Lgbt Women In Juvenile Justice Research Papers

Holsinger, K., & Hodge, J. P. (2014). The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Girls in Juvenile Justice Systems. Feminist Criminology, Vol. 11(1), pp. 23-47.

Holsinger and Hodge conduct a research study to analyze the challenges faced by the juvenile justice system when trying to change policies and programs necessary to support and work with female youth inmates whom identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT). Holsinger is a professor of criminal justice and criminology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City interested in research topics related to female crime and delinquency, mentoring programs for youth and gender-responsive correctional interventions. Hodge is an assistant professor of criminal justice

When interviewing staff and inmates with open-ended questions, five main questions were asked and analyzed as data, such as what challenges are encountered when working with LGBT girls, does sexual activity occur between girls within the institution, even do girls discuss their sexuality in the facility. The research findings of Holinger and Hodge indicated that sexual identity appeared to be significant and profound in shaping young girls' experiences in the juvenile justice system, institutional staff were not receiving enough training or education for encounters with LGBT community thereofre not being able to help these individuals, there is a lack of comfort in addressing sexuality and relational tension, and a peception of LGB girls been portrayed as predators in the system . Utilizing a qualitative analysis from one county juvenile court using in-depth interviews with staff and a focus group of girls involved

Manuel is an instructor in the field of psychology for the University of Northern Colorado. Retzlaff is a professor in the psychology field as well for the University of Northern Colorado. Utilizing data from a sample of 8,574 male inmates from the Colorado Department of Corrections, and the authors were able to make comparisons of personality testing to tattooing infractions for a two-year period. Using a MCMI-III corrections version, the authors measured inmates psychopathologies from eleven personality disorder scales, three severe personality disorder scales, and three severe clinical syndromes, whose data can be used to clinically assist inmates with their mental/personal issues associated with in getting tattoos. After the two-year analysis and comparison period, Manuel and Retzlaff found that the traditional inmate personalities of antisocial and sadistic are more likely to be involved in getting tattoos. The authors' research also found that in addition to personality reasons, inmates involved in tattooing do it for clinical purposes. The audience likely to be interested in the research of Manuel and Retzlaff are students studying the field of psychology, tattoo artists and possibly researchers involved in behavioral sciences, such as sociology. The contributions from this research