Gender Responsive Treatment and Services in Correctional Settings

Covington, Stephanie S.; Bloom, Barbara

doi:10.1300/j015v29n03_02

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“…Variables were selected based on theory (Bloom et al 2002;Covington and Bloom 2006;Zahn 2007) and previously identified empirical relevance (Holman and Ziedenberg 2006;Mallett 2009). To examine the influence of race, mental health disorders, and substance use disorders on select court outcomes of juvenile offenders for males and females, a series of multiple regression equations and logistic regression models were computed.…”

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“…Gender-responsive perspectives start from the position that the experiences, needs, and strengths of males and females should be considered in the design and development of gender-responsive interventions because females and males respond differently to interventions (Bloom et al 2002;Covington and Bloom 2006). Gender responsive perspectives are based on the premise that similar risk factors appear to promote delinquency among male and female youth, but the level and rate of exposure and sensitivity to certain risk factors may differ across gender (Zahn 2007).…”

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Race, Substance Abuse, and Mental Health Disorders as Predictors of Juvenile Court Outcomes: Do They Vary By Gender?

Welch-Brewer

Stoddard-Dare

Mallett

2011

Child Adolesc Soc Work J

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Predicting juvenile court outcomes based on youthful offenders' delin quency risk factors is important for the adolescent social work field as well as the juvenile justice system. Using a random sample of 341 delinquent youth from one Midwestern urban county, this study extends previous research by examining if race, substance abuse, and mental health disorders influence important delinquency outcomes (number of court offenses, felony conviction(s), probation supervision length, detention length, and number of probation services) differently for male and female juvenile offenders. Multivariate analysis findings revealed that race was significant only for males, and having a substance use disorder was a stronger predictor of delinquency outcomes for males; whereas, having a mental health disorder was a stronger predictor of delinquency outcomes for females. Implications for this research include the importance of early disorder identification and sub sequent availability of gender-focused treatment.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Race, Substance Abuse, and Mental Health Disorders as Predictors of Juvenile Court Outcomes: Do They Vary By Gender?

Welch-Brewer

Stoddard-Dare

Mallett

2011

Child Adolesc Soc Work J

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“…Covington and Bloom (2006) suggested that a therapeutic environment is important for women to be able to express their feelings and receive support from others. Both are important given women's need for relational closeness with others.…”

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Gender-Responsive Lessons Learned and Policy Implications for Women in Prison

Wright

Voorhis

Salisbury

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Criminal Justice and Behavior

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The authors review evidence of gender-responsive factors for women in prisons. Some gender-responsive needs function as risk factors in prison settings and contribute to women's maladjustment to prison; guided by these findings, the authors outline ways in which prison management, staff members, and programming can better serve female prisoners by being more gender informed. The authors suggest that prisons provide treatment and programming services aimed at reducing women's criminogenic need factors, use gendered assessments to place women into appropriate interventions and to appropriately plan for women's successful reentry into the community, and train staff members to be gender responsive.

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“…Before entering jail or prison, many incarcerated women endure sexual and gender violence and discrimination-for example, physical, sexual, and emotional abuse; vilification of their sexual desires; denial of their capacity to mother; and inadequate sexuality education (Daane, 2003;Richie, 1996Richie, , 2002Wyatt et al, 2002). Incarcerated women are typically young, poor, unemployed, undereducated, and without affordable and safe housing (Conly, 1998;Covington & Bloom, 2007). Many are addicted to or abusing drugs (Kantor, 2003).…”

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confidence: 99%