“This is probably the reason why she resorted to that kind of action”: A qualitative analysis of juvenile justice workers attributions for girls’ offending

When Diversity is Not Enough: An Intersectional Examination of How Juvenile Legal System Actors of Color Experience the System’s Welfare Mandate for Girls of Color

“…For instance, the Black, frontline woman noted that girls "come from broken homes" and "really bad neighborhoods." This pattern is consistent with previous research that finds actors do indeed problematize girls' proximal contexts as responsible for their involvement in the system (Burson et al, 2019). Finally, we categorized manifestations of resistance across all levels in the system into two kinds: (i) resisting everyday practices that do not serve girls' needs and (ii) working to decarcerate.…”

“…Similar to the above-referenced literature strands, a body of work on system actors and girls focuses on how staff (mostly at the frontline) perceive girls, and the attributions they make of girls' pathways into and through the system (Bond-Maupin et al, 2002;Burson et al, 2019;Gaarder et al, 2004;Galardi & Settersten, 2018;Hodge et al, 2015). Research that focuses on the intersecting oppressions of race, gender, and class underscores a harsher treatment of girls of color at various points in the system as well as a systematic perception of them as more adultlike by system actors (Epstein et al, 2017;Schaffner, 2006).…”

Ecological Ruptures and Strain: Girls, Juvenile Justice, and Phone Removal

“…Similar to practitioners working with girls in other studies, practitioners often considered girls as inept and incapable of organizing themselves, avoiding conflict, or, above all, managing risks (Burson, Godfrey and Singh 2019;Schaffner 2006;Sharpe 2012). The way in which practitioners described girls' inability to manage a phone or protect themselves resonates with other studies conducted with practitioners.…”

“…The way in which practitioners described girls' inability to manage a phone or protect themselves resonates with other studies conducted with practitioners. These arguments have been used to also justify exerting control over girls (Anderson, England and Davidson 2017;Burson, Godfrey and Singh 2019;Lopez 2017). The practitioners held the view that if a girl had access to a phone, they would choose to do something that is harmful to themselves, particularly relating to sexual victimization.…”

An Intersectional‐Contextual Approach to Racial Trauma Exposure Risk and Coping Among Black Youth

“…Sexual abuse-to-prison pipeline. Black girls are also at heightened risk for the sexual abuse-toprison pipeline, which refers to the pathway of gendered violence through which girls are funneled into the juvenile justice system (Anderson & Walerych, 2019;Burson et al, 2019;Saar et al, 2016). Research indicates that a history of sexual abuse or violence is one of the strongest predictors of girls' involvement in the juvenile justice system, with 31-81% of justice-involved girls reporting histories of sexual abuse (Miller et al, 2012;Saar et al, 2016).…”