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Chesney-Lind, Meda – 1985
The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 provided financial incentives to states to divert and deinstitutionalize status offenders. Recently, criticisms are surfacing that the federal involvement in the status offender issue was inappropriate and had given children the freedom to run away. Concern about victimization of girls…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Correctional Institutions, Delinquency, Females
Peer reviewedChesney-Lind, Meda – Crime and Delinquency, 1977
Evidence is presented to show that, at every level in the system, girls charged with status offenses are treated more harshly than girls charged with crimes. Further, the noncriminal activity of girls is frequently seen as requiring more drastic intervention than the criminal behavior of boys. (Author)
Descriptors: Criminal Law, Criminals, Discriminatory Legislation, Intervention
