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“We’ve Had Three of Them”: Addressing the Invisibility of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Gender Non-Conforming Youths in the Juvenile Justice System
“We’ve Had Three of Them”: Addressing the Invisibility of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Gender Non-Conforming Youths in the Juvenile Justice System
Publication year:
2010
| Cataloged on:
Sep. 05, 2012
ANNOTATION: “[M]yths around the nonexistence of LGB and gender non-conforming [LGBT] youths in the juvenile justice system persist, presenting numerous challenges to the equitable treatment of such youths. Juvenile justice professionals need to know that [LGBT] youth exist within the system, and that [LGBT] youth often enter the juvenile justice system for different reasons than straight youth … Juvenile justice professional need to know the underlying reasons for [LGBT youths’] failure to remain at home, in placement or truancy in order to identify successful alternatives to detention and out-of-home placements or to assign appropriate terms of probation” (p. 677). Sections of this article cover: estimating the number of LGBT youths in the juvenile justice system; detention patterns of LGBT youths; and addressing the needs of incarcerated LGBT youths.
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