Trends in Female Delinquency

An Examination of Arrest, Juvenile Court, Self‐Report, and Field Data

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9680449
AutoresDA RRELL J STEFFENSMEIER (Pennsylvania State University, autor de correspondencia)
Año1980
Volumen18
Número1
Páginas62-85
Fecha de publicación1980-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCriminology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0011-1384 • E-ISSN: 1745-9125
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1745-9125.1980.tb01348.x
OpenAlexW2119773010
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas43
Referencias citadas16

National arrest statistics combined with juvenile court, self‐report, and field observational data are used to evaluate current conceptions of the changing nature of female delinquency. Adolescent females made arrest gains in the categories of larceny (e.g., shoplifting). liquor law violations (e.g. underage drinking), and runaways. Studies of juvenile gangs show no increase in female violence or gang‐related delinquencies while self‐report data show that, with the exception of marijuana use and drinking, female delinquency has remained generally stable over the past decade. We conclude that patterns of female delinquency, especially as revealed in nonofficial sources of evidence, have changed very little in recent years and that female delinquency continues to reflect traditional sex roles. The evidence suggests that the Women's Movement has had little or no effect on female delinquency. At the end of the report. we suggest alternative views regarding female delinquency and the forces shaping it

Criminology · Developmental psychology · Juvenile delinquency · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Homelessness and Social Issues · Psychology