The Gendered Nature of Risk Factors for Delinquency

Traditional delinquency theories typically exclude girls and examine economic marginalization as the primary risk factor for boys. More recent mainstream theories expand the childhood strains associated with delinquency but fail to account for the link between childhood abuses and subsequent offendi...

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Published in:Feminist criminology 2006-01, Vol.1 (1), p.48-71
Main Authors: Belknap, Joanne, Holsinger, Kristi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child Abuse
Child abuse & neglect
Childhood
Criminality
Delinquency
Delinquents
Economic Factors
Family Violence
Females
Feminism
Feminists
Girls
Juvenile delinquency
Marginality
Offending
Prisoners
Risk
Risk Factors
Self esteem
Selfreport
Sociodemographic Factors
Sociodemographics
Women
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Summary:Traditional delinquency theories typically exclude girls and examine economic marginalization as the primary risk factor for boys. More recent mainstream theories expand the childhood strains associated with delinquency but fail to account for the link between childhood abuses and subsequent offending reported in the feminist pathways studies of girls and women. In addition, policies since the 1990s request the development of “gender-specific services” for delinquent girls without examining how the risks are gendered. This study of 444 incarcerated youths’ self-reports indicates the contribution of feminist pathways to better understand the risks associated with and improve the responses to girls’ and boys’ delinquency by examining demographic, abuse, family, school and peer, and self-esteem variables.
ISSN:1557-0851
1557-086X
DOI:10.1177/1557085105282897