Is female delinquency increasing faster than male delinquency?

Yes. For both groups, rates increased between 1983 and 1987, and then declined through 2002. Since 1983, the female rate increased more (72% vs. 30%) and then declined less (21% vs. 31%) than the male rate.

In 2002, the juvenile male arrest rate had fallen to its lowest level in at least 2 decades while the female arrest rate was still 36% above its 1983 low point.

Snyder, H. (2004). Juvenile Arrests 2002. Washington, D.C. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

What proportion of juvenile offenders in residential placement are female?

Nationally, females accounted for 13% of juveniles in residential placement on October 27, 1999.

Sickmund, M. (2004). Juveniles in Corrections. Washington, D.C. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

Are the offense profiles of females in residential placement different from the offense profiles of males?

Yes, somewhat. Females were more likely than males to be held for technical violations or status offenses.

Sickmund, M. (2004). Juveniles in Corrections. Washington, D.C. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

How many residential placement facilities hold female offenders?

Fewer than half (48%) of juvenile residential facilities held female offenders on the census date, October 29, 1997. Facilities housing only females on the census date accounted for 15% of all facilities.

Sickmund, Melissa. (2000). Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement . Pittsburgh, PA: National Center for Juvenile Justice, 2000.

How many states have a statute or court rule allowing the use of expert testimony on Battered Women's Syndrome in criminal actions?

As of the end of the 1999 legislative session, seven states (California, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Ohio, South Carolina, and Wyoming) had a statute or court rule allowing the use of expert testimony on Battered Women's Syndrome in criminal actions. The other states decide this issue under case law.

Szymanski, L. States Allowing Expert Testimony on Battered Women's Syndrome. NCJJ Snapshot 4(6). Pittsburgh, PA: National Center for Juvenile Justice, 1999.