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This 3 page paper contends that our societal misperceptions of female juveniles’ involvement in crime hampers our effectively dealing with that crime. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Juvenile crime is a very real problem in this country and, in fact, the world over. Although they are typically less frequently
represented in the criminal justice system, females are involved in a substantial percentage of those crimes. The thesis can be presented however that, because of the societal misperceptions surrounding
females who commit crimes, the criminal justice system is less prepared to deal with this facet of crime. We tend to pretend that female perpetuated crime does not exist
or, alternatively, to view those girls that do perpetuate these crimes as pure evil. Either view is not the most effective for dealing with the problem that we have
at hand. It is important to acknowledge that female juveniles do indeed commit crimes. That said, it is also important to acknowledge
the fact that they do so less frequently than do male juveniles. Lynch (2002) reports that for the period between 1980 and 1998 "the arrest rate for male juveniles
was 6.6 times that for female juveniles-8.6 per 1,000 and 1.3 per 1,000 respectively". Lynch (2002) notes, however, that the overrepresentation of arrests of male juveniles for serious violent
crimes has decreased over time. Where in 1980 male juveniles were arrested 8.4 times more often than female juveniles for serious violent crimes, by 1998 this number had declined
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