Mallicoat, pag. 285). The JJDP law officially ended the institutionalization of sexually disobedient girls, but that doesn't mean that juvenile courts haven't negotiated ways around this legal barrier. The modern institutionalization of sexually rebellious girls is known as bootstrapping. Some bootstraps involve cases who are on probation or parole for criminal offenses who have previously been prosecuted for probation violations and as a result of committing status crimes such as escape or truancy. The juvenile system is trying to make bootstrapping more difficult for courts to use, but it continues to be an anti-girl trend. Because it was once considered a criminal offense, girls are now charged with minor acts of delinquency. Girls will always be at greater risk of delinquency and will be held to higher standards as our society views girls as the innocent gender compared to