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24 Am. U. J. Gender Soc. Pol'y & L. 243 (2015-2016)
The Overrepresentation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Questioning, Gender Nonconforming and Transgender Youth within the Child Welfare to Juvenile Justice Crossover Population

handle is hein.journals/ajgsp24 and id is 253 raw text is: THE OVERREPRESENTATION OF LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, QUESTIONING, GENDER NONCONFORMING AND TRANSGENDER YOUTH WITHIN THE CHILD WELFARE TO JUVENILE JUSTICE CROSSOVER POPULATION ANGELA IRVINE, PH.D.* AISHA CANFIELD, M.P.P. t I. Introduction ........................................................................................... 244 II. Detailed Findings from Youth Surveys ............................................... 245 III. Why Are LGBQ/GNCT Youth Removed From their Homes and Placed in Group or Foster Hom es? ................................................. 247 IV. Placing The Proportion of Crossover Youth in Context of General Overrepresentation for Detained LGBQ/GNCT Youth of Color ... 248 V. How the New Findings Fit In With Existing Research ....................... 249 VI. This Study Provides a Missing Piece of Information ......................... 252 V II. SID EB A R .......................................................................................... 255 Appendix A : Study M ethodology ............................................................. 256 R eferences .................................................................................................. 25 8 * Angela Irvine, Ph.D, has more than 20 years of experience in education and social policy. Most recently, Dr. Irvine served as the principal investigator of a national study of juvenile de-incarceration; a national study of LGBT youth in the juvenile justice system; a project to improve permanency for LGBT youth and youth of color within the criminal justice and juvenile justice systems; a survey of every detention hall, t Aisha Canfield is a Policy Researcher and Analyst in Oakland, California. She received a B.A. in Communication Studies from San Francisco State University and holds a M.A. in Public Policy from Mills College. She would like to thank all of the young people for their courage to share their stories, probation professionals for their willingness to collect and share data, and her colleagues for their support.

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