Intersectional Trauma-Responsive Care: A Framework for Humanizing Care for Justice Involved Girls and Women of Color

Rue, Lisa De La; Ortega, Lilyana

doi:10.1080/10926771.2019.1572403

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“…In a study by Gaarder and colleagues (2004), a lack of understanding and knowledge of culturally and gender-appropriate dispositions resulted in a disconnect between girls' needs and dispositions received. This finding is unsurprising as justice system interventions were developed with boys in mind and applied to girls without attention to their specific risks and needs (De La Rue & Ortega, 2019;Leve et al, 2015).…”

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“…Historically and currently, the justice system has intervened in girls lives to both protect and control them. However, court responses were primarily were designed with boys in mind, leading to courts to respond to girls in gender-neutral ways by applying interventions without girls' specific needs in mind (De La Rue & Ortega, 2019;Leve et al, 2015;Sherman, 2013). Unfortunately, ineffective gender-neutral programming can have deleterious outcomes among girls.…”

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“…There is evidence demonstrating that the goals of the court and therefore the responses to youth may be different for boys than for girls. Girls represent an increasing proportion of cases in the juvenile justice system (De La Rue & Ortega, 2019). Girls make up 30% of juvenile arrests and 25% of all referred delinquency cases, with adjudications of girls tripling over the last 20 years (Pasko & Lopez, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For example, some courts diverted girls with status offenses to restrictive mental health and substance abuse facilities to avoid restrictions on their ability to place them in secure settings (Morash et al, 2014). These decisions are reflective of the general belief that girls and women cannot care for themselves or make good choices the same way boys and men do (De La Rue & Ortega, 2019). As a result, rather than providing treatment or addressing the root causes of delinquency, girls are more likely to be arrested or detained (Epstein & Edelman, 2014).…”

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Diminishing Returns? Threshold Effects of Dispositions and Recidivism Among Court-Involved Girls

McKenna

Anderson

2021

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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This study examines juvenile court responses among justice-involved girls. We analyze 10 years of court records on girls ( N = 1,102) from a Midwestern juvenile court to assess the impact of various aspects of placements and dispositions on recidivism outcomes. We explore how the number of dispositions girls receive, the type of disposition, and type of placement affect 2-year recidivism. Our findings indicate there may be a threshold effect to receiving dispositions—receiving three or more dispositions was significantly related to increased recidivism. Furthermore, the combination of receiving both treatment and sanction dispositions was significantly related to an increased likelihood of recidivism. Girls who received only community-based placements were more likely to recidivate than those who did not receive any dispositions. This study advances our understanding of court responses to girls and how these responses influence girls’ experiences and outcomes while involved with the juvenile justice system.

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Diminishing Returns? Threshold Effects of Dispositions and Recidivism Among Court-Involved Girls

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Anderson

2021

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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“…In March 2019, the Human Rights Committee confirmed this ongoing and serious concern in St. Vincent about high levels of violence especially against girls and women, as the state law does not recognize marital rape, and domestic violence seems to go unpunished and unreported (Centre for Civil and Political Rights, 2019). Scholars note that women who have experienced violence are often vulnerable and subject to mental health struggles such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD; De La Rue & Ortega, 2019).…”

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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for a Refugee Mother With Depression and Anxiety

Faber

Lee

2020

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This case study illustrates a short-term cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for a refugee single mother of a 4-year-old son to address depression and anxiety symptoms. Although she has histories of multiple trauma experiences such as sexual abuse and intimate partner violence, the client preferred to focus on current difficulties rather than trauma histories. As such, non-trauma-focused CBT utilizing psychoeducation, skill building, activity monitoring and scheduling, and cognitive restructuring is implemented over 10 individual sessions. The client’s progress was measured by the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21), the Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire–Short Form (Q-LES-Q-SF), and a full-length Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) at the intake, midpoint, and last session. The client showed improvement in all measures after the treatment, which corresponded with the client’s verbal reports during the session. This case illustrates the critical clinical decision-making points made by the therapist, and recommends the evidence-based practice protocol that considers empirically supported treatments for the comorbidity of depression and anxiety with multiple trauma experiences, the client preference, and contextual factors in addressing complex clinical presentations.

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Exploring the needs of girls of color in the juvenile legal system: A latent class analysis

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Javdani,

Godfrey

et al. 2024

American J of Comm Psychol

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Girls of color are overrepresented in the juvenile legal system and experience high levels of unmet needs. Assessing and meeting girls' needs may prevent system contact or deeper involvement by providing for these needs in community‐based settings, rather than through juvenile legal systems. This study used a structured interview‐based assessment adapted from an advocacy intervention to examine girls' self‐identified needs and perceived effectiveness and difficulty of accessing resources for these needs. Descriptive analyses found that girls reported needing resources beyond those typically assessed and supported in existing programming, such as technology, extracurriculars, and employment. Latent class analysis revealed four subgroups of girls with distinct but overlapping areas of needs: (1) High Employment, Current School, and Logistical Needs, (2) Low Overall Needs, (3) High Employment Needs, and (4) High Employment, Current School, and Social/Emotional Needs. Girls also reported wide variation in their ability and difficulty accessing needed resources, with employment being most difficult to access and school and social/emotional resources being the easiest to access. These findings suggest that more comprehensive and individualized approaches to programming and community services for system‐impacted girls of color are essential.

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Intersectional Trauma-Responsive Care: A Framework for Humanizing Care for Justice Involved Girls and Women of Color

Cited by 21 publications

References 18 publications

Diminishing Returns? Threshold Effects of Dispositions and Recidivism Among Court-Involved Girls

Diminishing Returns? Threshold Effects of Dispositions and Recidivism Among Court-Involved Girls

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for a Refugee Mother With Depression and Anxiety

Exploring the needs of girls of color in the juvenile legal system: A latent class analysis

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