Publication Library

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.  

If you are interested in program assessment, you can access the Gender-Responsive Assessment tool  which was developed for program administrators, evaluators, agency monitors and staff to use to evaluate the gender responsiveness of programs for women and girls in community settings (outpatient and residential substance abuse treatment programs, domestic violence shelters, mental health clinics, etc.).   There is also a criminal justice version of the Gender-Responsive Assessment tool available.

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.

Petrillo, M.  (June 2019).  Healing Trauma Evaluation Executive Summary.  Hampshire, United Kingdom:  One Small Thing. (Research in women’s prisons on Healing Trauma) 

Petrillo, M., Thomas, M., and Hanspal, S.  (June 2019). Healing Trauma Evaluation Report. Hampshire, United Kingdom:  One Small Thing. (Research in women’s prisons on Healing Trauma) 

Frisman, L.  (June 1, 2015). Healing Trauma Evaluation Triannual Progress Report. Connecticut Women's Consortium. (Research in women's prison and community groups on Healing Trauma)

Messina, N., & Calhoun, S. (June 30, 2018).  Healing Trauma Evaluation, Year 1 Findings.  Report to California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). (Research in women’s prisons on Healing Trauma)