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…
In the News: Dr. Jennifer Skeem on KQED’s The Latest Our faculty director, Dr. Jennifer Skeem, joined KQED’s daily news podcast The Latest to discuss how communities respond to mental health crises – what’s being tried and what early evidence…
Law & Human Behavior Publishes Research on Juvenile Justice Sanctions and Recidivism We are thrilled to share that our article, “Effect of Juvenile Justice Financial Sanctions on Youths’ Recidivism”, has been accepted in Law and Human Behavior. Key Findings: Financial…
From Seoul to Berkeley: Wondeok’s Journey into Policy Research We’re excited to welcome Wondeok as the newest Ph.D. student in the Risk-Resilience Lab! Wondeok is a first-year Ph.D. student at UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy. His research focuses…
Promising Practices for Addressing the Needs of Justice-Involved Youth At the meeting of the Correctional Mental Health Leadership Network, hosted by the International Association for Correctional and Forensic Psychology (IACFP), Dr. Jennifer Skeem led a presentation on promising practices for…
Forensic Mental Health in Focus: Dr. Skeem Speaks at Isaac Ray Lecture Dr. Jennifer Skeem delivered the 2025 Isaac Ray Memorial Lecture at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s Grand Rounds, hosted by the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.…
Mental Health & Justice: Dr. Skeem at Federal Judicial Conference Dr. Jennifer Skeem joined a panel of national experts at the Federal Judicial Conference for the session Mind, Behavior, and Justice: Mental Health Issues in Criminal Law. This breakout session…
Dr. Jennifer Skeem Leads National Conversation on Mental Health Crisis Response at Quattrone Symposium At the Quattrone Center’s 2025 Spring Symposium “Conversations on Criminal Justice Reform”, Lab Faculty Director Dr. Jennifer Skeem led a session on improving call center responses…
