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Addressing Girls Delinquency: Recommendations for Policymakers and Practitioners

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The results outlined in the chapters of this book offer a comprehensive review of the trends of girls offending, as well as the unique (and same) risks to delinquency that girls experience as compared to boys. Findings offer insight into what we know about the trends and characteristics of girls offending and risk behavior (Chaps. 1, 4, and 5); the unique (as well as similar) factors that contribute to their offending (Chaps. 3, 4, 6–8), and the response (or non-response) of existing systems to provide support, prevention, and treatment (Chaps. 2, 9, and 10).

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  1. 1.

    Florida State Statute XLVII, Chapter 985.12 (Civil Citation), enables the establishment of a Civil Citation (arrest alternative) program at the local level with the concurrence of the chief judge of the circuit, state attorney, public defender, and the head of each local law enforcement agency in the jurisdiction. Miami-Dade County’s Juvenile Services Division has had such a program in place since 2007 and has seen drops in arrests overall and cost savings; the program is also being evaluated (see http://www.miamidade.gov/jsd/civil_citation.asp for more information).

  2. 2.

    Status offenses are those acts that would not be crimes if committed by an adult. Examples include running away from home, being truant from school, smoking tobacco, drinking, or possessing alcohol.

  3. 3.

    Data regarding the use of the Valid Court Order exception, by State or Territory, for 2005, 2006, and 2007 were provided to the author of this chapter through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request on September 30, 2010.

  4. 4.

    Suitability of Assessment Instruments for Delinquent Girls Web-tool is available online at https://www.nttac.org/GirlsStudyGroup/instruments1.cfm

  5. 5.

    The Survey of Youth in Residential Placement (SYRP) was sponsored by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). Information about the survey and findings can be found at http://www.syrp.org.

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  1. U.S. Deparment of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, Washington, DC, USA

    Janet Chiancone

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  1. RTI International, Cornwallis Drive 3040, Research Triangle Park, 27709, North Carolina, USA

    Shari Miller

  2. Oregon Social Learning Center, Shelton McMurphey Blvd 10, Eugene, 97401, Oregon, USA

    Leslie D. Leve

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    Patricia K. Kerig

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Chiancone, J. (2012). Addressing Girls Delinquency: Recommendations for Policymakers and Practitioners. In: Miller, S., Leve, L., Kerig, P. (eds) Delinquent Girls. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0415-6_11

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