A Leadership Opportunity for School Social Workers: Bridging the Gaps in School Reentry for Juvenile Justice System Youths

2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 229-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Goldkind
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Juvenile Justice System ◽  
School Social Workers ◽  
School Reentry

A Researcher–Practitioner Agenda for Studying and Supporting Youth Reentering School After Involvement in the Juvenile Justice System

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 212-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia Snodgrass Rangel ◽  
Sascha Hein ◽  
Charles Rotramel ◽  
Bea Marquez
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Juvenile Justice System ◽  
Zero Tolerance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Home School ◽  
Dropping Out ◽  
Future Research ◽  
School Reentry ◽  
Rapid Spread

Across the United States, the rapid spread of “zero-tolerance” policies has generated a pipeline of youth from schools into prisons. Once youth reenter their community and home school, they often struggle to reintegrate. There is relatively little research about school reentry for juvenile justice–involved youth, and yet these students are at risk of low academic achievement, dropping out of school, and recidivism. We propose a conceptual framework for understanding the school reentry process, and then we use that framework to review existing research and suggests areas for future research. We discuss the areas where we found some research and those where we found little to no research. We suggest areas for future research and collaboration with practitioners.

Achieving Justice for Girls in the Juvenile Justice System

Social Work ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle E Parrish
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Juvenile Justice System ◽  
National Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
High Quality Research ◽  
Complex Needs ◽  
Empirically Supported ◽  
Social Work Practitioners

Abstract Female involvement in the juvenile justice system has steadily increased in the United States over the past three decades. During this time, as male arrests have declined, female arrests have increased. Although many social workers have responded to these trends with a national call to identify and address the unique needs of these girls, we lack much high-quality research, including empirically supported interventions or programming to serve the needs of female youths involved in the justice system. This article provides a summary of the extant research that helps document the unique needs of these female youths and national policy efforts and practice considerations for social work practitioners. These needs and policy initiatives offer important opportunities for social workers to conduct research to improve the understanding of this population and also ways in which to provide services that address these youths’ complex needs. The article concludes that these female youths—most of whom are not a danger to society—need services instead of involvement in the justice system.

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