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May 2006
 A Blueprint for Systemic Change: Creating a
Gender Responsive "Continuum of Services" for Girls At-Risk or
Involved in the Juvenile Justice System
The Delaware Girls Initiative (DGI)
conducted this study to identify the factors that lead to girls'
involvement in the Delaware juvenile justice (DJJ) system and to
determine how the system could better serve girls. The researchers
present
demographic information from the Department of Services for
Children, Youth, and their Families (DSCYF) that indicated that
girls are 40% of the DSCYF population served and that girls are only
about 25% of the total Youth and Rehabilitative Service population.
The researchers present evidence that girls in the DJJ system have
more mental health issues than boys and that many of these issues
are gender-based. They concluded that the current system lacks
gender-responsiveness and that the system should provide girls with
gender-specific treatment.
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