Polyvictimization History Among Girls Adjudicated Delinquent
| 2006-WG-BX-0011 | |
| Principal Investigator: | Dana DeHart |
| Title: | Polyvictimization History Among Girls Adjudicated Delinquent |
| Monitor: | Carrie Mulford |
| Girls in the justice system experience disproportionately high rates of violence such as child maltreatment, rape, and dating violence prior to their delinquent or criminal offending. Community- and systems-based interventions are often ill-equipped to address such complex constellations of abuse. There is a lack of research on how polyvictimization contributes to girls' crime, adjustment in communities before and after interventions, and risk for transition from minor offenses to more serious or chronic offending. This study aims to address this problem by examining the range, diversity, and co-occurrence of different types of violence over the course of girls' lives; risk and protective factors that may impact violence; and the relationship among different patterns of victimization, service use, offense severity, and offense patterns. | |
Date Entered: November 29, 2007