Add to ORKGIncreasing numbers of female youth involved in the juvenile justice system highlight the need to examine this population. This study enumerates distinct profiles of risk and protection among juvenile court-involved females, examining young adult outcomes associated with these profiles. Administrative data on 700 participants were drawn from multiple service sectors in a Midwest metropolitan region. Latent class and Pearson chi-square analyses were used. Five unique classes were identified; these classes were associated with young adult outcomes. One class of impoverished African American females was most likely to experience problematic young adult outcomes but least likely to have received juvenile justice services. Findings highlight the ...
Young female offenders represent a growing number of young offenders. Studies have shown that youth ...
The federal JJDP legislation has had a differential impact on the pattern of admission of females an...
The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the manner in which different types of prior victimiz...
This case study explored the interactive relationship between the type and level of risk experienced...
Predicting juvenile court outcomes based on youthful offenders’ delinquency risk factors is importan...
While boys who offend have been a dominant majority and primary concern of the juvenile court since ...
Significant racial disparities exist within the juvenile justice system. Across age and gender, blac...
The number of adolescents involved in the juvenile justice system is increasing dramatically, partic...
Much research in crime and delinquency has focused on understanding the risk factors associated with...
Adolescent girls comprise nearly a third of juvenile arrests, and rates of incarceration among young...
Research on juvenile delinquency and antisocial behavior has focused almost exclusively on males. Th...
An increasing number of girls are being charged with crime during their adolescent years, but little...
Despite increased attention to gender differences in youthful offending, no known studies have exami...
Females have recently become an important population in research related to serious and violent juve...
Differences in offending patterns between male and female youth are well established in the literatu...
Young female offenders represent a growing number of young offenders. Studies have shown that youth ...
The federal JJDP legislation has had a differential impact on the pattern of admission of females an...
The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the manner in which different types of prior victimiz...
This case study explored the interactive relationship between the type and level of risk experienced...
Predicting juvenile court outcomes based on youthful offenders’ delinquency risk factors is importan...
While boys who offend have been a dominant majority and primary concern of the juvenile court since ...
Significant racial disparities exist within the juvenile justice system. Across age and gender, blac...
The number of adolescents involved in the juvenile justice system is increasing dramatically, partic...
Much research in crime and delinquency has focused on understanding the risk factors associated with...
Adolescent girls comprise nearly a third of juvenile arrests, and rates of incarceration among young...
Research on juvenile delinquency and antisocial behavior has focused almost exclusively on males. Th...
An increasing number of girls are being charged with crime during their adolescent years, but little...
Despite increased attention to gender differences in youthful offending, no known studies have exami...
Females have recently become an important population in research related to serious and violent juve...
Differences in offending patterns between male and female youth are well established in the literatu...
Young female offenders represent a growing number of young offenders. Studies have shown that youth ...
The federal JJDP legislation has had a differential impact on the pattern of admission of females an...
The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the manner in which different types of prior victimiz...