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 Area 2: Reducing Crime for Girl in the Juvenile Justice System through Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships
Award Information
Awardee
              NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
Award #
              2014-IJ-CX-0044
Funding Category
              Competitive Discretionary
Location
                    NEW YORK, NY
Congressional District
              10
Status
              Closed
Funding First Awarded
              2014
Total funding (to date)
              $645,456
Original Solicitation
              NIJ FY 14 Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2014, $645,456)
Adolescent girls are the fastest growing segments of the juvenile justice (JJ) population. However, according to research by the U.S. Department of Justice, there are currently no effective interventions for this population. The purpose of this project is to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention, called ROSES (Resilience, Opportunity, Safety, Education, Strength), using a rigorous randomized controlled trial research design. ROSES is a 1 0-week, individualized and comprehensive intervention designed based on national recommendations for gender responsive programming. Preliminary data suggest promising results, feasibility, and high satisfaction reported by girls.
This proposal seeks to determine whether ROSES meets criteria for effectiveness by comparing outcomes for girls in the JJ system randomly assigned to receive either the ROSES (N=150) or a control condition (N=150). Violent, drug, and other offenses (e.g., running away), mental health, and recidivism data will be collected at 5 time points for an ethnically and racially diverse sample of girls aged 12-17. Data include validated and reliable youth and parent reports, clinical-rated mental health symptoms, drug urinalysis, recidivism, and interviews with JJ practitioners. The author has partnered with key stakeholders from the New York City (NYC) Administration for Children's Services, Division of Youth and Family Justice (DYFJ). DYFJ has identified reducing girls' crime as a key challenge in NYC, and the ROSES intervention was piloted in NYC to ensure feasibility.
This project will evaluate ROSES through researcher placement (Area 2) within DYFJ. Specific aims include:
1) examine the extent to which youth, parent, and clinician-reported outcomes are better at mid-treatment (Time 2), immediately post-treatment (Time 3), and 6-month follow up (Time 4) for ROSES versus control, 2) examine whether recidivism and drug use (urinalysis) is reduced 1 year and 6 months, respectively, post-intervention for ROSES versus control, and 3) identify key strategies for reducing girls crime through interviews with DYFJ stakeholders. For aims 1 and 2, multivariate and repeated measures analysis of variance will examine changes in outcomes between intervention and control groups over time. For aim 3, consensual qualitative research will generate emergent themes in DYFJ interviews.
This project will generate full datasets, interim/final reports of evaluation findings, newsletters for a general audience, a practitioner-oriented intervention manual, and peer-reviewed publications for the scientific and practitioner communities. This project can promote effective practice for girls involved in the juvenile justice system, impact policy (e.g., ROSES as an alternative to incarceration), and build theory regarding how to reduce girls' crime. ca/ncf



  
Grant-Funded Publications
        
                      Profiles of Risk for Self-injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Among System-Impacted Girls of Color
                  “Roses have thorns for a reason”: The promises and perils of critical youth participatory research with system-impacted girls of Color
                  Predictors of sexual and reproductive health among girls involved in the juvenile legal system: The influence of resources, race, and ethnicity
                  When Diversity is Not Enough: An Intersectional Examination of How Juvenile Legal System Actors of Color Experience the System's Welfare Mandate for Girls of Color
                  Traumatic Incidents and Experiences of Racism and Sexism: Examining Associations with Components of Critical Consciousness for System-Involved Girls of Color
                  Reducing Crime for Girls in the Juvenile Justice System through Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships
                  The Praxis of Decoloniality in Researcher Training and Community-Based Data Collection
                  Negotiating Ethical Paradoxes in Conducting a Randomized Controlled Trial Aligning Intervention Science With Participatory Values

  
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