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"We Are More Than Jailbirds": An Arts Program for Incarcerated Young Women

University of Washington, Tacoma, Box 358425, 1900 Commerce Street, Tacoma, WA 98402-5825mlazzari{at}u.washington.edu

Kathryn A. Amundson

University of Washington, Tacoma, Box 358425, 1900 Commerce Street, Tacoma, WA 98402-5825amundson{at}u.washington.edu

Robert L. Jackson

University of Washington, Tacoma, Box 358425, 1900 Commerce Street, Tacoma, WA 98402-5825rjacks{at}u.washington.edu

This article presents the findings of a qualitative study of the effects of an innovative arts project on incarcerated female juvenile offenders. In this project, a professional artist engages and guides the detainees in the creation of individual and collaborative artistic works. The works of art are produced for museum display to enhance the development of the young women’s self-identity and to draw public attention to the incarceration of young women in the juvenile justice system. The findings of this study are corroborated and supported by relational-cultural and self-efficacy theoretical perspectives.

Key Words: female juvenile offenders • arts programming

Affilia, Vol. 20, No. 2, 169-185 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0886109905274543


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