Discuss how gender differences impact the way youth are treated by the juvenile justice system
What will be an ideal response?
• As a general rule males who are involved in the justice system are sanctioned more severely than females.
• Males are much more likely (ratio 10:6) to be ordered placement in a residential facility if they commit a crime against another person (for example, assault or robbery).
• The male-female difference in residential placement rates in cases involving attacks on people reflects the fact that male cases are more likely to be petitioned; if petitioned, are more likely to be adjudicated ; and finally, if adjudicated, are more likely to receive residential placement as a sanction.
• About 40 percent of males petitioned to juvenile court for violent crimes result in some sort of court-ordered sanction (residential placement, formal probation, restitution, community service, etc.) following adjudication; in comparison, about 30 percent of girls receive similar sanctions.
• Cases involving males are more likely to be waived to criminal court (10 in 1,000) than are cases involving females (1 in 1,000).
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Fill in the blank with correct word.
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