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Collaborations Between The Juvenile Justice System And Home Visiting Programs, Francine Sherman, Jessica Greenstone Winestone, Rebecca Fauth

Francine T. Sherman

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Unintended Consequences: Addressing The Impact Of Domestic Violence Mandatory And Pro-Arrest Policies And Practices On Girls And Young Women, Francine T. Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

The OJJDP-funded National Girls Initiative and the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) convened a roundtable of advocates to discuss the unintended consequences of mandatory and pro-arrest policies for domestic violence on girls and young women. Out of that convening arose this summary report, Unintended Consequences: Addressing the Impact of Domestic Violence Mandatory and Pro-Arrest Policies and Practices on Girls and Young Women. Our hope is that this summary report fuels a conversation about the unintended consequences and impact of mandatory and pro-arrest domestic violence policies on girls, young women, and women, as well as the disproportionate impact on communities …

Gender Injustice, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

Gender Injustice And Girls In Massachusetts, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

Current Issues In State Law: How Policy Advocacy Can Benefit Girls, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

Provided overview material for national Roundtable of organizations working with girls in the juvenile justice system for the National Girls Initiative and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP).

Gender Injustice: System-Level Juvenile Justice Reforms For Girls, Francine Sherman, Annie Balck

Francine T. Sherman

Despite decades of attention, the proportion of girls in the juvenile justice system has increased and their challenges have remained remarkably consistent, resulting in deeply rooted systemic gender injustice. The literature is clear that girls in the justice system have experienced abuse, violence, adversity, and deprivation across many of the domains of their lives—family, peers, intimate partners, and community. There is also increasing understanding of the sorts of programs helpful to these girls. What is missing is a focus on how systems—and particularly juvenile justice systems—can be redesigned to protect public safety and support the healing and healthy development of …

Real-Time Data Integration To Advance Research And Policy For Girls In The Justice And Related Public Systems, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

Gender And De-Incarceration, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

Gender And Race Disparities In The Juvenile Justice System, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

Appropriate System Responses To Human Sex Trafficking, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

Gender Injustice, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

Presenter, Juvenile Justice Leadership Network, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

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Panelist, Where Do We Go From Here? A Conversation On Girls In The Juvenile Justice System, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

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Overview: Girls And The Juvenile Justice System, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

Presented on Policy for Girls and Young Women in the juvenile justice system.

Organizer And Presenter, Current Challenges In Detention Reform For Girls, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

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Roundtable Participant, High Risk Girls In High Risk Settings: What Have We Learned, What's Next, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

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Juvenile Justice Girls: Precursors, Outcomes, And Treatment Needs, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

Served as legal discussant on systems for criminology and psychology researchers on causes and trajectories for girls in the juvenile justice system.

Panelist, "A Trauma-Informed Approach To Girls: What It Is, Why Its Needed", Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

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Justice For Girls: Are We Making Progress?, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

Social expectations that girls behave obediently, modestly, and cautiously result in the detention and incarceration of girls who fight back at home or in intimate relationships and who are victims of sexual exploitation. The structural discrimination that supports detaining and incarcerating girls for violating these norms is both hard to see and hard to challenge. It is often hidden behind outward good will toward girls and legitimate expressions of concern for their vulnerability and possible victimization; and it is facilitated by the many opportunities for multifactored, "best interests" -based discretionary decisions built into the juvenile justice and child welfare systems. …

Know The Law, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

A series of 11 "Know the Law" legal briefs posted to the National Girls Institute (OJJDP/National Council on Crime and Delinquency) web site.

Moderator, Youth In Prison: The Reality Of The System, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

On April 30, 2013, Professor Sherman served as the moderator for the Youth in Prison: The Reality of the System at Boston College. The panel discussed the realities of the prison system and efforts being implemented to create positive change.

Partcipant, Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Inter-Site Conference, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

Professor Sherman participated in two workshops, Reducing Disparities at the Intersection of Gender, Race and Ethnicity and Eliminating the Use of Detention for Commercially Sexually Exploited Children, at the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Inter-site Conference held in Atlanta, Georgia.

Making Detention Reform Work For Girls: A Guide To Juvenile Detention Reform, Francine Sherman, Richard Mendel, Angela Irvine

Francine T. Sherman

Throughout the nation, court-involved girls frequently pose minimal risk to public safety but suffer with significant social service needs. Data on detention utilization show that girls are being disproportionately detained for misdemeanors, status offenses and technical violations of probation and parole. In short, many girls enter detention for the wrong reasons and many remain in detention for extended periods harmful to them and contrary to best practice.

This practice guide responds to a call from both mature and new sites from within the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) network, which continue to find that effectively serving and supervising girls is …

Speaker, Workshop Organizer, Moderator And Presenter, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

Professor Sherman has served as a Speaker, Workshop Organizer, Moderator, and Presenter for a range of workshops on topics related to detention reform and girls at the Annie E. Casey Foundation Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Annual Conferences since 2000.

Panelist, Stop The Pipeline To Prison: Create Educational Opportunities, Jobs And Wealth, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

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Meeting The Challenges Faced By Girls In The Juvenile Justice System: Testimony Before The Healthy Families And Communities Subcommittee Of The U.S. House Of Representatives Education And Labor Committee, Francine T. Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

Testimony by Francine T. Sherman, Clinical Professor and Director, Juvenile Rights Advocacy Project at Boston College Law School before the Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Education and Labor Committee, on March 11, 2010, at 10:00 AM. More information about the hearing, including an archived webcast, is available at http://edworkforce.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=193429.

Justice For Girls: Are We Making Progress?, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

Over the course of more than a century, structural gender bias has been a remarkably durable feature of United States juvenile justice systems. Consequently, as these systems have developed over the years, reducing gender bias and addressing girls in helpful, rather than harmful, ways has required specific and concerted efforts on the part of federal and state governments. Currently, there are a number of positive trends in juvenile justice, including policy and practice that is increasingly developmentally centered and data-driven. The question for those focused on girls in the juvenile justice system is how to ensure that girls are the …

Advisory Board Member, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

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Visiting Lecturer, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

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Testimony, Institute Of Medicine Workshops: Commercial Sexual Exploitation Of Children/Sex Trafficking, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

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