Girls Study Group--Understanding and Responding to Girls' Delinquency: The Girls Study Group--Charting the Way to Delinquency Prevention for Girls
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This document will provide highlights of the findings that are outlined in detail in the following Bulletins: Violence by Teenage Girls: Trends and Context, Causes and Correlates of Girls’ Delinquency, Resilient Girls—Factors that Protect Against Delinquency, Suitability of Assessment Instruments for Delinquent Girls, Girls’ Delinquency Programs—An Evidence-Based Review, and Developmental Sequences of Girls’ Delinquent Behavior.
This course is based on the reading-based online article, Girls Study Group—Understanding and Responding to Girls’ Delinquency: The Girls Study Group—Charting the Way to Delinquency Prevention for Girls created by Margaret A. Zahn et al in 2008.
Journal/Publisher
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Publication Date
October 2008
Course Material Authors
Course Material Authors authored the material only, and were not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.
Margaret A. Zahn
Dr. Margaret A. Zahn, Principal Investigator, Girls Study Group (2004-March 2008); Senior Research Scientist, RTI International; Professor, North Carolina State University.
Janet Chiancone
Janet Chiancone, Research Coordinator, OJJDP.
Ariel Whitworth
Ariel Whitworth, Communications Editor, National Criminal Justice Reference Service.
Stephanie R. Hawkins
Dr. Stephanie R. Hawkins, Principal Investigator, Girls Study Group (April 2008-Present); Research Clinical Psychologist, RTI International.
Course Creator
Dan Rebek, Ph.D.
Recommended For
This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially addiction counselors, psychologists, mental health counselors, social workers, criminal justice officers, and nurses who seek knowledge about girls' delinquency. It is appropriate for an introductory to intermediate level of participants' knowledge.
Course Objectives:
After taking this course, you should be able to:
Describe the trends and context of violence by teenage girls as well as the causes and correlates of girls' delinquency.
Identify the factors that protect against delinquency.
Acknowledge the suitability of assessment instruments for delinquent girls.
Discuss the girls' delinquency programs and the developmental sequences of girls' delinquent behavior.
Availability
This course is available starting Apr 24th, 2009 and expires Jul 14th, 2020
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Course Creator
Dan Rebek, Ph.D. – There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.
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There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.
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