Juvenile Female Offenders:
A Status of the States Report
October 1998

Contents

List of Tables

Foreword

Preface

Juvenile Female Offenders and Gender-Specific Services: a Historical Overview

Early Profile of the Adolescent Female Offender
Recent Profile of the Adolescent Female Offender
National Efforts to Address the Needs of the Adolescent Female Offender

Addressing Female Development in Treatment

Female Psychology and the Study of Difference
Self-Esteem and Young Women
Physical Changes and External Pressures
Mitigating Factors to the Loss of Self-Esteem
A Female-Based Continuum of Care Model

Individual State Approaches

State Statistical Summaries
Individual State Profiles


Recommendations for Future Action

Conclusion

Appendices

A. Organizational Resource List
B. Available State Products

Recommended Reading

This document was prepared under contract number OJP 95-C-004 from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), United States Department of Justice. Points of view or opinions expressed in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention or the United States Department of Justice.

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office for Victims of Crime.