Why are boys more likely to be referred to juvenile court? Gender differences in official and self-reported delinquency

Victims and Offenders

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-44

  Farrington, David P ^a   Jolliffe, Darrick ^a   Hawkins, J David ^b   Catalano, Richard F ^b   Hill, Karl G ^b   Kosterman, Rick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Juvenile court; Self reported delinquency

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951538872     PISSN: 15564886     EISSN: 15564991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564880903422963     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Belknap, J. (2001). The invisible woman: Gender, crime, and justice. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
2. Bishop, D. M., & Frazier, C. E. (1996). Race effects in juvenile justice decision-making: Findings of a statewide analysis. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 86, 392-414.
3. Blumstein, A., Cohen, J., Roth, J. A., & Visher, C. A. (Eds.). (1986). Criminal careers and "career criminals." Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
4. Campbell, A. (1981). Girl delinquents. Oxford: Blackwell.
5. De Fleur, L. B. (1975). Biasing influences on drug arrest records: Implications for deviance research. American Sociological Review, 40, 88-103.
6. Elliott, D. S., & Voss, H. L. (1974). Delinquency and dropout. Lexington, MA: D. C. Heath.
7. Farrington, D. P. (1973). Self-reports of deviant behavior: Predictive and stable? Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 64, 99-110.
8. Farrington, D. P. (1989). Self-reported and official offending from adolescence to adult-hood. In M. W. Klein (Ed.), Cross-national research in self-reported crime and delinquency (pp. 399-423). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer.
9. Farrington, D. P. (2007). Origins of violent behavior over the life span. In D. J. Flannery, A. T. Vaszonyi, & I. Waldman (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of violent behavior and aggression (pp. 19-48). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
10. Farrington, D. P., Jolliffe, D., Hawkins, J. D., Catalano, R. F., Hill, K. G., & Kosterman, R. (2003). Comparing delinquency careers in court records and self-reports. Criminology, 41, 933-958.
11. Farrington, D. P., Jolliffe, D., Loeber, R., & Homish, D. L. (2007). How many offenses are really committed per juvenile court offender? Victims and Offenders, 2, 227-249.
12. Farrington, D. P., & Loeber, R. (2000). Some benefits of dichotomization in psychiatric and criminological research. Criminal Behavior and Mental Health, 10, 100-122.
13. Farrington, D. P., Loeber, R., Stouthamer-Loeber, M., van Kammen, W. B., & Schmidt, L. (1996). Self-reported delinquency and a combined delinquency seriousness scale based on boys, mothers and teachers: Concurrent and predictive validity for African Americans and Caucasians. Criminology, 34, 493-517.
14. Farrington, D. P., & Morris, A. M. (1983). Sex, sentencing, and reconviction. British Journal of Criminology, 23, 229-248.
15. Farrington, D. P., & Welsh, B. C. (2007). Saving children from a life of crime: Early risk factors and effective interventions. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
16. Hawkins, J. D., Smith, B. H., Hill, K. G., Kosterman, R., Catalano, R. F., & Abbott, R. D. (2003). Understanding and preventing crime and violence: Findings from the Seattle Social Development Project. In T. P. Thornberry & M. D. Krohn (Eds.), Taking stock of delinquency: An overview of findings from contemporary longitudinal studies (pp. 255-312). New York: Kluwer/Plenum.
17. Hindelang, M. J., Hirschi, T., & Weis, J. G. (1981). Measuring delinquency. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
18. Johnson, D. R., & Scheuble, L. K. (1991). Gender bias in the disposition of juvenile court referrals: The effects of time and location. Criminology, 29, 677-699.
19. Jolliffe, D., Farrington, D. P., Hawkins, J. D., Catalano, R. F., Hill, K. G., & Kosterman, R. (2003). Predictive, concurrent, prospective and retrospective validity of self-reported delinquency. Criminal Behavior and Mental Health, 13, 179-197.
20. Kempf-Leonard, K., & Sample, L. L. (2000). Disparity based on sex: Is gender-specific treatment warranted? Justice Quarterly, 17, 89-128.
21. Krohn, M. D., Curry, J. P., & Nelson-Kilger, S. (1983). Is chivalry dead? An analysis of changes in police dispositions of males and females. Criminology, 21, 417-437.
22. Lanctot, N., & LeBlanc, M. (2002). Explaining deviance by adolescent females. In M. Tonry (Ed.), Crime and justice (Vol. 29, pp. 113-202). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
23. Leiber, M. J., & Mack, K. Y. (2003). The individual and joint effects of race, gender, and family status on juvenile justice decision-making. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 40, 34-70.
24. MacDonald, J. M., & Chesney-Lind, M. (2001). Gender bias and juvenile justice revisited: A multiyear analysis. Crime and Delinquency, 47, 173-195.
25. Maxfield, M. G., Weiler, B. L., & Widom, C. S. (2000). Comparing self-reports and official records of arrests. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 16, 87-110.
26. Miller, J. (1994). Race, gender and juvenile justice: An examination of disposition decision-making for delinquent girls. In M. D. Schwartz & D. Milovanovic (Eds.), The intersection of race, gender and class in criminology (pp. 219-246). New York: Garland.
27. Piquero, A. R., Farrington, D. P., & Blumstein, A. (2003). The criminal career paradigm. In M. Tonry (Ed.), Crime and justice (Vol. 30, pp. 359-506). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
28. Puzzanchera, C., & Sickmund, M. (2008). Juvenile court statistics 2005. Pittsburgh, PA: National Center for Juvenile Justice.
29. Steffensmeier, D., & Demuth, S. (2006). Does gender modify the effects of race-ethnicity on criminal sanctioning? Sentences for male and female white, black and Hispanic defendants. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 22, 241-261.
30. Thornberry, T. P., & Krohn, M. D. (2000). The self-report method for measuring delinquency and crime. In D. Duffee (Ed.), Criminal justice 2000: Vol. 4. Measurement and analyses of crime and justice (pp. 33-84). Washington DC: U.S. National Institute of Justice.
31. Visher, C. A. (1983). Gender, police arrest decisions, and notions of chivalry. Criminology, 21, 5-28.
32. Visher, C. A., & Roth, J. A. (1986). Participation in criminal careers. In A. Blumstein, J. Cohen, J. A. Roth, & C. A. Visher (Eds.), Criminal careers and "career criminals" (Vol. 1, pp. 211-291). Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
33. Williams, J. R., & Gold, M. (1972). From delinquent behavior to official delinquency. Social Problems, 20, 209-229.