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Sexual Abuse Of Male Juveniles In Detention Centers By Female Correction Officers And Their Peers – An Empirical Study, Paul Cook Jun 2012

Sexual Abuse Of Male Juveniles In Detention Centers By Female Correction Officers And Their Peers – An Empirical Study, Paul Cook

Paul Cook

This Comment both reveals the nature and dynamic of sexual abuse in the male juvenile detention centers and dispels common misconceptions we had of it. By comparing and contrasting the BJS male and juvenile incarceration data with previously projected statistics, This Comment subjected these sets of data through statistical formulas. From that, it has made several findings.1) Male juveniles appear to be more frequently abused when detained. 2) Staff are the primary perpetrators. 3) There are both overt and non-overt traits that correlate to higher rates of sexual abuse. 4) White male juveniles have a higher correlation to sexual abuse …


Promoting Justice For Girls In An Unjust System, Francine Sherman Dec 2005

Promoting Justice For Girls In An Unjust System, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

No abstract provided.


Effective Advocacy Strategies For Girls: Promoting Justice In An Unjust System, Francine Sherman Dec 2000

Effective Advocacy Strategies For Girls: Promoting Justice In An Unjust System, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

No abstract provided.


Prostitution And Teenage Girls, Francine Sherman Sep 2000

Prostitution And Teenage Girls, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

No abstract provided.


Probation And The Delinquent Girl, Francine Sherman Jul 2000

Probation And The Delinquent Girl, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

No abstract provided.


What's In A Name: Runaway Girls Pose Challenges For Justice Professionals, Francine Sherman Feb 2000

What's In A Name: Runaway Girls Pose Challenges For Justice Professionals, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

No abstract provided.


Leadership And Lawyering: Learning New Ways To See Juvenile Justice, Francine Sherman Dec 1999

Leadership And Lawyering: Learning New Ways To See Juvenile Justice, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

No abstract provided.


The Juvenile Rights Advocacy Project: Representing Girls In Context, Francine Sherman Sep 1999

The Juvenile Rights Advocacy Project: Representing Girls In Context, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

No abstract provided.


Law In The School-Linked Services Model: Problems And Possibilities, Francine Sherman Dec 1998

Law In The School-Linked Services Model: Problems And Possibilities, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

No abstract provided.


The Role Of Context In The Representation Of Children, Francine Sherman Dec 1998

The Role Of Context In The Representation Of Children, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

No abstract provided.