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Girls and Delinquency: Using Research to Develop Good Practice

Girls and Delinquency: Using Research to Develop Good Practice. Session Overview. Introduction to the Girls Study Group Major findings from the Girls Study Group Where do we go from here? New activities at OJJDP related to Girls.

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Girls and Delinquency: Using Research to Develop Good Practice

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  1. Girls and Delinquency:Using Research to Develop Good Practice

  2. Session Overview • Introduction to the Girls Study Group • Major findings from the Girls Study Group • Where do we go from here? New activities at OJJDP related to Girls

  3. The increase in the juvenile Violent Crime Index arrest rate in the late 80s and early 1990s has since dropped dramatically. Internet Citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/ojstatbb/crime/JAR_Display.asp?ID=qa05201. October 24, 2008.

  4. But . . . the female proportion of juvenile arrests has increased since the early 1980s.

  5. In the late 90s and early 2000s, the JJ field was . . . • Seeking to understand why girls arrests and court referrals were increasing (or not dropping) • Requesting training and technical assistance regarding programming and strategies related to girls delinquency prevention, intervention and treatment • Wanting to establish programs that work for girls

  6. The Study Group Concept • OJJDP sponsored 2 earlier Study Groups in the 1990s: • Study Group on Serious, Violent Juvenile Offenders • Study Group on Very Young Offenders • Multi-disciplinary group of researchers and practitioners • Designed to develop a comprehensive research foundation for understanding and responding to offending, causes, correlates, and interventions • Both efforts enhanced understanding and helped to focus prevention and intervention efforts

  7. OJJDP GirlsStudy Group Understanding and Responding to Girls’ Delinquency

  8. Key Questions Which girls become delinquent? What factors protect girls from delinquency? What factors put them at risk? What pathways lead to girls’ delinquency? What programs can prevent girls from becoming delinquent? How should the justice system respond to girls’ delinquency?

  9. Turn over to Stephanie

  10. What’s Next for Girls OJJDP Initiatives Related to Girls Delinquency

  11. OJJDP’s National Girls Institute Provide training, technical assistance, resources to state, tribal & community organizations serving at-risk and delinquent girls Advance understanding and application of culturally- and gender-sensitive promising and evidence-based services, treatment and strategies National Council on Crime and Delinquency’s Center for Girls and Young Women

  12. Evaluations of Girls Delinquency Programs Three new evaluations funded in 2010 Purpose: to build the evidence base regarding girls delinquency programming Programs to be evaluated include: Young Women Leader’s Program (UVA) Voices (Univ of CT Health Center) Girls Circle (DSG)

  13. GSG bulletins available on website: www.ojjdp.gov

  14. Get more details at OJJDP’s girls’ delinquency page http://www.ojjdp.gov/programs/girlsdelinquency.html

  15. Feel free to contact me:Catherine PierceSenior AdvisorOffice of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency PreventionCatherine.Pierce@usdoj.gov(202) 307-6785

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