Girls are increasingly becoming involved with the juvenile justice system; however, what brings girls to engage in delinquency or what obstacles these girls face later in life resulting from adolescent criminal behavior is understudied. In the present study, we used latent class analysis to identify subtypes of risks among adolescent girls (N = 1,174) who have engaged in delinquent behaviors and mixture modeling to determine what distal psychological, social, educational, and economic outcomes in young adulthood are associated with each subtype. Four adolescent subtypes were identified, which were distinguished primarily based on the severity of their self-reported victimization experiences and mental health concerns. Classes with higher levels of victimization experiences tended to report more engagement with delinquent behavior in adolescence and had a larger proportion of Black and Hispanic girls than lower-victimization classes. Identified classes differed from each other on distal (i.e., young adulthood) measures of economic instability, educational attainment, drug use, depression, and adult arrests. Generally, latent classes which were characterized by higher rates of victimization and mental health concerns and lower educational performance in adolescence fared worse in young adulthood. Implications for those who care for girls who engage in delinquency, including suggestions for using trauma and culture informed screening, prevention, and intervention services, and directions for future research are discussed. Additional online materials for this article are available on PWQ’s website at http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/suppl/0361684320918243 .

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严重犯罪的女孩亚型及其年轻成人的结果

女孩越来越多地参与少年司法系统；然而，是什么导致女孩犯罪或这些女孩在以后的生活中因青春期犯罪行为而面临哪些障碍尚未得到充分研究。在本研究中，我们使用潜在类别分析来确定参与犯罪行为的少女 (N = 1,174) 的风险亚型，并使用混合模型来确定与年轻成年期的远期心理、社会、教育和经济结果相关联与每个亚型。确定了四种青少年亚型，主要根据他们自我报告的受害经历的严重程度和心理健康问题进行区分。与受害程度较低的班级相比，受害经历程度较高的班级倾向于报告更多的青少年犯罪行为，并且黑人和西班牙裔女孩的比例更大。在经济不稳定、受教育程度、吸毒、抑郁和成人被捕的远期（即成年期）衡量标准上，确定的类别彼此不同。一般来说，潜伏班的特点是受害率和心理健康问题的比率较高，而且青春期的教育表现较低，但在成年后的情况更糟。讨论了对那些照顾犯罪女孩的人的影响，包括使用创伤和文化知情筛查、预防和干预服务的建议，以及未来研究的方向。