Publication Library

S. Covington. The Relational Theory of Women’s Psychological Development: Implications for the Criminal Justice System.  In Ruth T. Zaplin, ed., Female Offenders: Critical Perspectives and Effective Interventions, 2nd Edition. Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2007.

S. Covington.  The Voices Program for Girls: Theoretical Foundations and Program Overview.” Civic Research Institute, Women, Girls & Criminal Justice 6 (1). December/January, 2005. 

G. Fedock and S. Covington. Theoretical Models of Female Violent Offending. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Criminal Psychology. Edited by R. Morgan.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Safe Publications, Inc., August 2019.

Saxena, P. and Messina, N. (2021). "Trajectories of Victimization to Violence Among Incarcerated Women." Health and Justice, 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-021-00144-8 (Research in prisons on Healing Trauma and Beyond Violence)

S. Krammer, Y. Linder, M. Peper, S. Covington and D. Klecha. Trauma and Mental Health in Respect of Detained Women in Switzerland. Swiss Journal of Criminology, ISSN 1660-2501. Bern, Switzerland, September 2015.

S. Kubiak, S. Covington and C. Hillier. Trauma-Informed Corrections. In Springer, D. & Roberts, A. (editors). Social Work in Juvenile and Criminal Justice Systems, 4th edition. Springfield, IL; Charles C. Thomas, 2017.

Messina, N., Calhoun, S., & Braithwaite, J. (2014). "Trauma-Informed Treatment Decreases Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Women Offenders." Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 15(1), 6-23. DOI: 10.1080/15299732.2013.818609. PMID: 24377969  PMCID: PMC3877926   NIHMSID # 509767 (Research in a women's prison on Helping Women Recover and Beyond Trauma)

Mundo Aflora Institute. (2020). Voices Report 2020. São Paulo, Brazil: Author. (Research in criminal justice setting on Voices). 

Tolou-Shams, M., Dauria, E.F., Folk, J., Shumway, M., Marshall, B.D.L., Rizzo, C.J., Messina, N., Covington, S., Haack L.M., Chaffee T., Brown L.K. (2021).  "VOICES: An Efficacious Trauma-informed, Gender-responsive Cannabis use Intervention for Justice and School-referred Girls with Lifetime Substance use History."  Drug and Alcohol Dependence, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108934 (Research on Voices)

Saxena, P., Messina, N. & Grella, C.  (April 2014).  "Who Benefits from Gender-Responsive Treatment? Accounting for Abuse History on Longitudinal Outcomes for Women in Prison."  Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol. 41, No. 4, 417-432.  (Research in a women's prison on Helping Women Recover and Beyond Trauma, please contact Dr. Covington's office at sc@stephaniecovington.com for more information)

S. Covington. Women and Addiction: A Trauma-Informed Approach. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, SARC Supplement 5, November 2008, 377-385.

Covington, S. (November 2008).  "Women and Addiction: A Trauma-Informed Approach."  Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, SARC Supplement 5, 377-385. (Foundational information)

S. Covington. Women and the Criminal Justice System. Editor’s commentary. Women’s Health Issues, 17(4), 2007.

Fedock, G. (2015). Women Coping with Life: A Mixed Methods Study of Incarcerated Women with Life Sentences. Doctoral dissertation, Chapter 5. (Research in women's prison on Beyond Violence)

S. Covington. Women in Prison: Approaches in the Treatment of Our Most Invisible Population. Haworth Press, Women and Therapy Journal 21 (1), (1998): 141-155.

S. Covington. Women, Addiction, and Sexuality. In L. Straussner and E. Zelvin, Eds., Gender Issues in Addiction: Men and Women in Treatment, Jason Aronson. 1997.

S. Covington.  Working with Substance Abusing Mothers: A Trauma-Informed, Gender-Responsive Approach. The Source. 17 (1), 2007, 1-6.

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