Publication Library

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.

Messina, N., Zwart, E., and Calhoun, S. (2020). “Efficacy of a Trauma Intervention for Women in a Security Housing Unit.” ARCH Women Health Care Volume 3(3): 1-9.  (Research in a women’s prison on Healing Trauma)

Bond, K., Messina, N., & Calhoun, S. (2010). Enhancing Substance Abuse Treatment and HIV Prevention for Women Offenders: Final Report (Report to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Grant No. 1 R01 DA022149-01). Unpublished manuscript. (Research in drug court on Helping Women Recover and Beyond Trauma)

J. Hawke.  (Summer 2013).  "Evaluation of a Five Session Trauma Treatment Model For Women."  Trauma Matters.  Connecticut Women’s Consortium and the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services in support of the Connecticut Trauma Initiative. (Research on justice-involved women on Healing Trauma)

Messina, N. (2022). Evaluation of a Peer-Facilitated Trauma Intervention for Incarcerated Men. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 49(10):1399-1417. doi:10.1177/00938548221093280

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.

Messina, N. P. and Burdon, W. B. (2021, Winter).  “Evaluation of a Violence- and Trauma-Prevention Program in Secure Housing Units.”  Journal of Community Corrections, Volume 30, Number 02, pp.7-12(6).  (Research in a men’s prison on Exploring Trauma)

Sheryl Kubiak. (August 2013).  Evaluation of Specialized Substance Abuse Treatment Services for Women: Report of Long-term Outcomes.  Lansing, MI:  Michigan Department of Corrections.  (Research in a women's prison on Beyond Violence)

Sheryl Kubiak. (2012).  Evaluation of Specialized Substance Abuse Treatment Services for Women: Short-term Outcomes of Group Comparison Study.  Lansing, MI:  Michigan Department of Corrections.  (Research in a women's prison on Beyond Violence, please contact Dr. Covington's office at sc@stephaniecovington.com for more information)

Frisman, L. & Arisco, A.C.  (September 30, 2016).  Evaluation Report: Exploring Trauma.  Connecticut Women's Consortium. (Research in residential and criminal justice settings on Exploring Trauma). 

Messina, N., Braithwaite, J., Calhoun, S., and Kubiak, S.  (September 2016).  "Examination of a Violence Prevention Program for Female Offenders".  Violence and Gender Journal. 3(3), 143-149. (Research in a women’s prison on Beyond Violence)

Gajewski-Nemes, J. and Messina, N. (2021). “Exploring and Healing Invisible Wounds: Perceptions of Trauma-Specific Treatment from Incarcerated Men and Women.” Journal of Trauma & Treatment, 10: 471. (Research in prisons on Healing Trauma and Exploring Trauma)

Fischer, L., Wilson, M., Schofield, P., Jones, J., Kariminia, A., Barrett, E., Dean, K., Sullivan, E., Covington, S., and Butler, T. (August 2024). “Exposure to childhood adversity and intimate partner violence in a sample of incarcerated women in Australia.” International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology.  DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X241270577.

We have fidelity scales for Dr. Covington’s curricula (see our Books and Curricula page) available upon request for a nominal fee.  Please email sc@stephaniecovington.com for additional information.

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. 

Messina, N., Calhoun, S. & Warda, U.  (December 2012). "Gender-Responsive Drug Court Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial."  Criminal Justice and Behavior, Volume 39, Issue 12, pp. 1536 - 1555.  (Research in drug court on Helping Women Recover and Beyond Trauma, please contact Dr. Covington's office at sc@stephaniecovington.com for more information)

Available on the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) website, the Gender-Responsive Policy & Practice Assessment (GRPPA)  is a process designed to guide assessment of research-based, gender-responsive policies and practices in jails, prisons, and community corrections programs for women. The GRPPA is intended for agencies to conduct an internal analysis of what they have in place and whether it is gender-responsive, to identify gaps and to begin to develop strategies to meet their objectives in improving management of justice involved women.