Gender, Psychology, and Justice: The Mental Health of Women and Girls in the Legal System - Linda Wolfe 2014

Introduction

Women and Girls in Various Justice Settings

Women and Family Court: Abuse and Contested Custody

Women, Domestic Violence, and the Criminal Justice System: Traumatic Pathways

Women, Sex Trafficking, and the Justice System: From Victimization to Restoration

Women and Adult Drug Treatment Courts: Surveillance, Social Conformity, and the Exercise of Agency

Women, Incarceration, and Reentry: The Revolving Door of Prisons

Girls in Juvenile Detention Facilities: Zones of Abandonment

Specific Populations of Justice-Involved Women and Girls

Transwomen in the Criminal Justice System: Sans Justice

Lesbian, Bisexual, Questioning, Gender-Nonconforming, and Transgender (LBQ/GNCT) Girls in the Juvenile Justice System: Using an Intersectional Lens to Develop Gender-Responsive Programming

Women, Poverty, and the Criminal Justice System: Cyclical Linkages

Undocumented Mexican Women in the U.S. Justice System: Immigration, Illegality, and Law Enforcement

Women and the Criminal Justice System: A Psychology of Men Perspective

Conclusion: Gender, Psychology, and Justice: The Case for Systemic Change

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