Women's Health Issues
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 217-226 , July 2007

A National Overview of Reproductive Health Care Services for Girls in Juvenile Justice Residential Facilities

  • Catherine A. Gallagher, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Justice, Law and Crime Policy Program, Department of Public and International Affairs, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia
    • The Lloyd Society, Kensington, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Catherine A Gallagher, PhD, Justice, Law and Crime Policy Program, Department of Public and International Affairs, MSN 4F4, 10900 University Drive, George Mason University, Manassas, VA 20110.
    • ,
  • Adam Dobrin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida Atlantic University, Davie, Florida
    • The Lloyd Society, Kensington, Maryland
    • ,
  • Anne S. Douds, JD

      Affiliations

    • Justice, Law and Crime Policy Program, Department of Public and International Affairs, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia
    • The Lloyd Society, Kensington, Maryland

Received 15 May 2006 ,Revised 3 January 2007 ,Accepted 29 January 2007.

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 Supported in part by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and by The Lloyd Society.

PII: S1049-3867(07)00031-X

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2007.02.006

Women's Health Issues
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 217-226 , July 2007

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