Girls
Edition
The Girls Edition features a resource guide listing over 60 girl-specific programs and
services in the Boston area. It also contains several brief articles about girls in the juvenile
justice system and suggestions for how to best serve them. This resource was created for attorneys and other
court professionals who work with juveniles, but should be useful for anyone who works with girls and
wants to connect them to the services and programs they need.
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Local resources for girls
Big Sister
Association of Greater Boston
Boston Community Centers
Boston
ResourceNet
The
Center for Young Women's Health
Girls
Coalition of Greater Boston
Juvenile Rights Advocacy
Project at Boston College Law School
United Way
Massachusetts Bay
Women Express/Teen Voices
YWCA Boston
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National resources for girls
Center for
Young Women's Development
Child Welfare League of America, National Girls
Initiative
Girls Inc.
Girls' Justice Initiative
Ms.
Foundation for Women
The PACE Center for Girls, Inc.
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Literature on girls and the juvenile justice system
Adolescent Girls: The Role of Depression in the
Development of Delinquency,
National Institute of Justice.
Gender-Specific Programming for Girls (Oregon Criminal
Justice Commission)
Gender-Specific Services for Delinquent Girls Vary Across
Programs But Help Reduce Recidivism (Florida Office of
Program Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)
Girls in the Juvenile Justice System: Perspectives
on Services and Conditions of Confinement, Girls’ Justice
Initiative.
Girls in the Juvenile Justice System: The Need for
More Gender-Responsive Services, Child Welfare League of
America.
Guiding Principles for Promising Female
Programming, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention.
Investing in Girls, Leslie Acoca,
Juvenile Justice Journal, Vol. VI, (1), Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention.
Justice By Gender: The Lack of Appropriate
Prevention, Diversion, and Treatment Alternatives for Girls in the
Justice System, American Bar Association and National Bar
Association.
Reconciling the Differences Between the "Gender-Responsive"
and the "What Works" Literatures to Improve Services for
Girls (Dana Jones Hubbard and Betsy Matthews)
The New Girls Movement: Implications for Youth
Programs, Collaborative Fund for Healthy Girls/Healthy Women,
The Ms. Foundation for Women
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