Sentences with phrase «female juvenile delinquents»

A Brief Measure of Narcissism Among Female Juvenile Delinquents and Community Youths.

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Research within clinical populations consistently finds that girls are more often abused than boys, although research focused on the broader population of community youth has not shown such gender differences in rates of physical maltreatment.72 Female offenders typically are abused before their first offense.73 Among girls in the California juvenile justice system, 92 percent report some form of emotional, physical, or sexual abuse.74 Self - reported victimization rates among boys in the juvenile justice system are considerably lower, though boys may be more likely than girls to underreport certain forms of abuse.75 Some studies report abuse rates for males between 25 percent and 31 percent, while others report rates of 10 percent for sexual abuse and 47 percent for physical abuse.76 Closer comparison reveals that delinquent males and females tend to report different types of traumas as well.

Odgers and her colleagues identified three subgroups of female juvenile offenders based on self - reported offending profiles.110 Within a sample of incarcerated female offenders, the study found a low - offending group, a delinquent group, and a highly violent and delinquent group.

Based on a linear regression analysis we compared the specific associations between psychopathology and psychopathy in both male and female delinquent juveniles.