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This 5 page paper examines the connection between gender and delinquency. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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are not treated the same way. This paper argues that there is sufficient evidence to suggest that male and female delinquents are treated differently. Discussion Siegel and Welsh say that
males are "significantly more delinquent than females"; and that the ratio of boys to girls in violent crime is four to one, in property crime, two to one (Siegel and
Welsh, 2005, p. 23). There is one exception to this finding: girls are more likely than boys to be arrested as runaways (Siegel and Welsh, 2005). Siegel and Welsh suggest
two possible reasons for this: either girls are actually more likely than boys to run away; or "police may view the female runaway as the more serious problem and therefore
[are] more likely to process girls through official justice channels" (Siegel and Welsh, 2005, p. 32). This may reflect a somewhat "paternalistic" attitude on the part of law enforcement officials,
who seem to feel that girls are more likely than boys to "get in trouble" if they remain on the streets (Siegel and Welsh, 2005). There is a difference
in arrest rates for boys and girls as well. During the period 1993-2002, arrest of male delinquents dropped approximately 16%, while the arrests of girls during the same period rose
6% (Siegel and Welsh, 2005). Even more striking and troubling is the fact that arrests for serious violent crime dropped nearly a third for boys, but declined only 2% for
girls (Siegel and Welsh, 2005). It appears that girls are becoming as unruly as boys, and obviously are not averse to committing violent crimes. The relationship between delinquency and gender
was also the subject of a study of inner-city adolescents who were taking part in a court-mandated "diversion program" (Rhodes and Fischer, 1993, p. 879). Both official records and self-reports
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