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Status Offenses

Status Offenses is a legal concept denoting conduct that constitutes an offense solely by reason of the offender's status as a juvenile, such as truancy, curfew violations, or running away from home, which would not be considered criminal if committed by an adult.

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74

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32

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Judicial Paternalism and the Female Status Offender

Meda Chesney‐Lind · Crime & Delinquency · 1977 · 174 citations

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Religion and Delinquency: The Relationship after Considering Family and Peer Influences

Brent B. Benda, Robert F. Corwyn · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion · 1997 · 142 citations

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Delinquent Careers <i>A Test of the Career Escalation Model</i>

Dean G. Rojek, Maynard L. Erickson · Criminology · 1982 · 123 citations

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Girls in Jail

Meda Chesney‐Lind · Crime & Delinquency · 1988 · 97 citations

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Gender Bias in Juvenile Justice

Katherine S. Teilmann, Pierre H. Landry · Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency · 1981 · 68 citations

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Authors

74

  1. MC
    Meda Chesney‐Lind

    University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, United States

    3 publications · 294 citations

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  2. DG
    Dean G. Rojek

    University of Georgia, United States

    2 publications · 146 citations

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  3. ML
    Maynard L. Erickson

    University of Arizona, United States

    2 publications · 146 citations

    2

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  4. MG
    Martin Gold

    University of Michigan, United States

    2 publications · 78 citations

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  5. RW
    Ralph Wahrman

    Bowling Green State University, United States

    2 publications · 34 citations

    2

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Institutions

32

  1. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    144 citations

  2. Bowling Green State University

    Bowling Green, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    50 citations

  3. Eastern Michigan University

    Ypsilanti, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  4. Southern Oregon University

    Ashland, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    49 citations

  5. Alternative Opportunities

    Springfield, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  6. University of Leicester

    Leicester, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  7. Wittenberg University

    Springfield, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    33 citations

  8. SUNY Geneseo

    Geneseo, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

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Venues

  1. Crime & Delinquency

    7 publications · 371 citations

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  2. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

    3 publications · 95 citations

    3

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  3. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

    YVJJ · 2 publications · 104 citations

    2

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  4. Journal of Criminal Justice

    2 publications · 36 citations

    2

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  5. Psychological Reports

    2 publications · 46 citations

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