RT Article
T1 The Gendered Path for Girls in Rural Communities: The Impact of COVID-19 on Youth Presenting at Juvenile Detention Facilities
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 69
IS 4
SP 777
OP 797
A1 Terry, April N.
A2 Lockwood, Ashley
A2 Steele, Morgan
A2 Milner, Megan
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1839615664
AB Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, girls and women represented one of the fastest growing populations within the juvenile and criminal justice systems. Since the spread of COVID-19, suggestions were provided to juvenile justice bodies, encouraging a reduction of youth arrests, detainments, and quicker court processing. Yet, the research comparing peri-COVID-19 changes for girls and boys is lacking, with an oversight to gender trends and rural and urban differences. This study used Juvenile Intake and Assessment Center (JIAC) data from a rural Midwestern state to look at rural and urban location trends for both boys and girls. Results suggest rural communities are responding differently to girls? behaviors, revealing a slower decline in intakes compared to boys and youth in urban areas.
K1 Covid-19
K1 detention facilities
K1 Girls
K1 Juvenile Justice
K1 Rural communities
DO 10.1177/00111287211022629