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

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

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Federal Documents Online  J 32.2:G 44    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource (23 p.) : ill.
Note 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"--P. [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"--P. [1].
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 17-20).
Funding This Bulletin was prepared under cooperative agreement ... from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice 2004-JF-FX-K001
Subject Female juvenile delinquents -- United States.
Juvenile delinquency -- Sex differences -- United States.
Violence in adolescence -- United States.
Added Author United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Girls Study Group.
Zahn, Margaret A.
Running Title Understanding and responding to girls' delinquency
Gpo Item No. 0718-A-05 (online)
Sudoc No. J 32.2:G 44

 
    
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