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Girls are the fastest growing segment of national juvenile justice population

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Number of girls arrested in Cape Girardeau not matching national trend Monday, October 27, 2008 By Bridget DiCosmo Southeast Missourian Though young women are the fastest growing segment of the national juvenile justice population, according to the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, local numbers do not reflect a dramatic increase in the number of girls arrested as juveniles. Through Tuesday, 34 percent of juveniles arrested in Cape Girardeau ages 18 or younger this year were female, while 27 percent of those arrested under age 15 were girls. In 2006, girls also made up 34 percent of the number of juveniles 18 or younger arrested in Cape Girardeau, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Last year, 87 girls younger than 15 were arrested in Cape Girardeau, of a total 243 arrests of juveniles in that age group...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on October 27, 2008 (boomark / email).