The Sacramento Bee, August 26, 2010 Web post
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Barry Krisberg, senior fellow at Berkeley Law’s Center for Criminal Justice … says the juvenile justice system needs to be better equipped to respond to female offenders. “Young women need different specialized care and support than young men. Many young women have suffered from high levels of sexual and physical abuse and often need different medical care than boys. Some of these young women have children themselves and need to be in contact with them. Every level of staff in the juvenile justice system needs to be sensitized to these differences.”