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AN ANALYSIS OF SERIOUS CRIME BY YOUNG BLACK WOMEN *
Author(s) -
LAUB JOHN H.,
McDERMOTT M. JOAN
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
criminology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.467
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1745-9125
pISSN - 0011-1384
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1985.tb00327.x
Subject(s) - juvenile , race (biology) , black male , psychology , criminology , white (mutation) , black female , black women , juvenile delinquency , phenomenon , social psychology , sociology , gender studies , biochemistry , genetics , physics , quantum mechanics , gene , biology , chemistry
This research focuses on a relatively unexplored phenomenon—black female juvenile offenders. Both theoretical and research work are weak or nonexistent regarding these offenders. This paper seeks to fill some of these gaps. In addition, this research effort draws on a source of data that has in frequently been adapted to study offenders, National Crime Survey (NCS) victimization data. Utilizing NCS data from 1973 through 1981, a comparative analysis of NCS rates of juvenile offenses by black females, black males, white females, and white males is presented and discussed. A number of propositions which are found in the literature regarding black female offenders are examined. Trends in offending by black females compared with trends for other age‐race‐sex subgroups are also presented and analyzed. Finally, some implications for future theoretical and research efforts are presented