Violence by teenage girls : trends and context / Girls Study Group ; Margaret A. Zahn [and others].

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Zahn, Margaret A.

United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Girls Study Group

Series:

Girls Study Group series

Girls study group

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Female juvenile delinquents--United States.

Female juvenile delinquents.

Juvenile delinquency--Sex differences--United States.

Juvenile delinquency.

Violence in adolescence--United States.

Violence in adolescence.

Juvenile delinquency--Sex differences.

United States.

Genre:

technical reports.

Technical reports

Technical reports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (23 pages) : illustrations.

Other Title:

Understanding and responding to girls' delinquency

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, [2008]

Notes:

Title from title screen (NCJRS, viewed on Sept. 5, 2008).

"May 2008."

" ... the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) convened the Girls Study Group to establish a theoretical and empirical foundation to guide the development, testing, and dissemination of strategies to reduce or prevent girls' involvement in delinquency and violence"--Page [1].

"The Girls Study Group Series, of which this Bulletin is a part, present's the Group's findings. The series examines issues such as patterns of offending among adolescents and how they differ for girls and boys; risk and protective factors associated with delinquency, including gender differences; and the causes and correlates of girls' delinquency"--Page [1].

Includes bibliographical references (pages 17-20).

OCLC:

252760654