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This analysis explores the evolving patterns of juvenile delinquency, highlighting gender differences in involvement. While girls traditionally exhibit lower rates of delinquency, recent trends indicate a rise, with girls now comprising about one-third of index crime arrests. Despite this, violent behavior remains predominantly male, with only 6% of juvenile homicide arrests involving girls. We consider factors influencing delinquency, including socialization, family dynamics, and the impact of trauma. Understanding these trends is crucial for developing effective interventions and support systems.

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More on Gender

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  1. More on Gender

  2. Gender • Girls are generally less involved in delinquency: • Typically, 25% of Index Crime Arrests • Except for Running Away and Sexual Misadventure

  3. Gender • Girls’ proportional involvement (by arrest data) has been increasing (now about 1/3) • Arrest Rates are Creeping to Convergence, currently with faster declines among boys than among girls • Girls changing or police and others changing? • Most common crimes are minor for boys and girls • Boys: “other offenses,” theft, simple assaults, drug use • Girls: theft, “other offenses,” simple assaults, running away

  4. Gender • Violent behavior, however, is more male: • Only 6% of Juvenile Homicide Arrests are of Girls Boys Kill: Girls Kill: A Friend or Family Member, Acquaintance Friend or Acquaintance With: With: A Gun A Knife Both Mostly Kill Males: Usually Friends, Brothers, or Fathers

  5. Gender • Originally, girls’ delinquency was explained by such things as: • Masculine traits • Female sexuality • PMS • Although female delinquency is lower, there are higher rates among girls in the same conditions that produce higher rates among boys. • Factors that may differ by sex: • sexual abuse may lead to more delinquency among girls • family moves may produce more delinquency among girls

  6. Gender Why the differences and why the convergences between the sexes? Let’s do an exercise that can help us understand: Help me describe: a juvenile delinquent

  7. Gender Let’s think back to socialization and how we raise distinctly masculine boys and feminine girls: Help me describe: boys

  8. Gender Help me describe: girls

  9. Gender • Of the descriptions of boys and girls… Which is more like a juvenile delinquent? • In what ways are the ways we raise girls and boys changing? • Are the changes in delinquency and arrest related to these social changes?

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