Tabla de Contenidos:
  • NOT SO NICE GIRLS' DELINQUENCY ISSUES ; NOT SO NICE GIRLS' DELINQUENCY ISSUES ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; THE GIRLS STUDY GROUP
  • CHARTING THE WAY TO DELINQUENCY PREVENTION FOR GIRLS; GIRLS STUDY GROUP MEMBERS ; VIOLENCE BY TEENAGE GIRLS: TRENDS AND CONTEXT; ABOUT THE GIRLS STUDY GROUP ; CAUSES AND CORRELATES OF GIRLS' DELINQUENCY; RESILIENT GIRLS-FACTORS THAT PROTECT AGAINST DELINQUENCY ; SUITABILITY OF ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS FOR DELINQUENT GIRLS ; GIRLS' DELINQUENCY PROGRAMS- AN EVIDENCE-BASED REVIEW ; DEVELOPMENTAL SEQUENCES OF GIRLS' DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR ; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
  • End NotesTHE FEMALE JUVENILE OFFENDER IN HAWAII; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; What gender differences exist in juvenile arrests and adjudications?; What gender differences exist in the social, academic, drug use, mental health, and family backgrounds of juvenile offenders? ; How do HYCF girls differ from female juvenile offenders who have never been committed to the facility? ; What is the profile of the female juvenile offender? How does it differ from the profile for boys?; Policy Recommendations ; INTRODUCTION; Study Purpose ; Methods ; GENDER AND JUVENILE DELINQUENCY IN HAWAII.
  • Gender Differences in Hawaii's Juvenile Arrests Predicting Adjudication ; CASE FILE ANALYSIS; Age and Offense Characteristics ; Ethnicity and Circuit Court, by Gender ; Social, Psychological, Family, and Academic Characteristics; Predicting Runaway Arrests ; HYCF Girls and Non-HYCF Girls ; SUMMARY: A PROFILE OF THE FEMALE JUVENILE OFFENDER ; POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS; REFERENCES ; APPENDIX A. DOCUMENTS ANALYZED ; APPENDIX B: CODING DEFINITIONS; End Notes; JUVENILE JUSTICE: TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND BETTER DEFINED EVALUATION PLANS WILL HELP TO IMPROVE GIRLS' DELINQUENCY PROGRAMS.
  • RESULTS IN BRIEFBACKGROUND; OJJDP ESTABLISHED THE GIRLS STUDY GROUP TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GIRLS' DELINQUENCY PROGRAMS; OJJDP Efforts to Assess Program Effectiveness Were Consistent with Social Science Practices and Standards, and OJJDP Has Taken Action to Enhance Its Communication about Study Group Activities and Findings with External Stakeholders; In Response to Study Group Findings of No Evidence of Effective Girls' Delinquency Programs, OJJDP Plans Technical Assistance to Help Programs but Could Strengthen Its Plans for Supporting Evaluations; CONCLUSIONS.
  • RECOMMENDATION FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION COMMENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ; GAO's Mission ; End Notes ; RESILIENT GIRLS
  • FACTOR THAT PROTECT AGAINST DELINQUENCY; DEFINING RESILIENCE ; BACKGROUND ; Developing the Study; GIRLS STUDY GROUP MEMBERS ; Developmental Perspective; THE CURRENT STUDY ; Data Source ; Analyzing the Survey Data ; RESEARCH ON RISK FACTORS FOR DELINQUENCY; FINDINGS ; STUDY LIMITATIONS ; IMPLICATIONS; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; VIOLENCE BY TEENAGE GIRLS: TRENDS AND CONTEXT; TRENDS IN GIRLS' VIOLENCE; Data Sources ; GIRLS STUDY GROUP MEMBERS.