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June 12, 2017
LA County Probation to roll out innovative mental & emotional health screening…
Stoneleigh Fellow Leslie Acoca is featured in The Chronicle of Social Change as Girls Health Screen is adopted by the Los Angeles County Probation Department.…
June 9, 2017
Helping girls in juvenile detention get medical, psychiatric help
Stoneleigh Fellow Leslie Acoca is featured in The Chronicle of Social Change as Girls Health Screen is adopted by the Los Angeles County Probation Department. …
May 9, 2017
“They Call Us Monsters, Too”
Stoneleigh Emerging Leader Fellow Natasha Felder takes a deeper look at key issues presented in the film They Call Us Monsters and highlights efforts currently underway…
April 3, 2017
Start small: The key to a more gender-responsive juvenile justice system
On Jan. 21, hundreds of thousands of women gathered in Washington and other cities to send the message that “women’s rights are human rights.” The…
March 1, 2017
We need an intersectional approach to juvenile justice reform
DMC (disproportionate minority contact) is no longer simply about the over-representation of black and brown youth in the juvenile justice system. In recent years, it…
April 1, 2015
Stopping the Girls to Prison Pipeline
Stoneleigh Fellow Leslie Acoca authors an article featured in the 2015 book, Girls in Justice, about the unique health needs of girls who are involved…
March 16, 2013
Addressing girls’ health needs at juvenile detention centers
Stoneleigh Fellow Leslie Acoca is featured in the Los Angeles Times for her work developing the Girls Health Screen. Los Angeles County health and probation…
March 1, 2013
MOVING THE DIAL: The National Girls Health Screen Project
Stoneleigh Fellow Leslie Acoca shares a report on the results of her Stoneleigh Fellowship project. Leslie created and validated the Girls Health Screen, which is…
November 26, 2012
In juvenile detention, girls find health system geared to boys
Stoneleigh Fellow Leslie Acoca is featured by NPR. GOLD: Reylene’s story is typical of girls in detention, and that presents a problem for people who…
July 1, 2011
Shackled and Giving Birth in Pennsylvania Prisons
Stoneleigh Fellow Kathleen Creamer is featured in the inaugural issue of the Philadelphia Bar Association Women in the Profession Newsletter. Her article focuses on the Healthy…
February 22, 2011
Community Cinema: Stories of Young People who have been Victims of Intentional…
Stoneleigh Fellow and Healing Hurt People present two short videos featuring the stories of young people who have been victims of intentional injuries (e.g., gunshot,…
November 15, 2010
National Girls Health Screen: Findings and Technical Report
Stoneleigh Fellow Leslie Acoca and Dr. Frances Lexcen, Forensic Psychologist at the University of Washington who serves as senior researcher for the National Girls Health…
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