RESEARCH, YOUTH JUSTICE NEWS COVERAGE, & MORE!
Welcome to the March 2023 issue of On The Same Page!
In this issue, we focus on gender and developmental disabilities among young people. We also feature our newly launched Gender & Youth Justice microsite which can be found here and highlight Safe Dates, an evidence-based program designed to prevent adolescent dating abuse.
Our next Lunch & Learn Webinar is Wednesday, April 19 at 12 pm ET. We will be hosting Dr. David Harding, Director of the Social Science D-Lab at UC Berkeley. Register here and read more about it below!
Lastly, the NYS Youth Justice Peer Advisory Council (PAC) is taking new applications! See below for more information and you can access the application form here.
Feeling smart? Take the quiz at the bottom of this issue for a chance to win a prize!
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RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
What is the relationship between immigration status and health among girls? Timmer and Jacobsen find that better decision-making skills may improve health outcomes of all adolescent girls—both foreign-born and native-born—and discuss further implications for policy. Read it here.
Timmer, A., & Jacobsen, C. (2023). Untangling the ‘health paradox’ among adolescent girls: The role of immigration status, depression, and decision-making. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, 0(0), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450128.2023.2182931
Do perceptions of the police and their legitimacy to enact the law vary by gender and age? Lee and colleagues investigate gender differences in these perceptions as young people grow older. Read it here.
Lee, S., Baek, H., & Cooper, J. (2023). A developmental approach to understanding gender differences among youth offenders regarding perceptions of police legitimacy. International Criminal Justice Review, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/10575677231154861
What can we learn from a parent-led puberty education program for Latina girls? Negron-Gonzales outlines the framework, central principles, and curriculum plan from a parent-led education program for Latina adolescents. Read it here.
Negron-Gonzales, G. M. (2023). Lessons from Latina sex ed school: Reflections on a parent-led puberty education program for Latina girls. Journal of Latinos and Education, 0(0), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1080/15348431.2023.2180369
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LUNCH & LEARN WEBINAR WITH DR. DAVID HARDING
Join us on Wednesday, April 19th at 12PM EST as we welcome Dr. David Harding, Director of the Social Science D-Lab at UC Berkeley as he presents his talk titled “Rethinking Reentry and Reintegration from a Systems Perspective: Justice Traps and System Harms”. He will discuss recent research on the experiences of young adults leaving prison and present a systems perspective on reentry and reintegration.
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NYS YOUTH JUSTICE PEER ADVISORY COUNCIL
The NYS Youth Justice Peer Advisory Council (PAC) is taking new applications! You can access the application form at the link below. For more information on the PAC and eligibility to participate, please see our flyer here.
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JUST RELEASED: GENDER & YOUTH JUSTICE RESOURCES
The YJI has just launched its new site for resources on Gender & Youth Justice featuring a Gender Terminology Flipbook and a Factsheet of LGBTQIA+ Youth Mental Health & Suicide! This compilation of resources offers youth, state partners, and community justice partners a curated and living array of relevant national, New York State, and YJI-developed resources on gender equity in youth justice involvement. The selected tools (including guides, toolkits, webinars, podcasts, scholarly works, and more) are meant to provide concrete supports that empower, instruct, motivate, and inspire all of us as we further the urgent work of eliminating gender identity and sexual orientation disparities in youth justice systems. The gender microsite is so named because differential treatment based on sex, sexual orientation, or gender expression all flow from the perceived gender of the individual and individuals themselves base their understanding of their own sexual orientation on their gender identity. Check out the site below!
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ICYMI: LUNCH & LEARN WEBINAR WITH DR. CATHERINE KIMBRELL
Dr. Catherine Kimbrell, Senior Research Associate at the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy at George Mason University presented some of her research at our last Lunch & Learn. Her presentation titled "Restorative Justice Programs and Practices in Juvenile Justice: The Research Evidence" discussed the results from the most current systematic review on the effectiveness of restorative justice programs and practices in juvenile justice, focusing on delinquency and non-delinquency outcomes.
If you'd like to watch, or rewatch, the presentation, click the button below.
Have recommendations for future Lunch & Learn sessions? Click here to let us know what you'd like to learn more about!
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NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
NEW YORK
“NYC to match LGBTQ+ youth with ‘supportive’ summer jobs, officials say,” Chalkbeat NY, 03/01/2023
(Read it here)
“Gov. Hochul launches statewide listening tour on Youth Mental Health,” Governor’s Press Office, 03/16/2022
(Read it here)
OTHER STATES
Arkansas
“Arkansas leads charge to weaken child labor protections,” The Guardian, 03/08/2023
(Read it here)
California
“3 years since the pandemic wrecked attendance kids still aren’t showing up to school,” NPR, 03/02/2023
(Read it here)
“Amid youth mental health crisis, teens ask for a kinder college admission process,” L.A. Times, 03/07/2023
(Read it here)
“Violence against Black women in L.A. remains high, even as serious crime drops,” L.A. Times, 03/18/2023
(Read it here)
Minnesota
“Minnesota becomes fourth state to offer universal free school meals,” The Duluth News Tribune, 03/20/2023
(Read it here)
NATIONAL
“A new child labor crisis in America,” New York Times, 03/09/2023
(Listen and Read here)
“Biden urged an investigation into how guns are peddled to kids. Will it stop the ads?” The Guardian, 03/18/2023
(Read it here)
“Transgender youth: ‘Forced outing’ bills make schools unsafe,” The Associated Press, 03/23/2023
(Read it here)
INTERNATIONAL
“UN announces new advisers to bolster young voices on climate," The Associated Press, 03/16/2023
(Read it here)
South Korea
"South Korea U-turns on 69-hour working week after youth backlash," The Guardian, 03/15/2023
(Read it here)
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SPOTLIGHT ON
SAFE DATES
Adolescent dating abuse prevention program which educates youth on how to identify and prevent dating violence such psychological, sexual, and emotional harm in themselves and others.
See our Evidence-Based Programs and Practices in Youth Justice Clearinghouse for more information on this and other ranked evidence-based practices.
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EBPs IN YOUTH JUSTICE CLEARINGHOUSE
Check out the YJI's updated Evidence-Based Programs and Practices (EBPs) in Youth Justice Clearinghouse! This user-friendly resource is designed to support jurisdictions seeking evidence-informed youth and family-focused programs and practices. Each of the 53 entries are categorized according to:
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Setting (e.g., Clinical Settings, Communities)
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Support Area (e.g., Academic and Career Goals, Mental Health)
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Goal (e.g., Limiting Detention, Prevention Services)
Users can filter the programs and practices based on these categorizations, as well as by program ratings. For each program/practice, the clearinghouse also highlights for whom the EBP is effective, the needs the EBP addresses, the intervention length, and rankings from other clearinghouses.
Click the button below to learn more and to access the clearinghouse!
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Congratulations to Bianca Hayles, the winner of our February quiz!
Last month, we asked: “Who was the FIRST individual to be arrested for protesting bus segregation laws? Hint: she was 15 years old”.
The answer was B. Claudette Colvin.
Try this month’s new quiz question below and email us your answer. Be quick!
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