CTJJA | Data: Gender Specific

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		[1] A System of Services for Girls in Connecticut
		The landscape of Connecticut girls’ services is much like the girls themselves: extraordinary strengths coupled with widespread, seemingly insurmountable challenges. (695.01K Bytes)
		[2] Court Involved Girls in Connecticut, June 2002 Report
		From the report's introduction: "The current study builds upon recent research conducted about juveniles in Connecticut and examines females in this population more closely; it provides more detailed descriptive analyses that may help to explain gender differences and presents information necessary to strengthen services for girls in Connecticut’s Juvenile Justice System. The information contained in this report will provide policy makers, administrators, and practitioners with: 1. A clearer understanding of the profile of girls in the Connecticut Juvenile Justice system, 2. A greater awareness of how girls enter and emerge from the system in Connecticut in comparison to their male counterparts, 3. Recommendations for culturally sensitive and gender specific programmatic and policy changes to assist in the development and implementation of a short and long term plan to address the needs of girls in the Connecticut Juvenile Justice System." (1.53M Bytes)
		[3] Detention Reform and Girls: Challenges and Solutions
		The report details new finding about girls involved in the juvenile justice system. In particular, Professor Sherman discovered that: -domestic violence often leads to girls being detained, and -girls are chronically returned to detention for technical violations, while boys are more likely to be returned on a new offense. (818.54K Bytes)
		[4] Improving Conditions for Girls in the Justice System: The Female Detention Project
		Summary - The Female Detention Project sought to create a profile of the typical girl in detention. Our goal in doing so was to draw attention to the common needs of girls, to identify gaps in services - both past and present - available to this population, and to identify strategies to compel the system to improve the quality of services offered to girls in Philadelphia's Juvenile Justice System.
		[5] Justice Department Study Dispels Myths About Girls' Delinquency, October 2008
		Press release issued from the Office of Justice Programs on girls and delinquency. (15.57K Bytes)
		[6] OCA Report - From Trauma to Tragedy: CT Girls in Adult Prison, July 2008
		Over the past two years, the Office of the Child Advocate (OCA) conducted weekly site visits, monitored case conferences, and met extensively with DCF and DOC leadership to examine the conditions at York Correctional Institution (YCI), Connecticut's only prison for adult women. During this time, nearly 250 girls ages 15 - 18 who were tried in the adult criminal system spent time at YCI, which is a maximum security prison. OCA found that YCI cannot meet the unique needs of adolescent girls and that girls in Connecticut require an alternative to YCI. The full report detailing the conditions, problems, and recommendations for reform at YCI can be found at: http://www.ct.gov/oca/lib/oca/From_Tauma_to_Tragedy_CT_-_Girls_in_Adult_Prison_7-08.pdf
		[7] Plan for a Continuum of Community Based Services for Adolescent Females Involved in the Juvenile Justice System
		Plan for a Continuum of Community Based Services for Adolescent Females Involved in the Juvenile Court System: IN RESPONSE TO SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL No. 5366, SPECIAL ACT No. 04-05 (1.02M Bytes)
		[8] Systemic Factors Influencing Increase in Girls in Juvenile Justice System
		A new study of girls in Florida’s juvenile justice system shows that a series of systemic factors influence the rising number of girls entering and cycling through the system. The study, conducted by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, offers a series of recommendations for improving treatment of girls and reversing the escalating number of girls entering the system. (1,001.93K Bytes)

[1]: http://ctjja.org/media/resources/resource_187.pdf
[2]: http://ctjja.org/media/resources/resource_125.pdf
[3]: http://ctjja.org/media/resources/resource_167.pdf
[4]: http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/juvjus/gji.html
[5]: http://ctjja.org/media/resources/resource_316.pdf
[6]: http://www.ct.gov/oca/lib/oca/From_Tauma_to_Tragedy_CT_-_Girls_in_Adult_Prison_7-08.pdf
[7]: http://ctjja.org/media/resources/resource_79.pdf
[8]: http://ctjja.org/media/resources/resource_193.pdf