Improving the Juvenile Justice System for Girls: Lessons from the States

In October 2012, the Georgetown Center on Poverty, Inequality and Public Policy released a report based on a policy series, “Marginalized Girls: Creating Pathways to Opportunity,” that was convened by the Georgetown Center on Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policy, The National Crittenton Foundation, and the Human Rights Project for Girls. The series focuses on improving public systems’ responses to the challenges facing marginalized girls and young women. This report provides a review of literature documenting girls’ particular pathways into the juvenile justice system; a brief history of recent gender-responsive, trauma informed reform efforts; and detailed case studies of recent . . .