Exploring the needs of girls of color in the juvenile legal system: A latent class analysis.
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 st...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Community Psychology Vol. 73; no. 3/4; pp. 568 - 582 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jun2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=178095458&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 178095458 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00910562 CMP jtl: American Journal of Community Psychology issn: 00910562 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2024 vid: 73 iid: 3/4 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell artinfo: ui: 178095458 10.1002/ajcp.12737 ppf: 568 ppct: 14 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 1.3MB tig: atl: Exploring the needs of girls of color in the juvenile legal system: A latent class analysis. aug: au: May, Natalie Javdani, Shabnam Godfrey, Erin Cappella, Elise affil: Applied Psychology, New York University, New York New York, , USA su: Justice administration Child labor Teenage girls Community services Girls sug: subj: Justice administration Child labor Teenage girls Community services Girls keyword: adolescents contexts empowerment juvenile justice latent class analysis adolescents contexts empowerment juvenile justice latent class analysis ab: 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. Highlights: System‐impacted girls of color have a wider variety of resource needs than previously examined.Almost half of girls needed employment resources, which are often missing from programming.All girls shared common needs, but subgroups reported distinct needs (e.g., legal).Girls reported wide variation in their ability to access different resources in their communities. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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