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gender responsive approach for girls in the juvenile justice system
Gender responsive approach for girls in the juvenile justice system represents an emerging trend in communities and courts throughout the United States, Australia and Latin America. Girls are the fastest growing demographic in the juvenile justice system and are placed in a system that was originally designed for their male counterparts. Girls face challenges unique to their gender creating a need for courts that can consider these complex situations. Communities have begun to take notice and create systems that are designed with girls in mind.
==Circumstances to be considered==
A new approach to juvenile justice or juvenile delinquency for females is to factor in the idea that females have different experiences than boys. Girls who have negative childhood experiences such as neglect, physical or sexual abuse are at a greater risk to become delinquent (Violence in the Juvenile Justice system) Girls have higher rates of mental health issues such as anger, depression and suicidal thinking and victimization, violence and abuse than males. They also have different reaction in society to behaviors that they may be participating in. These factors exclusive to females make gender specific responses appropriate and needed.
Girls are involved with the law primarily with what are described as status or minor offences. These types of offences include but are not limited to running away from home, shoplifting, family abuse, truancy, drug offenses and prostitution. Many of these behaviors are deemed to be survival behaviors meaning that they are behaviors used to survive abuse or neglectful situations. The typical girl offender is low risk and high needs
Human Trafficking is one of the causes of prostitution charges and is handled in gender specific courts as a victimization crime. In Texas the Supreme court ruled that girls younger than 14 years old involved in prostitution should be considered victims and provided services with out criminalization.
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