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Record Nr.

UNINA9910696878003321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (23 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Girls study group

Altri autori (Persone)

ZahnMargaret A

Soggetti

Female juvenile delinquents - United States

Juvenile delinquency - Sex differences - United States

Violence in adolescence - United States

Female juvenile delinquents

Juvenile delinquency - Sex differences

Violence in adolescence

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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].

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 17-20).