Bright Charlotte Lyn, Kohl Patricia L, Jonson-Reid Melissa
University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA.
Washington University in St. Louis, MO, USA.
Crime Delinq. 2014 Feb 1;60(1):106-125. doi: 10.1177/0011128711421652.
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.
越来越多涉足少年司法系统的女性青少年凸显了审视这一群体的必要性。本研究列举了涉少年法庭女性中不同的风险和保护特征，考察了与这些特征相关的青年成年期结局。关于700名参与者的行政数据取自中西部一个大都市地区的多个服务部门。使用了潜在类别分析和皮尔逊卡方分析。确定了五个独特的类别；这些类别与青年成年期结局相关。一类贫困的非裔美国女性最有可能经历有问题的青年成年期结局，但接受少年司法服务的可能性最小。研究结果凸显了涉少年法庭女性群体的异质性以及服务需求与服务接受之间的差异。
