Incarcerated Girls, Criminal Pathways and Multiple Forms of Abuse

Flores, Jerry; Hawes, Janelle; Bhinder, Breanne

doi:10.1007/s10896-019-00122-7

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“…Reflexivity allows scholars to connect their experiences of oppression and privilege to their research activities (Rios, 2011 ; Flores, 2016 ; Flores et al, 2019 ). It reveals the tenuous lines involved during empirical research that include relations between researcher and self, researcher and participants, and researchers and their readers/audiences (Doucet, 2008 ).…”

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“I Think the Mental Part Is the Biggest Factor”: An Exploratory Qualitative Study of COVID-19 and Its Negative Effects on Indigenous Women in Toronto, Canada

et al. 2022

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This article explores the unique and understudied experiences of Indigenous women living in Toronto, Canada during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study is to better document the impacts of COVID-19 on the mental health and wellbeing of Indigenous women in Toronto, Canada to better understand unmet needs, as well as lay the groundwork for more targeted research and potential interventions based on these needs. Using in-depth semi-structured interviews with thirteen Indigenous women, we shed light on the negative effects this pandemic has had on this population. We find that COVID-19 has negatively affected people's mental health, substance use and access to health services. This research speaks to the growing body of work that discusses the harmful effects of COVID-19 generally and how this pandemic has specifically affected Indigenous peoples.

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“…Girls of color are overrepresented in female delinquency cases, particularly Black and Latina girls (Ehrmann et al, 2019). Girls are more likely to be detained for lower level and non‐serious offenses (called “bootstrapping”) such as truancy, running away, and underage drinking due to a lack of appropriate services for girls and their families within their communities (Flores et al, 2020; Watson & Edelman, 2012).…”

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“…All too often, juvenile detention centers (JDCs) are seen as a solution to providing a safe and secure housing option for youth where they can obtain treatment and rehabilitation after involvement in the criminal justice system. However, youth, and girls in particular, in JDCs have often been victims of trauma or multiple traumas that contributed to their criminal justice involvement (Abram et al, 2004; Chesney‐Lind & Shelden, 2004; Flores, 2015; Flores, Hawes, & Bhinder, 2020; Simkins, Hirsh, Horvat, & Moss, 2004). Like other systems serving youth with externalizing symptoms of trauma, JDCs implement policies (e.g., zero tolerance) that exacerbate symptoms of trauma and fail to meet youth’s needs for love, belonging, and self‐esteem (Sharkey et al, 2011).…”

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“…We argue here that youth are not best served in JDC environments and should be diverted to community‐based and therapeutic environments. Youth should receive comprehensive mental health services, services to meet their basic needs, and education to heal from past traumas and feel safe (Flores et al, 2020; Jones, 2010). For youth who might need to be temporarily in custody because they pose imminent harm to themselves or others, a JDC environment should be as therapeutic as possible.…”

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Elevating the Voices of Girls in Custody for Improved Treatment and Systemic Change in the Juvenile Justice System

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Sharkey

Wroblewski

2020

American J of Comm Psychol

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The U.S. juvenile justice system does not meet the needs of girls in custody, and often fails to address girls’ symptoms of trauma and high rates of sexual exploitation histories. As the system shifts away from punitive detention to a trauma‐informed approach with community‐based services, community psychologists and other helping professionals can help center the needs and experiences of girls in custody. As part of a multi‐year collaboration, our research team created a confidential youth advisory process in one juvenile detention center (JDC). We acted as liaisons between the girls in custody and JDC administrators, reporting girls’ feedback to agencies at monthly meetings. Participant confidentiality, safety, and consent were priorities. The girls’ feedback, which was conceptualized within a System Responsiveness and hierarchy of needs framework, led JDC probation and mental health staff to improve services (e.g., better laundry system, longer showers, warmer food), climate (e.g., consistent reward system, confidentiality of grievances), and treatment (e.g., increase focus on gender and culture) to reduce the trauma of incarceration among girls in custody. Girls’ feedback also catalyzed systemic change that led to a reduction in the JDC population in favor of wraparound community‐based services better suited to meet girls’ needs. Implications for community psychology values and the juvenile justice system, including the benefits and challenges of this type of collaboration, are discussed.

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“…Throughout their lives, girls of color face systemic barriers to accessing educational, material, and social resources in their schools (Campbell, 2012; Crooks et al, 2007), communities (Belknap & Cady, 2008), and government services (Flores et al, 2018) that their white and male counterparts do not. As part of larger, intersecting systems of racism, sexism, and poverty, resource scarcity contributes to disproportionately high rates of mental health challenges (Quinn et al, 2005), trauma (Flores et al, 2020), STIs, and substance use (Baglivio et al, 2014; Wasserman et al, 2005) among girls of color, all of which may serve as pathways into the juvenile legal system (Kempf‐Leonard & Johansson, 2007; Maschi et al, 2008).…”

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Exploring the needs of girls of color in the juvenile legal system: A latent class analysis

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Javdani,

Godfrey

et al. 2024

American J of Comm Psychol

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Girls of color are overrepresented in the juvenile legal system and experience high levels of unmet needs. Assessing and meeting girls' needs may prevent system contact or deeper involvement by providing for these needs in community‐based settings, rather than through juvenile legal systems. This study used a structured interview‐based assessment adapted from an advocacy intervention to examine girls' self‐identified needs and perceived effectiveness and difficulty of accessing resources for these needs. Descriptive analyses found that girls reported needing resources beyond those typically assessed and supported in existing programming, such as technology, extracurriculars, and employment. Latent class analysis revealed four subgroups of girls with distinct but overlapping areas of needs: (1) High Employment, Current School, and Logistical Needs, (2) Low Overall Needs, (3) High Employment Needs, and (4) High Employment, Current School, and Social/Emotional Needs. Girls also reported wide variation in their ability and difficulty accessing needed resources, with employment being most difficult to access and school and social/emotional resources being the easiest to access. These findings suggest that more comprehensive and individualized approaches to programming and community services for system‐impacted girls of color are essential.

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Incarcerated Girls, Criminal Pathways and Multiple Forms of Abuse

Cited by 6 publications

References 32 publications

“I Think the Mental Part Is the Biggest Factor”: An Exploratory Qualitative Study of COVID-19 and Its Negative Effects on Indigenous Women in Toronto, Canada

“I Think the Mental Part Is the Biggest Factor”: An Exploratory Qualitative Study of COVID-19 and Its Negative Effects on Indigenous Women in Toronto, Canada

Elevating the Voices of Girls in Custody for Improved Treatment and Systemic Change in the Juvenile Justice System

Exploring the needs of girls of color in the juvenile legal system: A latent class analysis

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