Resources on Girls in the Juvenile Justice System
Compiled by: Paula Schaefer, Paula Schaefer & Associates, Inc.
Phone: 612-702-5317 - email: Paula@PSchaefer.com
Curricula
Girls’ Circle: Promoting Resiliency & Self-Esteem in Adolescent Girls Curriculum by Giovanna Taormina and Beth Hossfield.
This strengths-based, skill building approach creates a safe space for girls to address risky behaviors, build on protective factors, and improve relationships in a format that interests and engages girls.
Phone: 707-794-9477
Voices: A Program For Self-Exploration and Empowerment For Girls by Stephanie Covington, Ph.D.
Voices encourages girls to seek and celebrate their "true selves" by giving them a safe space, encouragement, structure, and support to embrace their important journey of self-discovery. The program advocates a strength-based approach that helps girls to identify and apply their power and voices as individuals and as a group.
Phone: 858-454-8528
Girls … Moving On by Marilyn Van Dieten. Ph.D.
Curricula for criminal justice involved girls. The goal of this program is to assist girls to mobilize and develop personal and social resources that mediate the impact of risk for future criminal behavior. Orbis Partners, Inc.
Phone: 613-236-0773
Looking for Love
Video-based curriculum to work with girls on relationships with older males from the Planned Parenthood of Southwest Ohio.
Phone: 513-721-8932
An Income of Her Own
Published by Independent Means providing products and services to assist girls to achieve financial independence.
Catalogs
National Women’s History Resource Catalog - Resources for Honoring and Celebrating Women.
Free Spirit Press - Publisher of learning tools that support young people’s social and emotional health.
Phone: 800-735-7323
Daniel Memorial Institute 2007 Catalog - Hands on resources for Independent Living and Foster Care Youth.
To order phone 800-226-7612
Web Resource Publications
National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice - Established in July 2001 to assist the field in developing improved policies and programs for youth with mental health disorders in contact with the juvenile justice system, based on the best available research and practice.
Girls Health Information Website - Sponsored by the National Women’s Health Information Center, U.S. Dept. of Health
The Center for Young Women’s Development
Mission: To empower and inspire young women who have been involved with the juvenile justice system and/or the underground street economy to create positive change in their lives and communities.
The Prevention Researcher - Quarterly journal delivering current research and top developments to professionals in the youth services industry.
Girls, Inc. - Inspiring all girls to be: Strong, Smart, & Bold
The Link Connection a Juvenile Justice & Child Welfare - E Newsletter by Child Welfare League of America
The Girl Connection - Monthly internet newsletter for those who serve girls by Iowa Commission on the Status of Women.
To receive via email contact Kathy Nesteby: Kathy.Nesteby@iowa.gov
Conferences
Annual Whispers and Screams Conference - Iowa
Bi-Annual National Workshop on Adult and Juvenile Female Offenders
Advocacy Videos
We Are Not Who You Think We Are - Women in Bedford Hills Prison, New York talking about their lives.
Video Action Fund - www.videoaction.org - Phone: 202-338-1094
Wayward Girls - Video Documentary about girls in the Juvenile Justice system – past & present.
Girl Trouble - Follows three girls through the Juvenile Justice System.
Magazines
Teen Voices - A magazine by and for teen girls – empowering and “real.”
Phone: 888-882-8336
The New Moon Magazine - Written by and for girls ages 8 to 14.
Phone 1-800-381-4743
Books
Gendered Justice: Addressing Female Offenders ~ Amazon.com
by (Editor) Barbara E. Bloom (2003)
Girls, Delinquency, and Juvenile Justice ~ Amazon.com
by (Authors) Meda Chesney-Lind , Randall G. Shelden (2003)
The Female Offender: Girls, Women, and Crime ~ Amazon.com
by Meda Chesney-Lind, Lisa J. Pasko (2003)
Complex Challenges, Collaborative Solutions: Programming for Adult & Juvenile Female Offenders ~ Amazon.com
by (Editor) Joann B. Morton (1998)
Female Offenders: Critical Perspectives and Effective Interventions ~ Amazon.com
by Ruth T. Zaplin (2006)
Beyond Bad Girls: Gender, Violence and Hype ~ Amazon.com
by Meda Chesney-Lind & Katherine Irwin (2008)
Reports/Newsletters/Planning Guides
Violence by Teenage Girls: Trends and Context by Zahn, et al, OJJDP Girls Study Group (May 2008)
Status of Girls in Minnesota by The Institute for Women’s Policy Research in Partnership with the Women’s Foundation (April 2008)
Where the Girls Are: The Facts About Gender Equity in Education by Corbett, Hill & St. Rose, Published by AAUW (2008)
Trauma Among Youth in the Juvenile Justices System: Critical Issues and New Directions by Julian B. Ford, John F. Chapman, Josephine Hawke, & David Albert (June 2007)
Girls in the ‘Hood: The Importance of Feeling Safe by Popkin, Leventhal & Weismann (2008)
Girl Violence and Aggression: Problem and Solutions by the Cook County Commission on Woman’s Issues (August 2006)
Detention Reform and Girls: Challenges and Solutions by Francine Sherman for The Annie E. Casey Foundation (2005)
Addressing Trauma: A Key to Recovery and Systems Transformation by Andrea K. Blanc, PhD, SAMHSA’s Center on Women, Violence & Trauma
Report of the APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls by the APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls (2007) - For printed copy call: 202-336-6044
Behind the Walls and Beyond: Restorative Justice, Instrumental Communities and Effective Residential Treatment by Gordon Bazemore, Jay G. Zaslow, Danielle Riester (Winter 2005) Juvenile and Family Court Journal
Listening to the Discontent and Aspirations of Disconnected Youth by Edward DeJesus, Youth
Development and Research Fund
Improving Probation Through Client Strengths: Evaluating Strength-Based Treatment for at Risk Youth by Don Kurtz & Travis Linnemann, Published in Western Criminology Review 7(1), 9-19 (2006)
Focusing Juvenile Justice on Positive Youth Development by Jeffrey Butts, Susan Mayer & Gretchen Ruth Chapin Hall Center for Children:Issue Brief #150
Trauma Among Girls in the Juvenile Justice System - National Child Traumatic Stress Network, Juvenile Justice Working Group 2004
The Impact of Restraint on Sexually Abused Children and Youth, Residential Group Quarterly, Volume 4, Number 3, Child Welfare League of America Winter 2004
Painful Secrets: Helping Traumatized Girls in Pennsylvania’s Juvenile Justice System by Patrick Griffin Pennsylvania Progress, Spring 2001 Vol. 7, No 4
The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Project … Continued by Patrick Griffin Publication: Pennsylvania Progress, October 2002 Vol.9, No 2
Girls in the Juvenile Justice System by Christy Sharp & Jessica Simon 2004. Child Welfare League of America National Center for Program Standards & Development Juvenile Justice Division
Feeling Safe: What Girls Say by Schoenberg, Riggins, Salmond, M.P.P. 2003 A study of over 2,000 girls.
Gender-Responsive Strategies: Research, Practice, and Guiding Principles for Women Offenders by the National Institute of Corrections Report by Bloom, Owen, Covington, Ph.D. July 2003
Justice by Gender: The Lack of Appropriate Prevention, Diversion & Treatment Alternatives for Girls in the Justice System by the American Bar Assoc. and the National Bar Assoc.
How To Implement Oregon’s Guidelines For Effective Gender-Responsive Programming For Girls by Pam Patton & Marcia Morgan October 2001
To receive a copy contact Pam Patton at: 503-233-4356 or download from the web:
No Place To Hide: Understanding and Meeting the Needs of Girls in the California Juvenile Justice System by Leslie Acoca & Kelly Dedel, published by the National Council on Crime & Delinquency 1998
To order a copy call NCCD 608-274-8882