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Five Ways to Stop Criminalizing Victimized Girls

By Jeannette Pai-Espinosa ● Uncategorized ● April 15, 2014

Girls are far more likely to wind up being criminalized for “status offenses” that would be overlooked in adults, so let’s start right there and support a bill introduced in February. Too many of the girls we criminalize are traumatized victims who need help, not punishment.

Let’s Do More for Young Mothers at the Margin

By Jeannette Pai-Espinosa ● Arts & Culture ● July 2, 2009

Amid recent stories of teenage moms with family support, there’s another segment of young moms being overlooked. Jeannette Pai-Espinosa says we also need to invest in female teens born into poverty, violence, abuse and other destructive cycles.