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2003

Selected Works

Health Law and Policy

Francine T. Sherman

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Featured Speaker, Investing In The Future: Confronting The Needs Of Girls In The Justice System, Francine Sherman Oct 2003

Featured Speaker, Investing In The Future: Confronting The Needs Of Girls In The Justice System, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

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Keynote Speaker, Girls In Crisis: The Challenges For Our Community, Francine Sherman Jun 2003

Keynote Speaker, Girls In Crisis: The Challenges For Our Community, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

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Program: Connecting Girls’ Programs And Girls In Juvenile Justice, Francine Sherman Jan 2003

Program: Connecting Girls’ Programs And Girls In Juvenile Justice, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

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Girls In The Juvenile Justice System: Perspectives On Services And Conditions Of Confinement, Francine Sherman Dec 2002

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.

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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 Dec 2002

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. …

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