TY  - SER
AU  - Best, Charlotte
AU  - Ioane, Julia
AU  - Lambie, Ian
TI  - Young female offenders and the New Zealand Youth Justice System:  the need for a gender-specific response
PY  - 2021///
PB  - Taylor & Francis, 
KW  - CHILD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE
KW  - GENDER
KW  - INTERVENTION
KW  - TRAUMA
KW  - YOUNG OFFENDERS
KW  - YOUNG WOMEN
KW  - YOUTH JUSTICE
KW  - NEW ZEALAND
N1  - Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 2021, Advance online publication, 7 April 2021
N2  - Young female offenders comprise approximately one fifth of the New Zealand youth offender population; however, they remain an understudied population of offenders. This paper aims to provide a current overview of the key characteristics of this population and recommendations for how the youth justice system could better cater to this population. These recommendations include more training of professionals (specifically judges, youth advocates and justice coordinators) and practitioners (specifically social workers, psychologists and youth workers) in the youth-justice system in matters specific to young female offenders. A gender-responsive and trauma-informed approach to addressing offending behaviour is also necessary. There is a need for new empirical research in the New Zealand context on young female offenders and the best way to address offending by this group. Finally, a focus on the diversity of young female offenders is a priority, given the over-representation of indigenous and ethnic-minority communities in justice jurisdictions worldwide. (Authors' abstract). Record #7257
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2021.1894258
ER  -