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APPENDIX N: GENDER-SPECIFIC PROGRAMMING FOR FEMALES ALONG RHODE ISLAND’S SYSTEM OF CARE DEFINITION: GENDER-SPECIFIC PROGRAMMING Gender-specific programs are ones that intentionally allow gender identity and development to affect and guide program design and service delivery. Gender-specific programming specifically refers to unique program models and services that address the specific needs of a targeted gender group. An essential ingredient is the fostering of positive gender identity development (Maniglia, R. and The Peters Group). DEFINITION: GENDER-SPECIFIC PROGRAMMING FOR FEMALES Gender-specific programs for females are comprehensive, providing services along a continuum of care. Programs are designed to recognize the risks and dangers females face because of gender, especially a history of abuse or other forms of victimization. They encourage resiliency factors and life skills that help girls make a positive transition to womanhood and prevent future delinquency. (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1998) RATIONALE While gender-specific programming applies to specialized programming for either males or females, there is currently a national focus on gender-specific programming for females because females’ involvement in the system, particularly the court system, has been escalating at unprecedented rates and program models and intervention modalities have been geared toward the needs of a predominantly male population. This is a circumstance that requires an immediate systemic response, however it does not negate the possibility of exploring optimal programming modalities for males in the future. Until recently, research on patterns of delinquency and recidivism within the juvenile justice system was conducted mostly on males, and research on the etiology and the treatment needs of juvenile offenders focused solely on males as well (Odem & Schlossman, 1991; Chesney-Lind, 1986; 1989; Shelden, 1998). Though juvenile delinquency has been viewed historically as a “male problem,” statistics on juvenile delinquency reveal that rates of female delinquency are on the rise (Greene, Peters, & Associates, 1998) and that young girls are becoming court-involved at greater, unprecedented rates. Between 1992 and 1996 juvenile female delinquency increased 25% nationally while juvenile male delinquency remained steady. Recent studies reveal that there is a significant lack of program options tailored to meet the unique needs of a female population. System of Care Task Force Report (January 2003) 172
APPENDIX N: GENDER SPECIFIC PROGRAMMING REVIEW OF IMPORTANT RESEARCH FINDINGS In order to develop and implement effective programs for at-risk females and female offenders, policymakers, administrators, managers, staff, and community providers and advocates must be familiar with a core body of well-documented research regarding: 1. Female psychosocial development (including the impacts of socialization, girls’ relational orientation, and girls’ unique decision-making processes and motivators), and 2. Unique factors that place young women at risk of involvement in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems, as well as their unique pathways into such systems Female Psychosocial Development Research has evinced developmental differences in males and females and distinct variations in the way they see and understand the world. Cutting-edge scholarship regarding female development has revealed that females have a relational orientation to the world and focus on connection with others. Armed with a more detailed and accurate picture of how females develop, new research is replacing outdated studies that came to wrongful conclusions about female moral, psychological, and social development (Caplan & Caplan, Gilligan, C., Jordan). Research continues to show the negative aspects of socialization and their particular effects on girls and young women. Socially determined gender roles and male/female stereotypes can be limiting and damaging, and objectification, abuse, harassment, and extensive family responsibilities are now being understood as major themes in the lives of girls and women (Chesney-Lind, 1997, OJJDP 1998). Programming must incorporate these themes so that girls and young women can learn how to deal effectively with the issues that impact their lives and choices and services can effectively reach this population. Abuse and Exploitation Female Risk Factors for System-Involvement Girls and young women are sexually abused almost three times more often than boys (Sedlack & Broadhurst, 1996). Girls and young women who have been sexually abused are more likely to have high stress, depressive symptoms, and low self-esteem. The prevalence of abuse in the lives of girls and young women points to the need for services that directly address issues of victimization and survival. “The abuse and exploitation of young girls should be viewed as a major and pervasive public health threat and a primary precursor to involvement in the criminal justice system” (OJP Coordination Group on Women, 1998). “Girls need access to a continuum of placement options in which their safety can be ensured while they address the issues that brought them into the system and receive the services they will need to leave it (OJP Coordination Group on Women, 1998).” Such options should be non-punitive. System of Care Task Force Report (January 2003) 173
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TOWARD AN ORGANIZED SYSTEM OF CARE
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TABLE OF CONTENTS TRANSMITTAL LETTE
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TRANSMITTAL LETTER Hon. Donald L. C
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PREFACE The Rhode Island System of
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This plan for an
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY stakeholders have
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CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW The Rhode Islan
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CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW SYSTEM STRATEGY
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CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW the four Region
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