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      <dc:title>Profiling the Needs of the California Youth Authority's Female Population, 1996  </dc:title>
		
      		<dc:creator>Owen, Barbara</dc:creator>
      	
      		<dc:creator>Bloom, Barbara</dc:creator>
      	
		
      		<dc:subject>correctional facilities (juveniles)</dc:subject>
      	
      		<dc:subject>criminal histories</dc:subject>
      	
      		<dc:subject>demographic characteristics</dc:subject>
      	
      		<dc:subject>female offenders</dc:subject>
      	
      		<dc:subject>juvenile offenders</dc:subject>
      	
      		<dc:subject>needs assessment</dc:subject>
      	
      		<dc:subject>population characteristics</dc:subject>
      	
		
      		<dc:subject>ICPSR.XVII.E</dc:subject>
      	
      		<dc:subject>NACJD.III</dc:subject>
      	
      	<dc:description>This study was designed to assess the needs and
 characteristics of the female juvenile offender population in
 California and to evaluate the existing program structure. The main
 focus was to conduct a pilot study to test an instrument the
 researchers had designed for profiling the needs of youthful female
 offenders in developing a protocol for use by other jurisdictions and
 agencies working with delinquent female youths. To study the needs and
 program demands of young female offenders, the researchers conducted a
 profile survey of 162 randomly-selected women at the Ventura School in
 the California Youth Authority (CYA) in the summer of 1996. The data
 are the result of personal interviews using a modified version of the
 instrument used for a 1995 study of adult female offenders in the
 California Department of Corrections by the principal
 investigators. Information was collected on demographics, social and
 economic background, criminal history, and correctional
 experiences. Demographic variables include age, race and ethnicity,
 marital status, and parents' marital status. Variables on social and
 economic background include religious preference, living situation,
 education, work history, family relationships, pregnancy history while
 incarcerated, and family and juvenile history. Criminal history
 variables cover gang involvement, arrest and sentence information,
 offense profile, reasons for committing the offense, weapon use,
 substance abuse history, and personal abuse. Variables on correctional
 experiences include abuse counseling, HIV testing, correctional
 programming participation, work experience during incarceration, and
California Youth Authority housing assignment.</dc:description>
		
      	<dc:date>2005-11-04</dc:date>
	    
      		<dc:type>survey data</dc:type>
      	
      	<dc:identifier>2754</dc:identifier>
      	<dc:identifier>10.3886/ICPSR02754.v1</dc:identifier>
    	
      		<dc:source>personal interviews</dc:source>
      	
    	
      		<dc:coverage>California</dc:coverage>
      	
      		<dc:coverage>United States</dc:coverage>
      	
		
      		<dc:coverage>1996</dc:coverage>
      	
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        3.0 United States License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/).</dc:rights>
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