American criminologist who directed national attention to girls' delinquency and women's pathways into crime, a foundational figure in feminist criminology who works to find alternatives to women's incarceration. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own account NationalitySourced to the subject's own account Defining ContributionSourced to the subject's own accountA foundational figure in feminist criminology and the feminist pathways perspective on women's offending. 1 Connections
Theories Developed
Source Wikipedia: Feminist School of Criminology
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1. Wikipedia: Meda Chesney-Lind
Overview section
Chesney-Lind works to find alternatives to women's incarceration and is an advocate for humanitarian solutions within the Hawaiian criminal justice system.
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Early life section
Meda Chesney was born in Woodward, Oklahoma, in 1947
View the SourceWikidata: Meda Chesney-Lind
Wikidata Q6804964, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Wikipedia: Feminist School of Criminology
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