FEMALES AND DELINQUENCY

Becca Bill" Would Not Have Saved Becca: Washington State's Treatment of Young Female Offenders
http://www.law.umn.edu/jli/beccabill.htm
Article from the University of Minnesota Law Journal examines the gender-specific problems and needs of girls in the juvenile justice system. Also examines the specific case of one young runaway girl and the state legislation that resulted from her case.

Big Sisters of Los Angeles
http://www.bigsistersla.org/home.htm
Group aims to empower at-risk girls by pairing them with female role models in mentoring relationships. The web site provides information about available orientations, activities, and trainings.

Expect the Best from a Girl
http://www.academic.org
Information on how parents and mentors can help improve girls' educations and future careers. The resources section includes sample programs for girls, institutions, a calendar of events, and publications.

Girls Inc.
http://www.girlsinc.org/list.html
Information on programs, research, advocacy, and funding. Site also includes tips for parents and adults as well as a Girls Re-Cast TV Action Kit.

Girl Power!
http://www.health.org/gpower/
Girl Power! is a campaign by the Department of Health and Human Services to help improve girls' lives as they pass through adolescence. The program works to decrease crime and violence by targeting the increased use of tobacco and drugs among teenage girls, the decrease in self-confidence common among adolescent girls, and their need for skill-building in areas such as academics, arts, and sports.

Hawaii Girls Project Releases Report on Programming for Girls to Reduce Delinquency
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~ur/University_Report/URJune/delinquency.html
More information is also available at /delinquency2.html. Information on a 1998 report studying the funding and availability of gender-specific services for girls in the juvenile justice system. The report looks at the needs of girls in the juvenile justice system in Hawaii, as well as nationally.

Health of Young Girls and "Girl Power!"
http://www.hhs.gov/news/speeches/had.html
Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala's remarks at a 1997 Hadassah convention. She examines the needs of adolescent girls and promotes "Girl Power!", a mentoring program for teenage girls.

Juvenile Female Offenders: A Status of the States Report
http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/pubs/gender/index.html
An October 1998 report from OJJDP on the treatment of juvenile female offenders. The report begins by looking at early and recent approaches to providing gender-specific services in the juvenile justice system. It then looks at addressing female development in treatment, including female psychology and the role of self-esteem. The report provides profiles on individual state approaches and includes an organizational resource list.

Keeping Incarcerated Mothers and Their Daughters Together: Girl Scouts Beyond Bars
http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/girlsct.txt
Detailed description and evaluation of program designed to improve contact between incarcerated women and their daughters. The evaluation provides information on the cost of the program as well as problems and successes with implementation in several states.

Listen to Girls
http://www.djj.state.fl.us/listen2.html
Gender-specific programming by the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice to address to needs of the rising numbers of girls in the juvenile justice system. The program includes developing workgroups to address specific needs, addressing systems issues relating to girls, and coordinating information and projects aimed at serving girls' needs.

What About Girls?
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/fs-9884.pdf
1998 Fact Sheet from OJJDP provides information on upcoming publications, training and technical assistance, and program development aimed at improving the availability and quality of gender-specific services in the juvenile justice system.