From: nattyreb@ix.netcom.com
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 14:51:23
Subject: !*Females in the Juvenile Justice System

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  What About Girls?
  Females in the Juvenile Justice System
  
  A Live National Satellite Videoconference  --  May 24, 1999 (Monday)
  presented by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
  
  Atlanta viewing site:
  City Hall East in the Community Room @ 1:30 - 3:30 PM
  Limited seating, please rsvp 404-730-1151 (Atlanta ONLY)

For info on other locations, see the OJJDP site @ www.ncjrs.org
  
  Program Overview
  
  Increasing juvenile female arrests and the involvement of girls in
at-risk and delinquent behavior has become a pervasive trend across the
United 
States. According to an analysis by the National Center for Juvenile
Justice, females accounted  for 26% or 748,000 of the 2,838,300 juvenile
arrests 
reported for 1997. The juvenile Violent Crime Index arrest rate for
females more than doubled between 1987 and 1994, then fell in each of the
next 3 
years. The growth in juvenile violent crime arrest rates between 1987
and  1994 was far greater for females than for males, and the decline after
1994 was less for females than males. The female violent crime arrest rate
for  1997 was 103% above the 1981 rate, while the male arrest rate was 27%
above the 1981 level. These statistics illustrate that State and local
juvenile  justice agencies must be better prepared to meet the unique
needs of
both  at-risk girls and female juvenile offenders.
  
  On Monday, May 24, 1999, the Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency  Prevention will host a national satellite videoconference to
discuss
issues regarding gender-specific services for females. Nationally recognized
experts and service providers will discuss promising gender-specific
programming
for  juvenile females that States and local jurisdictions can begin using 
immediately.
  
  
  Broadcast Objectives                          
  
  •     Provide a forum for issues concerning female offenders in the 
juvenile justice system;
  •     Examine various approaches and promising program models for
girls;
  •     Describe resource material available to support gender-specific 
programming
  
  Audience
  This broadcast is designed for State and local juvenile justice agency 
representatives, policy-makers, judges, law enforcement, officials,
local  youth service providers, youth program administrators and others
seeking
to implement prevention and intervention programs which promote safe,
healthy  and productive youth.