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It is advanced that reproductive technologies (RT) & the discourse of reproductive rights (RR) have the potential to either advance women's independence or curtail their rights. Additional RR under consideration extend beyond RT, eg, to include whether there is a right to bear & raise children in a healthy & supportive environment, & to challenges of the notion of human reproduction. Issues inherent in the RR discourse include: the potential for social control over individual women; the collective interests of the state, biological or social fathers, & professionals involved in implementation of RT; & rights of the fetus. Inherent limitations of judicial rights include ideological justification of the status quo & unequal gender power relations. 32 References. V. Wagener

Advances are making the ability of women to control their lives and bodies more problematic. Argues that participation in the rights discourse is necessary to maintain the limited control women have over their reproductive lives. But the rights discourse also enhances social control over women. (PAS)

Based on two years of intensive research in a juvenile prison, this study tells the story of youths in a "model program," created after a class action lawsuit for inhumane and illegal practices. It captures their lives inside and outside of prison: from drugs, gangs and criminal behaviour to the realities of families, schools and neighbourhoods. Drawing on experience that encompasses 20 years of juvenile justice research and policy analysis, the authors scrutinize the prison's attempts to combine accountability and treatment for youths with protection for the public, situating these within the

A loglinear analysis was conducted of the processing by a midwestern metropolitan juvenile court of 9,223 delinquency cases to demonstrate recent changes in justice research. By focusing on several stages within the decision-making process (detention, screening, & final disposition), the impact that early decisions have on subsequent decisions is examined, & the interdependence of legal variables (offense type, prior record), social variables (race, gender), & process variables (detention decision, screening decision) illustrated. 6 Tables, 26 References. Modified HA