Call-for-Papers: “LGBTQ Youth in the Juvenile Justice System”

Call-for-Papers: “LGBTQ Youth in the Juvenile Justice System” —  The Journal of Gender, Social Policy, & the Law of American University Washington College of Law invites symposium papers from practitioners and scholars that examine the degree to which laws, practices, and social policy specifically funnel and entrench LGBTQ youth into the juvenile justice system.  Of particular interest are papers addressing how schools, law enforcement, courts, and juvenile detention facilities impact LGBTQ youth by unfairly criminalizing and subjecting them to discriminatory treatment.  Also crucial to this discussion are papers that address areas of reform to help transform the overrepresentation of LGBTQ youth in the juvenile justice system.  The full call can be found here, Call for Papers – LGBTQ Youth in the Juvenile Justice System, and the deadline for submission of abstracts is Jan. 23, 2015.