Kansas State University Sociology Professor Studies Girls in the Juvenile Justice System.

Byline: Kansas State University

MANHATTAN, Kan., Sept. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- The needs of girls and girls' experiences have been pretty much ignored in the juvenile justice system.

That's the view of L. Susan Williams, associate professor of sociology at Kansas State University.

"Most of the crime is committed by boys, and most of the system has responded to boys and boys' experiences," she said.

Recently, she's been working on part of a project called "The Going Home Initiative for Re-entry of Serious Juvenile Offenders" to try to improve the system for girls.

Williams said her role in this specific part of the project has …