NCJ Number
236321
Journal
Crime & Delinquency Volume: 55 Issue: 2 Dated: April 2009 Pages: 171-215
Date Published
April 2009
Length
45 pages
Annotation
This article traces the historical coverage of differences and similarities between girls and boys involved in juvenile crime and processing by the juvenile justice system.
Abstract
This article traces the historical coverage of the gender issue in the criminological literature. It also provides contemporary empirical evidence about differences and similarities between girls and boys with respect to juvenile crime and to processing by the juvenile justice system, by analyzing several national juvenile crime data series, all of which have been recently updated. This research has produced numerous results that indicate that female and male delinquents possess more similarities than differences concerning arrest rates, arrest statistics, juvenile court data, and juvenile corrections data. (Published Abstract)