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Even as the number of females processed through juvenile courts climbs steadily, an implicit agreement remains among scholars in criminal justice that young males define the delinquency problem in the United States. We suggest two reasons why this view persists. First, young females are accused primarily of victimless crimes, such as truancy, that do not involve clear-cut damage to persons or property. If c0mmitted by adults, these actions are not even considered prosecutable; if committed by young males, they have traditionally been looked on leniently by the courts. Thus, ironically, the difficult conditions of female delinquents receive little attention because they are accused of committing relatively minor offenses. Second, the courts have long justified so-called preventive intervention into the lives of young females viewed as antisocial with the reasoning that women are especially vulnerable. Tra
A. Male delinquents receive more attention than females because males are accused of more serious crimes.
B. Adults are frequently punished less severely than adolescents for committing more serious crimes.
C. The juvenile justice system cannot correct its prejudice because it does not even recognize them.
D. Although the number of female delinquents is steadily increasing, the crimes of which they are accused are not particularly serious.