A longitudinal examination of African American adolescent females detained for status offense

Bo-Kyung Elizabeth Kim, Camille R. Quinn, Patricia Logan-Greene, Ralph DiClemente and Dexter Voisin

Children and Youth Services Review, 2020, vol. 108, issue C

Abstract: Behaviors like truancy, running away, curfew violation, and alcohol possession fall under the status offense category and can have serious consequences for adolescents. The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency and Prevention Act prohibited detaining status offenders. We explored the degree to which African American adolescent girls were being detained for status offenses and the connections to their behavioral health risks and re-confinement.

Keywords: Status offense; Detention; African American youth; African American females; Deinstitutionalization; Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104648

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