Beyond Confinement: The Regulation of Girl Offenders' Bodies, Sexual Choices, and Behavior. Issue 1 (1st January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pasko, Lisa
• Is Part Of: Women & criminal justice. Volume 27:Issue 1(2017)
• Page Start: 4
• Page End: 20
• Publication Date: 2017-01-01
• Subjects: female delinquents -- juvenile court -- sexualities -- youth corrections; Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Periodicals; Female offenders -- Periodicals; Women -- Crimes against -- Periodicals; Women criminal justice personnel -- Periodicals; 364.374
• DOI: 10.1080/08974454.2016.1259598
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0897-4454

Abstract

Abstract : Throughout transformations in juvenile justice, control over girls' bodies, sexual behavior, and reproductive choices has remained a constant focal point among decision makers, with girls infrequently charged with serious law violations and commonly judged in terms of their moral welfare and chasteness. Using interview data with 62 court and correctional decision makers, this article examines how the contemporary juvenile justice system responds to girls' sexual behavior and explores the policies and procedures used to restrain sexual agency and reproductive choices, both physically and cognitively. This article also investigates the penalties enforced when girls resist such controls as well as intentions toward change and reform in the system.