Playing 4 Change Volunteer Undergraduate Research Assistant Opportunity Job DescriptionWe are seeking volunteer Research Assistants (RAs) for Summer 2026 and onwards! RAs will assist the delivery of a video game intervention program focused on aggression prevention in youth (9-12 years…
New Research: RAI-Based Pretrial Release Could Reduce Detention by 34%, Increase Successful Releases by 32%, and Save $3.5 Billion Our latest paper is now available online ahead of print in Criminology & Public Policy. Nearly 500,000 unconvicted people sit in U.S. jails…
We’re Hiring a Communications Assistant! If you are interested in graphic design, social media, and working on web content, consider joining the dynamic Risk Resilience Lab team as a communications assistant! About Us: Risk-Resilience Research (RRR) is a fun, dynamic,…
Study Finds Juvenile Financial Sanctions Increase Youth Recidivism Risks Justice reform must be grounded in evidence. We’re excited to share that our new paper, Effect of Juvenile Justice Financial Sanctions on Youths’ Recidivism, has been published in Law and Human Behavior. This…
Speaking at THU Digital Health: Co-Designing Games for Youth Impact Jennifer Skeem will be joining THU Digital Health to talk about codesigning videogames that can improve young people’s lives. How can the creative industries partner with scientists and users to…
Shortlisted as a finalist for ASC’s 2025 Joan Petersilia Outstanding Article Award Honored that our 2023 Criminology & Public Policy article, Understanding racial disparities in pretrial detention recommendations, was a finalist for ASC’s 2025 Joan Petersilia Outstanding Article Award. About…
Featured in Psychiatric Services: Community Care That Lowers Reoffending 🎉 We’re honored our work was selected for the October 2025 Psychiatric Services Editor’s Choice collection, “Community Correctional Care: Treating Justice-Involved Individuals Outside of Jail and Prison.” Our article, “Community Behavioral…
New Preprint: Prosocial Identity & Youth Justice We’re excited to share our new preprint: “Getting Specific about Prosocial Identity Development as a Key Target for Justice-Involved Youth.” 🔑 Key findings • Prosocial identity predicts lower 1-yr recidivism (N=958), beyond demographics • Other-oriented…
Join Us: Youth Justice Webinar on Risk Reduction Join Jennifer Skeem, Gina M. Vincent, PhD, and Josh Weber for the third webinar in their Youth Protective Factors Study series, “Key Findings on Risk-Reduction Services,” on Sept. 24, 2025, from Noon-1:15…
New Brief Calls for Rethinking Youth Justice Services How can we better support youth while improving public safety? The third brief from the Youth Protective Factors Study explores answers, drawing on multiyear, multistate data about the risk and protective factors…
