TY  - SER
AU  - Lim, Stacey
AU  - Lambie, Ian
AU  - van Toledo, Annik S.
TI  - Characteristics of female youth offenders in New Zealand
PY  - 2019///
PB  - Sge
KW  - CHILD ABUSE
KW  - CHILD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE
KW  - CHILD NEGLECT
KW  - CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
KW  - EMOTIONAL ABUSE
KW  - MENTAL HEALTH
KW  - RISK FACTORS
KW  - SUBSTANCE ABUSE
KW  - YOUNG OFFENDERS
KW  - YOUNG WOMEN
KW  - NEW ZEALAND
N1  - International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 2019, 63(2):198-217
N2  - Female youth offending is poorly understood, despite increased rates of such offending. Research indicates there are a range of factors that have a causal impact on the development of offending in young people. This study investigated risk factors using a retrospective file audit of 184 female youth offenders in New Zealand. The findings were classified using Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model, which highlights the different contextual levels that influence behavior, including individual, family, peer, school, community, and cultural factors. The results indicate that there are significant risk factors for female youth offenders. There were high rates of mental health difficulties, drug use, histories of maltreatment, family stressors, peer issues, and school behavior problems in the cohort. There was very little difference between violent and nonviolent offenders. All the young women had risk factors affecting them at many levels. Targeted, multisystemic intervention and prevention programs are therefore needed to address female youth offending. (Authors' abstract). Record #6051
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X18799002
ER  -