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Retrospective Study of Fire Setting Among Boys in a Child Welfare Sample

Journal

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Date Published

February 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Characteristics of Out-of-Home Caregiving Environments Provided Under Child Welfare Services

Journal

Child Welfare

Date Published

2008

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Gender variation in delinquent behavior changes of child welfare-involved youth

Journal

Children and Youth Services Review

Date Published

March 2010

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Out of home placement location and juvenile delinquency: The investigation of neighborhood impact on child welfare population's juvenile justice involvement

Date Published

2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Thesis/Dissertation

The Influence of Social Surroundings on Juvenile and Criminal Justice Involvement of 17-Year-Olds Transitioning from Foster Care to Adulthood: A Longitudinal and Life-Course Approach

Date Published

August 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Thesis/Dissertation

National Study of Family Treatment Court Best Practices, Outcomes, and Costs

Date Published

2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review

Verified Human Trafficking Allegations Among Single and Dual System-Involved Children: Predicting Initial and Repeat Victimization

Journal

Child Abuse & Neglect

Date Published

December 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Collaborative Strategies in Safeguarding Children: A Community-Centric Approach to Overdose Response

15PNIJ-24-GG-00752-MUMU

Open

Funding First Awarded

2024

$985,527

A National Review of Multidisciplinary Teams addressing Child Sexual Exploitation

15PNIJ-24-GG-01653-MUMU

Open

Funding First Awarded

2024

$1,499,977

Five Things About Youth and Delinquency

Neurofeedback Enhanced Trauma Treatment for Adolescents in Residential Treatment

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Thesis/Dissertation

Detecting Drugs in Hair: Is it Drug Use or Environmental Contamination?

Date Published

June 2024

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Detecting Drugs in Hair: Is It Drug Use or Environmental Contamination?

Date Published

June 4, 2024

NIJ-funded researchers develop a new approach to address a long-standing problem in toxicology.

'Family Doesn't Have to be Mom and Dad': an Exploration of the Meaning of Family for Care-experienced Young People

Journal

Families Relationships and Societies

Date Published

October 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Understanding the Trafficking of Children for the Purposes of Labor in the United States

Date Published

2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

A State-wide Analysis of Characteristics and Predictors of Dual System Involvement Among Child Victims of Human Trafficking

Journal

Child Abuse & Neglect

Date Published

January 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The Long-term Collateral Consequences of Juvenile Justice Involvement for Females

Journal

Frontiers in Psychology

Date Published

January 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Webinar Transcript: Fiscal Year 2024 Evaluating Strategies to Advance the Implementation of Evidence-Based Policies and Practices Solicitation

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Adolescent Child Custody Loss and Substance Use Treatment as Predictors of Young Adult Substance use Trajectories Among Females with Foster Care and Juvenile Justice Involvement

Journal

Children and Youth Services Review

Date Published

February 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Exploring the Effects of Maltreatment and Child Welfare System Experiences on Juvenile Justice Involvement

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Pregnancy and miscarriage predict suicide attempts but not substance use among dual-systems involved female adolescents

Journal

Children and Youth Services Review

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Estimating Unidentified Sex Trafficking in the Child Welfare Population

Journal

Journal of Human Trafficking

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Youth Dually-Involved in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems: Varying definitions and their associations with trauma exposure, posttraumatic stress, & offending

Journal

Children and Youth Services Review

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Cohort bias in predictive risk assessments of future criminal justice system involvement

Journal

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Early parenthood for males and females with foster care experience: An exploratory study of predictive factors at entry to care during preadolescence

Journal

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)