Delinquent Girls Grown Up: Young Adult Offending Patterns and Their Relation to Early Legal, Individual, and Family Risk

Autor/inn/en	Colman, Rebecca A.; Kim, Do Han; Mitchell-Herzfeld, Susan; Shady, Therese A.
Titel	Delinquent Girls Grown Up: Young Adult Offending Patterns and Their Relation to Early Legal, Individual, and Family Risk
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 38 (2009) 3, S.355-366 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-008-9341-4
Schlagwörter	Delinquency; Females; Young Adults; Juvenile Justice; At Risk Persons; Family Influence; Family Environment; Hispanic Americans; African Americans; Institutionalized Persons; Correctional Institutions; Crime; Adolescents; Recidivism; Child Abuse; Friendship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kriminalität; Weibliches Geschlecht; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Jugendgerichtshilfe; Risikogruppe; Familienmilieu; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Afroamerikaner; Jugendstrafvollzug; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Rückfall; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Freundschaft
Abstract	Although the number of girls served by the juvenile justice system has grown dramatically, little is known about the adult offending patterns of delinquent girls and the factors associated with their persistence and desistance from adult crime. To address this gap, we prospectively track 499 girls (62% Black, 16% Hispanic) discharged from juvenile justice facilities in the early 1990s and document their adult arrests, convictions, and incarcerations between the ages of 16-28. Trajectory analysis reveals four distinct early adult offending paths: Rare/Non-Offending (RN), Low Chronic (LC), Low-Rising (LR), and High Chronic (HC). Girls assigned to the LR and LC path are responsible for a disproportionate amount of adult arrests and are more likely than girls on the RN and LC path to come from homes characterized by high levels of family dysfunction and child maltreatment. Adoption of a therapeutic, trauma-sensitive and family-centered approach to female delinquency programming is recommended. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10