Juvenile Justice News
OJJDP Publishes Research on Delinquency Prevention for Girls
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has released "The Girls Study Group — Charting the Way to Delinquency Prevention for Girls," an overview of soon-to-be-released research studies sponsored by OJJDP.
The six studies shed light on why girls become delinquent, and provide the juvenile justice community a resource on what treatment and intervention programs are most effective for girls.
The research examines:
° Violence by teenage girls: trends and context
° 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
Read the research summary.
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