Understanding the Female Offender

Autor/in	Cauffman, Elizabeth
Titel	Understanding the Female Offender
Quelle	In: Future of Children, 18 (2008) 2, S.119-142 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1054-8289
Schlagwörter	Delinquency; Females; Juvenile Justice; Criminals; Gender Differences; Adolescents; At Risk Persons; Violence; Aggression; Antisocial Behavior; Biological Influences; Environmental Influences; Interpersonal Relationship; Intervention; Public Policy; Victims of Crime + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kriminalität; Weibliches Geschlecht; Jugendgerichtshilfe; Straftäter; Geschlechterkonflikt; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Risikogruppe; Gewalt; Biologischer Faktor; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Öffentliche Ordnung; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen
Abstract	Although boys engage in more delinquent and criminal acts than do girls, female delinquency is on the rise. In 1980, boys were four times as likely as girls to be arrested; today they are only twice as likely to be arrested. In this article, the author explores how the juvenile justice system is and should be responding to the adolescent female offender. She begins by reviewing historical trends in arrest rates, processing, and juvenile justice system experiences of female offenders. She also describes the adult outcomes commonly observed for female offenders and points out that the long-term consequences of offending for females are often more pronounced than those for males, with effects that extend to the next generation. She also considers common patterns of offending in girls, as well as factors that may increase or decrease the likelihood of offending. She then reviews what is known about effective treatment strategies for female offenders. (Contains 4 figures and 114 endnotes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and The Brookings Institution. 267 Wallace Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544. Tel: 609-258-6979; e-mail: FOC@princeton.edu; Web site: http://www.brookings.org/index/publications.htm
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10