Title
Crossover Youth and Gender: What Are the Challenges of Girls Involved in Both the Foster Care and Juvenile Justice Systems?
Publication Date
8-1-2018
Document Type
Article
Abstract
In this paper we discuss the struggles of young women who are Òcrossover youth.Ó Crossover youth are children who are simultaneously involved in the foster care and juvenile justice systems. Utilizing in-depth interviews collected during a 24-month ethnographic study among detained adolescent girls we discuss how being in both of these systems complicates the lives of the young women in our study. Namely, we find that girls spend more time behind bars and are negatively treated in their group homes because of their dual status. Our findings shed light on this topic and also provide a much-needed discussion of the experiences of young women who are crossover youth.
Publication Title
Children and Youth Services Review
Volume
91
First Page
149
Last Page
155
DOI
10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.05.031
Publisher Policy
pre print, post print (12 month embargo)
Recommended Citation
Flores, Jerry; Hawes, Janelle; Westbrooks, Angela; and Henderson, Chanae, "Crossover Youth and Gender: What Are the Challenges of Girls Involved in Both the Foster Care and Juvenile Justice Systems?" (2018). Social Work & Criminal Justice Publications. 495.
https://digitalcommons.tacoma.uw.edu/socialwork_pub/495
