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Juvenile Justice: Minimal Gender Bias Occurred in Processing Noncriminal Juveniles

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Feb. 28, 1995
Report No. GGD-95-56
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Summary:

This report studies gender bias in state juvenile justice systems' handling of status offenders, who are youths who have committed an offense, such as truancy or ungovernable behavior, that would not be a crime if committed by an adult. GAO defines "gender bias" as intentional or unintentional differences in the juvenile justice system's outcomes of female and male status offenders who have similar characteristics, such as age, status offense, and prior offense history. GAO (1) compares the outcome of the intake decisions and the frequency and outcomes of detentions, adjudications, and out-of-home placements of female and male status offenders and (2) compares the availability of facilities and services for female and male status offenders in selected jurisdictions.

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