{"id":4263,"date":"2023-10-28T16:56:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T15:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/?p=4263"},"modified":"2026-02-02T23:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:36:17","slug":"need-for-gender-based-approaches-and-early-intervention-and-prevention-of-poly-victimisation-of-girls-in-youth-justice-and-women-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/2023\/10\/28\/need-for-gender-based-approaches-and-early-intervention-and-prevention-of-poly-victimisation-of-girls-in-youth-justice-and-women-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking the Cycle: Why Justice Systems Fail Girls and Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What is project about?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Given the significant role that gender-based violence, polyvictimisation, class and race-based social exclusions play in the lives of criminalised girls and women, it follows that trauma-informed, early interventions play a vital role. Central to all such interventions is the message that those professionals and practitioners who spend most time with individuals are the primary facilitators for change. Youth offending teams and prisons are not primarily designed to address the needs outlined in this report. Early intervention in schools and education and training for criminal justice professionals are required to support girls and women more effectively in contact with youth and criminal justice system.\u00a0 This research presents the results of girls in youth justice first. The literature search sets out the pattern of needs and vulnerabilities that marks the lives of girls in youth justice.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Who is running the project?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/education\/staff\/carol-fuller\">Professor Carol Fuller<\/a> and\u00a0Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/law\/our-staff\/jo-phoenix\">Jo Phoenix<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p><strong>Project Timeline: Jan 2023 \u2013 May 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3><strong>Who is funding the project?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This project is funded by the Ministry of Justice and Thames Valley Violence Reduction Unit.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exploring the urgent need for gender-responsive interventions to prevent poly-victimisation in youth justice and prisons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":4697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Breaking the Cycle: Why Justice Systems Fail Girls and Women &#183; 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