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Girls' involvement in delinquency and crime, though still less than boys', appears to have increased significantly in the past two decades. There is, however, little knowledge about the causes of girls' violence, and few studies have been conducted on young women's delinquency and crime. This article reviews current research on girls' violent behavior, the factors contributing to it, and effective programming strategies to prevent it. The Nature of Girls' Crime Although girls are involved in more violent crime than they were a decade ago, violent crimes accounted for only 3.4 percent of girls' arrests in 1994 (Chesney-Lind and Brown, 1999). Part of the increase in their arrest rate for violent crimes may be attributable to changes in the way girls are charged. For example, a girl who shoves her parents in self-defense as she tries to run away is now likely to be arrested for assault, which is a criminal...

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