Publications & Media

Academic Publications

McKenna, N. C. & Anderson, V. R. (2024) Pathways to—but not through? Revisiting the trauma and recidivism relationship among system-involved youth. Youth Violence & Juvenile Justice.

McKenna, N. C., Nedelec, J., *Pierce, K., & *Knox, K. (2024). Helpful or harmful? The gendered effect of virginity pacts on later sexual victimization. Crime & Delinquency.

Anderson, V.R., Singh, S., Sullivan, C.J., McKenna, N.C., Feeney, H. (2024). Heterogeneity of juvenile court responses in a sample of girls. Criminal Justice & Behavior.

Derlic, D. & McKenna, N.C. (2022) Alternative juvenile rehabilitation: Gender-specific programming and trauma-informed care. Journal for Applied Juvenile Justice Services.

Anderson, V. R., Rubino, L. L., McKenna, N. C., Campbell, C. A., Petkus, A. A., & Barnes-Lee, A. R. (2022). (In)Effectiveness of in-home detention tethers to reduce recidivism for system-involved girls. Justice Evaluation Journal.

Pusch, N., Holtfreter, K., McKenna, N. C., & Fine, A.D. (2021). Perceptions of legal authorities in a longitudinal study of adjudicated youth. Journal of Youth & Adolescence.

McKenna, N. C. & Anderson, V. R. (2021). Diminishing returns? Threshold effects of dispositions and recidivism among court-involved girls. Criminal Justice & Behavior.

Rubino, L. L., Anderson, V. R., & McKenna, N. C. (2021). Examining the disconnect in youth pathways and the court responses: How bias invades across marginalized identities. Feminist Criminology, 16(4), 480-503.

Anderson, V. R., Rubino, L., & McKenna, N. C. (2020). Family-based intervention for justice-involved girls: A mixed methods evaluation. American Journal of Community Psychology, 67(1-2), 35-49.

McKenna, N. C. & Holtfreter, K. (2020): Trauma-informed courts: A review and integration of justice perspectives and gender responsiveness. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 30(4), 450-470.

McKenna, Nicole C., Golladay, K. A., & Holtfreter, K. (2020). Integrating general strain theory and trauma-informed principles into the study of older adult victimization. Journal of Trauma & Disassociation, 21(2) 1-14.

Academic News

McKenna, N. C. (2021). Trauma-informed care in youth detention facilities: A national portrait. International Association of Correctional and Forensic Psychology News.

McKenna, N. C., Anderson, V. R., & Rubino, L. L. (2021). Lessons learned from a family-based intervention for court-involved girls. Entry Point Community Psychology Series,

McKenna, N. C. (2019). Rape culture in Utah high schools: The connection with the sexual violence to prison pipeline. Sexual Assault Report.

Technical Reports

Boxer, P., Duron, J. F., McKenna, N. C. (2024). Evaluation of Youth Advocate Community Interventions in New Jersey.

Anderson, V. R., McKenna, N. C., & *Pierce, K. (2023). Validating the Human Trafficking Screening Tool for Justice-Involved Youth. Cincinnati, OH: Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services.

Anderson, V. R., McKenna, N. C., & Pate, S. (2021). Examining the characteristics and context of detained girls’ needs. Cincinnati, OH: Center for Clinical and Translational and Science and Training (CCTST).

Sullivan, C. J. & McKenna N. C. (2021). Implementation of Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Guidelines. Washington, D.C.: American Institute for Research (AIR).

Book Chapters

McKenna, N. C., Anderson, V. R., Kiki, E., Starcher, D. L. (2022). Experiencing the juvenile legal system as a girl: Lessons from gender-responsive approaches and trauma-informed care. In Masson, I. M. & Booth, N. (Eds.) Handbook of Women’s Experiences in Criminal Justice.

Sullivan, C. J., Goncalves, S., & McKenna, N.C. (In Press). Juvenile drug courts. To be published in Welsh, B, Mears, D., & Zane, S. (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Evidence-Based Crime and Justice Policy.

Media

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