What staff need to know: using elements of gender-responsive programming to create safer environments for system-involved LGBTQ girls and women

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and/or questioning (LGBTQ) youth and adults are disproportionately in contact with the juvenile and criminal justice systems. Despite disproportionate representation, the system is ill-equipped to attend to the needs of these populations. While one of the g...

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Authors: Kahle, Lindsay L. (Author) ; Rosenbaum, Jill (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Criminal justice studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 34, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-15
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Keywords:
Correction Notice
LGBTQ youth
queer responsive programming
Gender-responsive programming
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Summary:Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and/or questioning (LGBTQ) youth and adults are disproportionately in contact with the juvenile and criminal justice systems. Despite disproportionate representation, the system is ill-equipped to attend to the needs of these populations. While one of the greatest contributions of feminist criminology was gender-responsive programming, assuming that all girls and women share the same struggles and needs renders non-heterosexual and non-gender binary identities invisible. The purpose of this article is to focus on training staff in two primary elements of gender-responsive programming, developing cultural appropriateness and competence, and responses to sexism and homophobia, in order to provide safer environments for system-involved LGBTQ girls and women.
ISSN:1478-6028
DOI:10.1080/1478601X.2020.1786281