Discuss significant findings from the Girls Study Group and from the Pathways to Desistance studies.
What will be an ideal response?
The Girls Study Group was designed to gain a better understanding of girls’ delinquency and recommend effective prevention programs directed at girls. Findings were that the there was no increase in serious violence among adolescent girls. Researchers could not conclude that the interventions studied were effective. Pathways to Desistance found that most serious offenders reduce their offending over time, particularly when monitored in the community after short-term incarceration.
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What will be an ideal response?
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a. true b. false
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