Transitioning Young Women
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Title
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Transitioning Young Women
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Identifier
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d_2009_2013:2e3731eb0ab8:12043
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identifier
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12731
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Creator
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Fischer, Nina Rose,
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Contributor
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Miriam Abramovitz
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Date
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2013
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Social work | Criminology | Gender studies | Community Based | Gender responsive | Juvenile Jusitce | Wraparound
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Abstract
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This dissertation focuses on what does and does not contribute to the stabilization of young women transitioning from the juvenile justice system. Since 1985 there has been a 400% increase of young women in the juvenile justice system (Lynn & Morton, 2005). Wraparound community based service provision is cited by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention as a best practice model that diverts and transitions youth from detention (Blueprints, 2010). A body of research that burgeoned in the 1990's evidences how practice with young women to address adjudication is more effective when done through a gender responsive approach that supports their unique experiences (Dohrn, 2004; Chesney-Lind & Pasko, 2004). A gender responsive practice becomes particularly interesting when the historical background reveals that construction of female sexuality justified the incarceration of young women since the beginning of the 20th Century. Sexuality continues to justify the marked increase in the incarceration of young women since the mid-1980's.;This is a unique case study of a young woman's transition program in New York City that implements Wraparound and the gender responsive practice to prevent recidivism. Data was collected through the mining of 23 case files over two-years. Practice effects are evaluated through the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale, Wraparound Fidelity Index and the Gender Responsiveness Program Assessment to determine contributing elements to the stability of the young women. A linear regression was conducted to measure what specific elements of Wraparound and gender responsiveness have a predictive effect on the stability of young women transitioning from the juvenile justice system. Results showed that the Wraparound element community service linkage, while the young women were in the facility, and in the community at discharge, had the most predictive effect on stability.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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2009_2013.csv
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degree
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D.S.W.
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Program
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Social Welfare
