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Full-Text Articles in Health Law and Policy
Massachusetts Health Passport Project Evaluation Final Report, Francine Jacobs, Rachel Oliveri, Jesica Greenston, Claudia Miranda-Julian
Massachusetts Health Passport Project Evaluation Final Report, Francine Jacobs, Rachel Oliveri, Jesica Greenston, Claudia Miranda-Julian
Francine T. Sherman
Prepared for Francine Sherman, Esq., Director, Juvenile Rights Advocacy Project at Boston College Law School. Adapted from the Executive Summary: The Massachusetts Health Passport Project (MHPP) began in April 2004, as a pilot program of the Juvenile Rights Advocacy Project at Boston College Law School under the direction of Francine Sherman, Esq. The program was originally called the Girls’ Health Passport Project (GHPP) and was designed to address the unmet health needs and gaps in health care services for girls committed to the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services (DYS) and re-entering their communities from DYS assessment and treatment facilities. An …
Speaker, Girls In The United States Juvenile Justice System, Francine Sherman
Speaker, Girls In The United States Juvenile Justice System, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
No abstract provided.
Clark County, Nevada, Consultant, 2007, Francine Sherman
Clark County, Nevada, Consultant, 2007, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
Assisted Las Vegas and surrounding county to reduce the use of detention for girls and address the needs of sexually exploited girls.
Reframing The Response: Girls In The Juvenile Justice System And Domestic Violence, Francine Sherman
Reframing The Response: Girls In The Juvenile Justice System And Domestic Violence, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
This article provides an overview of the role gender plays in juvenile justice processing. It reviews national data on girls’ arrest patterns and links those patterns to girls’ underlying needs and trauma histories. The article then focuses on the increase in arrests of girls for domestic assaults and describes the experience of Washoe County, Nevada, where girls were detained disproportionately for domestic battery as a result of a mandatory detention law. The article goes on to describe Nevada’s successful effort to amend that law to increase discretion and mandate family services and the resulting improvements in services to girls experiencing …
Featured Speaker, Domestic Violence And Juvenile Justice, Francine Sherman
Featured Speaker, Domestic Violence And Juvenile Justice, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
No abstract provided.
Speaker And Participant, Family Violence And Juvenile Justice, Francine Sherman
Speaker And Participant, Family Violence And Juvenile Justice, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
No abstract provided.
Access To Community Healthcare For Youth In The Juvenile Justice System: Initial Lessons From The Massachusetts Health Passport Project, Francine Sherman
Access To Community Healthcare For Youth In The Juvenile Justice System: Initial Lessons From The Massachusetts Health Passport Project, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
From 2004-2010, the author directed the Massachusetts Health Passport Project (MHPP), aimed at facilitating continuous access to healthcare for girls and boys in the juvenile justice system in two Massachusetts counties. This article describes the health challenges facing youth, and particularly girls in the juvenile justice system including the significant barriers to health care access that these youth face. It goes on to describe the Massachusetts Health Passport Project, designed to: 1. Improve access to healthcare; 2) Change relevant systems; 3) Improve youth’s social supports; and 4) Improve youth’s health status. The article draws on an evaluation of MHPP to …
Keynote Speaker, Detention Reform And Girls: Challenge And Solutions, Francine Sherman
Keynote Speaker, Detention Reform And Girls: Challenge And Solutions, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
No abstract provided.
Featured Speaker, Girls In The Juvenile Justice System, Francine Sherman
Featured Speaker, Girls In The Juvenile Justice System, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
No abstract provided.
Lead Consultant, Francine Sherman
Lead Consultant, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
Lead consultant for Girls’ Initiative, which funded eight community-based programs for system-involved girls; developed learning community and conducted participant action research.
Consent To Medical Treatment By Minors In Massachusetts: A Guide For Practitioners, Francine Sherman
Consent To Medical Treatment By Minors In Massachusetts: A Guide For Practitioners, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
This guide is designed for healthcare providers, social service agency employees, and other practitioners who connect young people with the medical care they need. While the age of consent for all medical treatment in Massachusetts is generally 18, those younger than 18 may consent to a wide range of services—even without parental authorization—depending on the circumstances. This guide also highlights the special consent issues that may arise for youth who are involved with the Department of Social Services and / or the Department of Youth Services. While these issues may seem complicated at first glance, the governing laws and regulations …
Promoting Justice For Girls In An Unjust System, Francine Sherman
Promoting Justice For Girls In An Unjust System, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
No abstract provided.
Taking On The Challenge: Phase I Of The Hyams Foundation Girls' Initiative, Francine Sherman
Taking On The Challenge: Phase I Of The Hyams Foundation Girls' Initiative, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
This report describes Phase I of The Hyams Foundation’s funding initiative for eight programs providing direct services to girls in Boston and Chelsea, Massachusetts. Although the programs varied in their sophistication and experience with gender-responsive approaches, in each case the programs served girls who were court involved and worked with the state social services or juvenile justice systems. The monograph describes the work of the initiative’s Learning Community, participation in which was a requirement of funding, and findings from the Learning Community’s participatory action research. Notably, the report describes nine lessons learned from the funding initiative, which are useful for …
Panelist: Are We Meeting The Needs Of Adolescent Girls?, Francine Sherman
Panelist: Are We Meeting The Needs Of Adolescent Girls?, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
No abstract provided.
Women In Prison In Massachusetts: Maintaining Family Connections, Francine Sherman
Women In Prison In Massachusetts: Maintaining Family Connections, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
No abstract provided.
Detention Reform And Girls: Challenges And Solutions: Jdai Pathways To Juvenile Detention Reform #13, Francine Sherman
Detention Reform And Girls: Challenges And Solutions: Jdai Pathways To Juvenile Detention Reform #13, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
This report is part of the Annie E. Casey Foundation Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) Pathways to Detention Reform Series. It describes the urgent need for juvenile justice systems to focus on their female populations and presents an overview of the pathways girls take into detention in the United States with a focus on justice system policies and practices that lead to unnecessary and disproportionate detention of girls. It then identifies promising policies, practices, and gender-responsive approaches drawn from JDAI sites, which can reduce girls’ detention and improve their outcomes. The report concludes with systemic strategies to eliminate gender bias …
Data, Detention, And Girls, Francine Sherman
Data, Detention, And Girls, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
No abstract provided.
Middlesex District Attorney's Office, Consultant, Francine Sherman
Middlesex District Attorney's Office, Consultant, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
Evaluated disproportionate minority contact and diversion of youth in Framingham Juvenile Court
Featured Speaker, Investing In The Future: Confronting The Needs Of Girls In The Justice System, Francine Sherman
Featured Speaker, Investing In The Future: Confronting The Needs Of Girls In The Justice System, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
No abstract provided.
Keynote Speaker, Girls In Crisis: The Challenges For Our Community, Francine Sherman
Keynote Speaker, Girls In Crisis: The Challenges For Our Community, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
No abstract provided.
Program: Connecting Girls’ Programs And Girls In Juvenile Justice, Francine Sherman
Program: Connecting Girls’ Programs And Girls In Juvenile Justice, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
No abstract provided.
Girls In The Juvenile Justice System: Perspectives On Services And Conditions Of Confinement, Francine Sherman
Girls In The Juvenile Justice System: Perspectives On Services And Conditions Of Confinement, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
This report details the results of original survey and interview research on perceptions of Judges, Attorneys and girls in the juvenile justice system on conditions of confinement for girls in detention and post-disposition confinement.
When Individual Differences Demand Equal Treatment: An Equal Rights Approach To The Special Needs Of Girls In The Juvenile Justice System, Francine Sherman, Marsha L. Levick
When Individual Differences Demand Equal Treatment: An Equal Rights Approach To The Special Needs Of Girls In The Juvenile Justice System, Francine Sherman, Marsha L. Levick
Francine T. Sherman
This article argues that disparities girls face in the juvenile justice system can be remedied by employing equal rights analysis including the federal Equal Protection Clause, state Equal Rights Amendments, and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Unlike the adult prison context, in which equal protection and Title IX have had limited success, the juvenile justice system is premised on individualized rehabilitative justice. Where differences between male and female offenders have undermined equal rights challenges in the adult arena, in the juvenile justice system differences among individual youth are acknowledged, and dispositions are driven by those individual needs. …
Keynote Address, Painting It Pink Is Not Enough, Francine Sherman
Keynote Address, Painting It Pink Is Not Enough, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
No abstract provided.
Celebrating Boston Girls: Sharing Resources, Building Strengths, Francine Sherman
Celebrating Boston Girls: Sharing Resources, Building Strengths, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
Co-sponsored with the Ella J. Baker House, the College of Criminal Justice of Northeastern University, and the Dorchester (Massachusetts) Community Roundtable.
Effective Advocacy Strategies For Girls: Promoting Justice In An Unjust System, Francine Sherman
Effective Advocacy Strategies For Girls: Promoting Justice In An Unjust System, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
No abstract provided.
Contributor, Francine Sherman
Co-Founder, Artistic Noise, Inc., Francine Sherman
Co-Founder, Artistic Noise, Inc., Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
No abstract provided.
Speaker, Girls In The Juvenile Justice System Nationally, Francine Sherman
Speaker, Girls In The Juvenile Justice System Nationally, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
No abstract provided.
Prostitution And Teenage Girls, Francine Sherman
Prostitution And Teenage Girls, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
No abstract provided.