International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy: Volume 23 Issue 11

Correlates of female juvenile delinquency

Erin C. Lane

This study examines the relationships between the age at which female juvenile offenders receive their first sentencing and individual risk factors, family risk factors, and race…

Girl fights: exploring females’ resistance to educational structures

Lisa Leitz

This article looks at girls who fight in order to evaluate theories of education for marginalized girls. As oppositional culture and educational resistance theories suggest for…

Street culture in Cambridge, Massachusetts?: the perceptions of “poor”, “at‐risk” teens near Harvard

L. Janelle Dance, Dae Young Kim, Thomas Bern

Urban sociological research posits a strong correlation between social isolation and the growth in illicit activities of street culture, namely the drug trade and violent gang…

Charitable choice policy and abused children: the benefits and harms of going beyond the public‐private dichotomy

Brian Gran

Charitable Choice Policy, the heart of President Bush’s Faith‐Based Initiative, is the direct government funding of religious organizations for the purpose of carrying out…