Hearings on the Reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974

Hearings on the Reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Human Resources

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13:

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Text of a hearing on the reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 regarding the provision of services to girls within the juvenile justice system is presented in this document. Opening statements are presented by Committee Chair Representative Matthew G. Martinez and Representative Bill Barrett. Testimony and/or prepared statements and materials are included from these persons: (1) Vicki Burke, Director and Founder, Pace Center for Girls, Jacksonville, Florida; (2) Libby Deschenes, Rand Corporation, Los Angeles, California; (3) Talaya Ford, participant, Pace Center for Girls, Jacksonville, Florida; (4) Jean Lovell, Executive Director, Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement, Lincoln, Nebraska; (5) Susan Rotenburg, National Coalition for the Mentally Ill in the Criminal Justice System, Seattle, Washington; (6) Rita Redaelli, Executive Director, Girls, Inc., Newport Mesa, California; (7) Carolyn Stitt, Director, Foster Care Review Board, Lincoln, Nebraska; (8) Ruth Vance, Program Director, Panhandle Youth Support Services, Panhandle Community Services, Gering, Nebraska; (9) Val Peter, Director, Boys Town; (10) Peggy Adair, Voices for Children, Omaha, Nebraska; (11) Meda Chesney-Lind, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii; and (12) Susan Morris, Chair, and Farrell Lines, Chair Elect, The National Coalition of State Juvenile Justice Advisory Groups. (ABL)


Female Offenders in the Juvenile Justice System

Female Offenders in the Juvenile Justice System

Author: Eileen Poe-Yamagata

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 37

ISBN-13: 0788137247

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Analyzes patterns in the arrest, judicial management, and correctional placement of female offenders. Citing data from diverse sources, females are entering the juvenile justice system more frequently and at younger ages. The relative growth in juvenile arrests involving females was more than double the growth for males between 1989 and 1993. While juvenile arrests for violent crime increased 33% for males during that period, they increased 55% for females. The ratio of male juvenile arrests to female juvenile arrests declined from 8 to 1 in 1989 to 6 to 1 in 1993.