Articles and Book Chapters

S. Covington. A Woman's Journey Home: Challenges for Female Offenders. In J. Travis and M. Waul, eds., Prisoners Once Removed. Washington, DC.: The Urban Institute, 2003.

B. Bloom and S. Covington. Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Women Offenders. In R. Gido and L. Dalley eds, Women’s Mental Health Issues Across the Criminal Justice System. Columbus, OH: Prentice Hall, 2008, 160-176.

S. Covington. Becoming Trauma Informed: A Core Element in Women’s Treatment. Counselor Magazine. Deerfield Beach, Florida, August 2015.

S. Covington and G. Fedock. Beyond Violence: Women in Prison Find Meaning, Hope, and Healing. Trauma Matters. Connecticut Women’s Consortium and the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services in support of the Connecticut Trauma Initiative, Fall 2015.

S. Covington. Chapter IV: Understanding and Applying Gender Differences in Recovery. Dawn Drug Alcohol Woman Network: Promoting a Gender-Responsive Approach to Drug Addiction (a Collection of Good Practices). Turin, Italy: United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), December 2013.

G. Fedock and S. Covington. Correctional Programming and Gender. In Oxford Encyclopedia of Criminology.  New York: Oxford University Press, DOI 10.1093/acrefore/9780190264079.013.89, December 2017.

S. Covington. Creating a Trauma-Informed Justice System for Women. The Wiley Handbook on What Works with Girls and Women in Conflict with the Law: A Critical Review of Theory, Practice, and Policy.  Edited by L. Gelsthorpe & S. Brown.  United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, May 2022.

S. Covington.  Creating Gender-Responsive and Trauma-Informed Services for Women in the Justice System.  Magistrate.  The Magistrates' Association:  London, United Kingdom. October/November 2014, Volume 70, Number 5, Pgs 2-3.

S. Covington and B. Bloom. Creating Gender-Responsive Services in Correctional Settings: Context and Considerations. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, November 2004.

S. Covington. Curricula to Support Trauma-Informed Practice with Women. In N. Poole & L. Greaves (eds). Becoming Trauma Informed. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), 2012.

B. Bloom and S. Covington. Effective Gender-Responsive Interventions in Juvenile Justice: Addressing the Lives of Delinquent Girls. Paper presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA. November 2001.

S. Covington, C. Burke, S. Keaton, and C. Norcott. "Evaluation of a Trauma-Informed and Gender Responsive Intervention for Women in Drug Treatment." Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, Supplement 5, November 2008, 387-398.

S. Covington and B. Bloom. Gender Responsive Treatment Services in Correctional Settings. In E. Leeder, ed., Inside and Out: Women, Prison, and Therapy. Haworth Press, 2006, pp. 9-33.

Also co-published simultaneously as Women and Therapy, Vol. 29, Nos. 3/4, October 2008, pp. 9-33.

N. Messina, B. Bloom and S. Covington. Gender-Responsive Approaches for Women in the United States. In Routledge Companion to Rehabilitative Work in Criminal Justice, pgs 633-650.  Edited by P. Ugwudike, H. Graham, F. McNeill, P. Raynor, F. Taxman and C. Trotter.  London, England:  Routledge, September 2019. 

S. Covington and B. Bloom. Gender-Responsive Programming and Evaluation for Females in the Criminal Justice System: A Shift from What Works? to What is the Work? Paper presented at the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology Toronto, Canada, November, 1999.

B. Bloom and S. Covington. Gender-Specific Programming for Female Offenders: What is it and Why is it Important? Presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, DC, November, 1998.

S. Covington and B. Bloom. Gendered Justice: Programming for Women in Correctional Settings. Paper presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA., November 2000.

S. Covington and B. Bloom. Gendered Justice: Women in the Criminal Justice System. In B. Bloom, ed., Gendered Justice: Addressing Female Offenders. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2003.

S. Covington. Helping Women Recover: A Comprehensive Integrated Treatment Model. Alcohol Treatment Quarterly 18 (3) (2000): 99-111.

S. Covington. Helping Women Recover: Creating Gender-Responsive Treatment. In L. Straussner and S. Brown, eds., Handbook of Women's Addictions Treatment. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002.