Question

According to research on the treatment of girls in the juvenile justice system, which of the following is false? Select one: a. Female delinquents were substantially more likely to have been detained for status offenses. b. Females and males exhibit similar cumulative percentages for each sentence length. c. Females were committed to a correctional facility at much older ages than those of males. d. Females represented an increasing percentage of cases that were petitioned for formal processing and ultimately adjudicated.

Answer 1

Answer: Females were committed to a correctional facility at much older ages than those of males. (Option C)

Explanation: Research that evaluate treatment of girls in the juvenile justice system shows that female of old age bracket have lower or no commitment to the correctional facility.

However, they believed that at this present stage of their lives, they need freedom to engage in harsh activities ( such as drug abuse), because it is part of the normal developmental process of identity formation and they need to exhibit individualism without anyone hindering it.