JUVENILE DELINQUENCY: STATUS CRIMES
IN 1991 ABOUT 135,000 JUVENILE RUNAWAYS WERE ARRESTED IN THE UNITED STATES, OF WHOM 56.7 PERCENT WERE FEMALES.
THE REASON SO MANY JUVENILE WOMEN ARE RUNAWAYS IS THAT THEY ARE FAR MORE LIKELY THAN BOYS TO BE ABUSED, BOTH SEXUALLY AND OTHERWISE, IN THEIR HOMES.