User:Rcotterj

Masters in Public Policy student, interested in criminal justice, child welfare, and gender topics.I am considering editing pages on the following two topics:

Topic One: “Gender responsive approach for girls in the juvenile justice system”

This is a short, existing article that I would like to update. It was originally created as part of an educational assignment in 2014 and does not appear to have been edited since. I would like to add information on research regarding the trauma history of girls in the juvenile justice system in the U.S., especially sexual abuse, and on gender responsive strategies to address this. Additionally, information about the number of girls in the system in the U.S. and the demographic trends could be added to the current article.

Resources:

Bell, Valerie. Gender-responsive risk assessment in corrections. El Paso: LFB Scholarly Publishing, 2014. Print.

Bouffard, J., M. Cooper, and K. Bergseth. "The Effectiveness of Various Restorative Justice Interventions on Recidivism Outcomes Among Juvenile Offenders." Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice (2016): n. pag. Web.

Conrad, Selby M., Marina Tolou-Shams, Christie J. Rizzo, Nicole Placella, and Larry K. Brown. "Gender differences in recidivism rates for juvenile justice youth: The impact of sexual abuse." Law and Human Behavior 38.4 (2014): 305-14. Web.

Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams, Priscilla Ocen, and Jyoti Nanda. Black Girls Matter: Pushed Out, Overpoliced and Underprotected. Rep. Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies, African American Policy Forum, 2015. Web.

Greenbaum, Chloe A., and Shabnam Javdani. “Expressive writing Intervention Promotes Resilience Among Juvenile Justice-involved youth.” Children and Youth Services Review 73 (2017): 220-229. Web.

Ford, Julian, and Margaret Blaustein. “Systemc Self-Regulation: A Framework for Trauma-Informed Services in Residential Juvenile Justice Programs.” Journal of Family Violence 28 (2013): 665-667. Web.

Hodge, Jessica P., Kristi Holsinger, and Kristen Maziarka. "Assessing the Status of Gender-Specific Programs through the Lens of Juvenile Justice Staff." Women & Criminal Justice 25.3 (2015): 184-200. Web.

Saada Saar, Malika, Rebecca Epstein, Lindsay Rosenthal, and Yasmin Vafa. The Sexual Abuse to Prison Pipeline: The Girls' Story. Rep. Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality, Human Rights Project for Girls, Ms. Foundation for Women, n.d. Web.

Smith, Dana K., and Lisa Saldana. "Trauma, Delinquency, and Substance Use: Co-Occurring Problems for Adolescent Girls in the Juvenile Justice System." Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse 22.5 (2013): 450-65. Web.

Smith, Paula. "Girls in Traditional and Gender-Responsive Juvenile Justice Placements." Women & Criminal Justice (2016): 1-25. Web.

Walker, Sarah Cusworth, Ann Muno, and Cheryl Sullivan-Colglazier. "Principles in Practice." Crime & Delinquency 61.5 (2015): 742-66. Web.

Topic Two: “Foster care in the United States”

This is an existing page, off of the parent page “Foster care” ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster_care_in_the_United_States ). I would like to add a section to this page about extended foster care until age 21 in the U.S. I would include research that has outcomes/information by gender. It would incorporate a description of extended foster care as well as a summary of evaluation literature on the topic. Possibly it could be a page added to the parent page “foster care in the United States.”

Resources:

Blakeslee, Jennifer E. "Measuring the support networks of transition-age foster youth: Preliminary validation of a social network assessment for research and practice." Children and Youth Services Review 52 (2015): 123-34. Web.

Boshier, Peter, and Jennifer Wademan. "Youth Aging Out Of Foster Care-International Perspectives." Family Court Review 48.2 (2010): 294-304. Web.

Courtney, Mark E., and Gretchen Ruth Cusick. "Crime During the Transition to Adulthood: How Youth Fare As They Leave Out-of-Home Care in Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin, 2002-2007." ICPSR Data Holdings (n.d.): n. pag. Web.

Courtney, Mark E., and Jennifer L. Hook. "The potential educational benefits of extending foster care to young adults: Findings from a natural experiment." Children and Youth Services Review 72 (2017): 124-32. Web.

Dworsky, Amy, and Mark E. Courtney. "The risk of teenage pregnancy among transitioning foster youth: Implications for extending state care beyond age 18." Children and Youth Services Review 32.10 (2010): 1351-356. Web.

Fowler, Patrick J., Katherine E. Marcal, Jinjin Zhang, Orin Day, and John Landsverk. "Homelessness and aging out of foster care: A national comparison of child welfare-involved adolescents." Children and Youth Services Review (2017): n. pag. Web.

"Health Outcomes in Young Adults From Foster Care and Economically Diverse Backgrounds." Pediatrics 134.6 (2014): n. pag. Web.

Kim, Hyoun K., Katherine C. Pears, Leslie D. Leve, Patricia Chamberlain, and Dana K. Smith. "Intervention Effects on Health-Risking Sexual Behavior Among Girls in Foster Care: The Role of Placement Disruption and Tobacco and Marijuana Use." Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse 22.5 (2013): 370-87. Web.

Okpych, Nathanael. "Policy framework supporting youth aging-out of foster care through college: Review and recommendations." Children and Youth Services Review 34.7 (2012): 1390-396. Web.

Putnam-Hornstein, Emily, Ivy Hammond, Andrea Lane Eastman, Jacquelyn Mccroskey, and Daniel Webster. "Extended Foster Care for Transition-Age Youth: An Opportunity for Pregnancy Prevention and Parenting Support." Journal of Adolescent Health 58.4 (2016): 485-87. Web.