Evaluating Recidivism Rates of a Relationally-Based Treatment Program for Justice-Involved Girls

• In Event: Poster Session II

Abstract

Although gender-responsive intervention programs have become part of the evidence-base in corrections for adult women, few, if any, program evaluations exist of gender-responsive curricula that serve juvenile girls. One such curriculum called Girls…Moving On reflects important aspects of gender-responsive strategies to target the social, emotional, and behavioral problems uniquely faced by justice involved girls using both cognitive-behavioral and relational theories. The current study aims to provide a program evaluation of the Girls…Moving On program with a sample of justice involved girls from a juvenile court located in the upper Midwest United States. Girls who successfully completed the program will be compared with girls who did not receive the program on outcome measures. Implications are important for understanding the need for gender-responsive curricula specifically for juvenile girls.

Authors

• Jaclyn Parker, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

• Emily Salisbury, University of Nevada, Las Vegas