The sexual abuse to prison pipeline: The girls' story.
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2015
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Ms. Foundation for Women, Rights4Girls and the Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality
Abstract
This report exposes the ways in which we criminalize girls — especially girls
of color — who have been sexually and physically abused, and it offers policy
recommendations to dismantle the abuse to prison pipeline. It illustrates the
pipeline with examples, including the detention of girls who are victims of
sex trafficking, girls who run away or become truant because of abuse they
experience, and girls who cross into juvenile justice from the child welfare
system. By illuminating both the problem and potential solutions, we hope to
make the first step toward ending the cycle of victimization-to-imprisonment
for marginalized girls.
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long term effects, abuse, incarceration, trauma, juvenile justice system, policy
Citation
Saar, M. S., Epstein, R., Rosenthal, L., & Vafa, Y. (2015). The sexual abuse to prison pipeline: The girls' story. Ms. Foundation for Women, Rights4Girls and the Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality.