavior; JUVENILE offenders -- Sexual behavior; FEMALE juvenile offenders; JUVENILE corrections; LESBIANISM; BISEXUALITY
- Publication
Social Justice, 2010, Vol 37, Issue 1, p7
- ISSN
1043-1578
- Publication type
Article