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Featured Speaker, Girls In The United States Justice System, Francine Sherman
Featured Speaker, Girls In The United States Justice System, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
No abstract provided.
Featured Speaker, Social Welfare V. Social Control: Juvenile Justice In The United States, Francine Sherman
Featured Speaker, Social Welfare V. Social Control: Juvenile Justice In The United States, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
No abstract provided.
Massachusetts Department Of Youth Services, Spectrum Girls Facility Self-Assessment Team Member, Francine Sherman
Massachusetts Department Of Youth Services, Spectrum Girls Facility Self-Assessment Team Member, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
No abstract provided.
Dys Facility Self-Assessment Team Member, Francine Sherman
Dys Facility Self-Assessment Team Member, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
No abstract provided.
Moderator, Clark County Girls Symposium On Commercial Sexual Exploitation, Francine Sherman
Moderator, Clark County Girls Symposium On Commercial Sexual Exploitation, 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.
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 …