➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:
US: We Must Decriminalize Trauma for Girls with Histories of Abuse or Neglect (Opinion)
Youth Today – May 24, 2016
We are starting to better understand the ways in which childhood exposure to trauma can lead to survival strategies and behaviors that are criminalized, while child welfare system involvement can exacerbate underlying trauma and result in law enforcement contact for youth who otherwise would have had none. Information Gateway Resource: Impact of Child Abuse & Neglect: https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/can/impact/
http://youthtoday.org/2016/05/we-must-decriminalize-trauma-for-girls-with-histories-of-abuse-or-neglect/