Researcher(s):
- Melinda Valenzuela
- Bethany L. Backes, PhD, MSW, MPH
- Maureen Nichols, BA
- Tymothy Belseth, MA
- Laura Dannenmaier, LCSW
- Sandra Vanegas, Ph.D.
- Christian Vazquez
- Chun Liu
- Lisa S. Panisch
- Kristian Jones
- Dixie Hairston, MSSW
- Kyndal Hammock
- Melissa Stewart
- Braden Latham-Jones
- Jolynne Batchelor, PhD, LCSW
- Sean Kopaniasz
- Sandy Magaña, Ph.D., MSW
- Ruben Parra-Cardona, Ph.D.
- Aubrey Tucker
- Leona Peterson
- Emmett Gill, Ph.D.
- Jim Bradley
- Swetha Nulu, MPH
- Peter Arellano
- Mark Kramer
- Erin Spalding, LCSW
- Jameson Lee Cardenas
- Janice Jerome
- Louise Hanks
- Derek Falk
- Swathi Reddy, LMSW
- Jaimie O’Gara
- Chris Paine
- Audrey Hang Hai
- Yong Ju Cho
- Hydeen Beverly, MSW
- Chelsea Arnold, LCSW
- Shetal Vohra-Gupta, Ph.D., MSW
- Mary (Maggy) McGiffert, M.A.
- Anna Wasim, LMSW
- Natalie Beck, DSW, LCSW
- Bob Ambrosino, Ph.D.
- T’Shana McClain
- Mercedes Hernandez, Ph.D., LCSW
- Alexander Wang
- Chris Burnett
- Kelly Vences
- Julieta Caamano
- Channing Spears, LMSW
- Jessica Lim, LMSW
- Wendy Brooks Kuhn
- Elizabeth Hutton, MS, LPC, NCC
- Deborah Sharp
- Dana Jones
- Alma Mena
- Holly Gursslin
- Kate McKerlie, MSSW, MPH
- Laura Stevens
- Min-Kyoung Rhee, Ph.D.
- Rachel Union, LCSW
- David McClung
- Tracy A. Levins, Ph.D.
- Melissa Torres, Ph.D., MSW
- John Sullivan
- David Snowden, LCSW
- Sehun Oh
- Catherine LaBrenz
- Peter Dell, LCSW
- Jen Currin-McCulloch
- Jennifer Banister
- Peteria Chan
- Juli M. Earley, LMSW
- Erica R. Shapiro, Ph.D.
- Noelle Suntheimer
- Lauren M. Alper, MSW
- Amy C. Lodge, Ph.D.
- Kristen A. Hogan
- Johanna Creswell Báez, Ph.D., LCSW
- Elaine Cavazos, LCSW
- Earley Ullrich, LCSW, RPT-S
- Jaclyn N. Sepp, MA, LPC, RPT, NCC
- Rosalie Ambrosino, Ph.D.
- Joan E. Asseff, LMSW
- Elisa V. Borah, Ph.D.
- Deborah Ann Cohen, Ph.D.
- John Luk, M.D.
- Sharon Hoefer, MSSW
- Cynthia Penwell, LCSW
- Anao Zhang, LCSW, ACSW, ACT
- Casey Walsh, LCSW
- Amy Thompson
- Hannah Szlyk, LCSW
- Katarzyna Olcon, LCSW
- Yeonwoo Kim
- Valerie Ringland
- Nate Marti, Ph.D.
- Margaret Hill, LCSW
- Farya Phillips, Ph.D., CCLS
- Tina Adkins, Ph.D.
- Terrence T. Allen, MSSA, Ph.D.
- Allan Hugh Cole Jr., Ph.D.
- Lauren E. Gulbas, Ph.D.
- Alba Sereno
- Front Desk
- Glenn Dembowski
- Shannon Mann-Butler
- Julia Cuba-Lewis
- Caitlin Sulley, LMSW
- Zaccheus J. Ahonle, Ph.D., CRC
- Sharon Lee, LCSW
- Toni Moreno
- Arlette Vila
- Jelena Todic
- Ahmed Whitt, Ph.D.
- Jennifer Silva, LCSW
- Rosamaria Murillo, Ph.D., LMSW
- Tianca Crocker
- Diane McDaniel Rhodes, Ph.D.
- Esther J. Calzada, Ph.D.
- David W. Springer, Ph.D., LCSW
- Angela M. Nonaka, Ph.D.
- Amanda N. Barczyk, Ph.D., MSW
- Alisa Hernandez
- Octavio N Martinez, MD
- Mary Beer, LCSW
- Dede Sparks, LMSW
- Sarah Sloan, LCSW
- Yuri Jang, Ph.D.
- Yessenia Castro, Ph.D.
- Susan M. De Luca, Ph.D.
- M. Andrea Campetella, Ph.D.
- Michele Murphy-Smith
- Laura Marra, LMSW
- Leila Wood, Ph.D., LMSW
- Stephanie L. Rivaux, Ph.D., LMSW
- Luis H. Zayas, Ph.D.
- Stacey Stevens Manser, Ph.D.
- Molly Lopez, Ph.D.
- Suzanne Potts, LMSW, MPH
- Lori Lewis-Conerly
- Beth Gerlach, Ph.D., LCSW
- Leslie W. Sirrianni, LCSW
- Sarah Swords, LCSW
- Kirk von Sternberg, Ph.D.
- Tanya Voss, MSSW
- Lynn Wallisch, Ph.D.
- Deborah Webb, Ph.D., LCSW, LPC, LCDC
- Laura E. Turner, MPAff
- Shane Whalley
- Christine Winston, LCSW
- Carrie Stephens
- Mitch Sudolsky, MSSW, LCSW
- Mary Velasquez, Ph.D.
- Lizet Villagrana
- Calvin L. Streeter, Ph.D.
- Geoff Treitel
- Linda Solomon
- Richard Spence, Ph.D.
- Jack Nowicki, LCSW
- Liz Nowicki, ACSW, LCSW
- Vicki Y. Packheiser, LCSW, ACSW
- Yolanda C. Padilla, Ph.D.
- Lana Pettit
- Beth C. Pomeroy, Ph.D.
- Anita Prewett, C.R.A.
- Michele A. Rountree, Ph.D.
- Clayton T. Shorkey, Ph.D., LCSW
- Russell Smith, LMSW
- Robin Smith, LCSW
- Jane Maxwell, Ph.D.
- Sarah McCafferty, LCSW
- Ruth G. McRoy, Ph.D.
- Sherry Melecki
- Aisol Casillas
- Arlene Montgomery, Ph.D.
- Andrea Montgomery
- Elizabeth Mueller, Ph.D.
- Mary K. Mulvaney
- Laura Jones-Swann
- Dina Kassler, Ph.D.
- Jane A. Kretzschmar, LCSW
- Noel Landuyt, Ph.D.
- Michael L. Lauderdale, Ph.D.
- Carol M. Lewis, Ph.D.
- Tammy Linseisen, LCSW, ACSW
- Jennifer Luna Jackson, MSSW
- Lori Mangrum
- Cynthia G. S. Franklin, Ph.D.
- Monica Rosario
- Ramon R. Gomez
- Jennifer Conrad-Graham, LMSW
- James Green
- Lori K. Holleran Steiker, Ph.D., ACSW
- Cossy Hough, LCSW
- Allyson Jervey
- Christine Johnson, LMSW, IPR
- Barbara L. Jones, Ph.D.
- Tom Bohman, Ph.D.
- Alexis D. George, M.S.Ed.
- Noël Busch-Armendariz, Ph.D., LMSW, MPA
- Namkee G. Choi, Ph.D.
- Patricia A. Cody, MSW, PhD
- Mary S. Cook, LMSW
- Catherine Cubbin, Ph.D.
- Julie Cunniff
- Diana M. DiNitto, Ph.D.
- Nicole Duson
- David Evans
- E. Suzanne Ewing
- Monica Faulkner, Ph.D., LMSW
- Rowena Fong, Ed.D.
- Barbara Anderson
- Marilyn Armour, Ph.D.
- Marian Mahaffey, LMSW-AP
- Susan Ayers-Lopez
- Margaret Bassett
Project Sponsor(s)
Project Categories
Evaluating the mitigating effects of gender, trauma and mental health need in juvenile justice system processing for system-involved girls
Youth with mental health problems are disproportionately represented within the juvenile justice system. Research by Erin Espinosa, PhD, has shown that adolescent girls spend more time in confinement than boys, and are at a seven times greater risk of being placed in secure placement for violation of probation compared to boys. It is also known that girls with trauma histories serve longer confinement periods for violation of probation than boys, and that elevated scores on the traumatic experiences subscale are the strongest predictor for severity of out-of-home placement. These findings provide a more in-depth understanding of adolescents with mental health problems within the juvenile justice system, but more information is needed.
The Youth Pathways project will expand on the outcomes of this previous research in investigating the course female offenders take to and through the juvenile justice system. To do this, data on all youth referred to a state juvenile justice system over a seven-year period will be analyzed to explore how trauma and mental health need predicts time in confinement by gender. The project will also include a model of the interaction between mental health needs violation of parole, as well a second interaction between trauma exposure and violation of parole.
The Youth Pathways project will provide novel information concerning the role of mental health and trauma in confinement within the Texas juvenile justice system. It will shed light on the experiences of adolescent female offenders, and serve to better inform the juvenile justice system in Texas on the mental health services needed by youth in their care.