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Girls



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Resources

Documentary: Girl Trouble
Girls Fact Sheet
Girls Research Index
Juvenile Law Center, Introduction to the National Girls's Health Screen Project
Margaret Beyer, What Does It Mean to Design Services to Fit Girls?, 2005
National Council on Crime and Delinquincy , Ethnic & Gender Equity in Missouri Juvenile Court Decisions, September 2004
Web site OJJDP Girls Study Group Website
New! Web site Girls Study Group Web site, Research Triangle Institute
New! In Ohio, Inmate Mothers Care for Babies In Prison, Steve Inskeep, Morning Edition, National Public Radio, August 13, 2008
NCCD Fact Sheet on Girls and Women in Custody (2007)
New! Violence by Teenage Girls: Trends and Context, Girls Study Group Report, OJJDP, May, 2008


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Minority youth are 1.4 times more likely to be sentenced to the California Youth Authority by adult courts than are similarly offending white youth. [more facts]


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