TY - JOUR PY - 1977// TI - Sexual Delinquency: The Persistence of a Double Standard JO - Crime and delinquency A1 - Conway, A. A1 - Bogdan, C. SP - 131 EP - 135 VL - 23 IS - 2 N2 - A ten-year comparison of New York State Family Court records examines the differences in the way courts adjudicate adolescent delinquents according to sex and offense. A brief historical analysis of female offender statutes is included to provide background for speculative discussion of court biases regarding the noncriminal category of sexual misconduct. Attention is called to the improbability of altering adolescent behavior in any positive way through the punitive and highly moralistic means now employed.

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