CJ 3000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Longitudinal Study

• School: Temple University
• Department: Criminal Justice
• Course: CJ 3000
• Professor: Caterina Roman

Document Summary

Already fastest growing group; poised to expand; now 15% of juveniles in residential placement. Increases in girls" arrests for assaultive crimes appear to be mostly due to policy changes. After superpredators essay spread fear in 1995, increase in arrests. Low level interfamilial altercations are re-classified as domestic violence. Lack of diversion options; need for gender responsive probation. Poly victimization, violent and sexual victimization; within family and from others. Parental incarceration; death of parent or sibling histories. Instability 30% have moved 10 times or more. Past pregnancies; 16% pregnant while confined, teen moms. Multiple physical health problems; early school failure. Runaways; family conflict; separated or estranged from family. Substantial investment into gender- responsive, trauma-informed front end diversion and community supervision programs is needed. No attention paid to girls and gangs until 1970s. Growth in well-known ojjdp-funded longitudinal studies (denver, rochester, Pittsburg, and great) was beginning of having good data on girls & delinquency & gangs.