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Moderator, Youth In Prison: The Reality Of The System, Francine Sherman Apr 2013

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 Apr 2013

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.


Speaker, Workshop Organizer, Moderator And Presenter, Francine Sherman Dec 2012

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 Nov 2012

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

Francine T. Sherman

No abstract provided.


Advisory Board Member, Francine Sherman Jun 2012

Advisory Board Member, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

No abstract provided.


Visiting Lecturer, Francine Sherman Apr 2012

Visiting Lecturer, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

No abstract provided.


Testimony, Institute Of Medicine Workshops: Commercial Sexual Exploitation Of Children/Sex Trafficking, Francine Sherman Feb 2012

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

Francine T. Sherman

No abstract provided.


Moderator And Speaker, The Legal Lives Of Girls, Francine Sherman Feb 2012

Moderator And Speaker, The Legal Lives Of Girls, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

No abstract provided.


Symposium Speaker, Overpoliced And Underprotected: Women, Race And Criminalization, Francine Sherman Jan 2012

Symposium Speaker, Overpoliced And Underprotected: Women, Race And Criminalization, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

No abstract provided.


Member, Board Of Directors, Francine Sherman Dec 2011

Member, Board Of Directors, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

No abstract provided.


Technical Assistance Provider, Francine Sherman Dec 2011

Technical Assistance Provider, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

Authored Detention Reform and Girls: Challenges and Solutions: JDAI Pathway #13 (2005) and Making Detention Reform Work for Girls: JDAI Practice Guide #5 (2012), provide technical assistance to JDAI sites nationally to reduce detention for girls and improve their conditions of confinement, assess jurisdictions’ use of detention for girls, regularly organize and present JDAI workshops.


Member, National Advisory Committee On Violence Against Women, Francine Sherman Dec 2011

Member, National Advisory Committee On Violence Against Women, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

Appointed by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to advise Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services on how to improve U.S. response to violence against women with a focus on children and teens. Served as Chair of Sub-Committee on Prevention and Social Change. (Report forthcoming, 2012).


Moderator, Questions Of Social Justice, Francine Sherman Oct 2011

Moderator, Questions Of Social Justice, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

No abstract provided.


Featured Speaker, The Legal Lives Of Girls, Francine Sherman Oct 2011

Featured Speaker, The Legal Lives Of Girls, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

No abstract provided.


Award Recipient, Germaine Lawrence Women Of Excellence, Francine Sherman Oct 2010

Award Recipient, Germaine Lawrence Women Of Excellence, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

No abstract provided.


Macarthur Foundation, Consultant, Francine Sherman Aug 2010

Macarthur Foundation, Consultant, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

Consulted on ways to incorporate girls' issues into MacArthur Foundation juvenile justice grant-making


Featured Speaker, Girls In The United States Justice System, Francine Sherman Nov 2009

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 Nov 2009

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 Jul 2009

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 Jul 2009

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 Jul 2009

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.


Speaker, Girls In The United States Juvenile Justice System, Francine Sherman May 2009

Speaker, Girls In The United States Juvenile Justice System, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

No abstract provided.


Clark County, Nevada, Consultant, 2007, Francine Sherman Dec 2008

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.


Featured Speaker, Domestic Violence And Juvenile Justice, Francine Sherman Oct 2008

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 Jul 2008

Speaker And Participant, Family Violence And Juvenile Justice, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

No abstract provided.


Keynote Speaker, Detention Reform And Girls: Challenge And Solutions, Francine Sherman Oct 2006

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 Sep 2006

Featured Speaker, Girls In The Juvenile Justice System, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

No abstract provided.


Lead Consultant, Francine Sherman Dec 2005

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.


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.


Panelist: Are We Meeting The Needs Of Adolescent Girls?, Francine Sherman Mar 2005

Panelist: Are We Meeting The Needs Of Adolescent Girls?, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

No abstract provided.