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Females in the Juvenile Justice System

2011; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 60; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/0011128711421652

1552-387X

Charlotte Lyn Bright, Patricia L. Kohl, Melissa Jonson‐Reid,

Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending

Increasing numbers of female youth involved in the juvenile justice system highlight the need to examine this population. This study enumerates distinct profiles of risk and protection among juvenile court-involved females, examining young adult outcomes associated with these profiles. Administrative data on 700 participants were drawn from multiple service sectors in a Midwest metropolitan region. Latent class and Pearson chi-square analyses were used. Five unique classes were identified; these classes were associated with young adult outcomes. One class of impoverished African American females was most likely to experience problematic young adult outcomes but least likely to have received juvenile justice services. Findings highlight the heterogeneity in the female juvenile court population and discrepancies between service needs and service receipt.