%0 Journal Article
%T Gender
%A Ashlee R. Barnes
%A Brinn M. Walerych
%A Christina A. Campbell
%A Eyitayo Onifade
%A Jodi L. Petersen
%A Nordia A. Campbell
%A Valerie R. Anderson
%A William S. Davidson
%J Feminist Criminology
%@ 1557-086X
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1557085116677749
%X The increasing proportion of girls in the juvenile justice system has prompted courts to develop gender-responsive services. The present study examined data from a mid-sized county juvenile court to examine the effects of a group home intervention for girls. The study compared group home participants (n = 172) with girls who did not receive group home treatment (n = 814) using propensity score matching (PSM). Girls who received group home treatment were significantly less likely to re-offend in the 2-year follow-up period. Policy and practice implications for gender-responsive services as well as future directions for research are discussed
%K female offenders
%K girls
%K juvenile justice
%K gender-responsive
%K intervention
%K propensity score matching
%K risk assessment
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1557085116677749