Special Report: Female Profile, System Response Data and Recommendations: Data Report July 1, 2020-September 30, 2021, December 2021

(2021) Special Report: Female Profile, System Response Data and Recommendations: Data Report July 1, 2020-September 30, 2021, December 2021. Human Rights, Department of

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Abstract

This report contains a variety of data regarding females under the supervision of Juvenile Court who would not only have been eligible for placement in a state training school (STS) setting in accordance with Iowa Code 232.52(2) between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021, but whom Juvenile Court Services (JCS) confirms that type of placement would have been pursued. It is intended to further contribute to informed decision-making related to this population of young women to ensure they receive appropriate, female-responsive services and supervision while providing for public safety. This report is a variation on other similar such reports in that it looks specifically at girls who JCS would have referred to a level of care that does not currently exist in Iowa for girls. In addition to this data report, a survey of the assigned juvenile court officers for this cohort was conducted in November 2020 in order to ascertain information that could not be obtained from the case management system as quantitative data. Those results will be reported separately.