Research Papers

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.

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)

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)

Messina, N. & Calhoun, S. (June 30, 2019).  Healing Trauma: A Brief Intervention for Women. SHU Evaluation Findings.   Report to California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), Contract C5607040. Envisioning Justice Solutions, Inc.: Simi Valley, CA.  (Research in women’s prison on Healing Trauma) 

Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Evaluation and Analysis Unit.  (March 22, 2013).   Helping Women Recover/Beyond Trauma: Program Effects on Offender Criminal Thinking, Psychological Adjustment, and Social Functioning.  (Research in a women’s prison on Helping Women Recover and Beyond Trauma)

Calhoun, S., Messina, N., Cartier, J., and Torres, S.  (December 2010).  "Implementing Gender-Responsive Treatment for Women in Prison: Client and Staff Perspectives."  Federal Probation, Volume 74, Issue 3, Pages 27-33. (Research in a women's prison on Helping Women Recover and Beyond Trauma)

Kubiak, S., Fedock, G., Bybee, D. and Kim, W.J.  (Winter 2016).  "Long-Term Outcomes of a RCT Intervention Study for Women with Violent Crimes."  Journal of the Society of Social Work and Research, Vol. 7(4), pg 661-679. (Research in a women’s prison on Beyond Violence).

Messina, N., & Burdon, W. (June 30, 2019).  Moving Beyond Violence and Building Resilience.  Report to California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), Contract C5607315.  Envisioning Justice Solutions, Inc.: Simi Valley, CA. (Research in men's prisons on Exploring Trauma)

Messina, N., & Burdon, W. (2017).  Moving Beyond Violence: Results.  Report to California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). (Research in men's prison on Exploring Trauma)

Messina, N. & Schepps, M. (2021). "Opening the Proverbial 'Can of Worms' on Trauma‐Specific Treatment in Prison: The Association of ACEs to Treatment Outcomes." Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 28 (5), 1210-1221.  https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2568. (Research in prisons on Healing Trauma and Exploring Trauma) 

Messina, N. and Esparza, P. (2022).  Poking the Bear: The Inapplicability of the RNR Principles for Justice-involved Women.  Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2022.108798

Grella, C., Lovinger, K., & Warda, U.  (January 3, 2013).  “Relationships Among Trauma Exposure, Familial Characteristics, and PTSD: A Case-Control Study of Women in Prison and in the General Population.” Women in the Criminal Justice, 23:1, 63-79. (Research in a women’s prison on Helping Women Recover)

Fedock, G., Kubiak, S., and Bybee, D.  (April 26, 2017).  "Testing a New Intervention with Incarcerated Women Serving Life Sentences."  Research on Social Work Practice, DOI: 10.1177/1049731517700272. (Research in women's prison on Beyond Violence)

Kubiak, S., Kim, W.J., Fedock, G., & Bybee, D. (2014). "Testing a Violence-Prevention Intervention for Incarcerated Women Using a Randomized Control Trial." Research on Social Work Practice, DOI: 10.1177/10497315143534300.  (Research in a women’s prison on Beyond Violence, please contact S.P. Kubiak at spk@msu.edu or Dr. Covington's office at sc@stephaniecovington.com for more information)

Rodriguez, C., Gopalakrishnan, L., Del Cid, M., Folk, J.B., Yonek, J. and Tolou-Shams, M. (2021). “The Ethical Implications of Using Social Media to Engage and Retain Justice-Involved Youth in Behavioral Health Research.”  Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, Vol. 16(4) 356–363. DOI: 10.1177/15562646211039701 (Research on Voices)

Messina, M. (2021). "The Evolution of Gender-and Trauma-Responsive Criminal-Justice Interventions for Women."  HSOA Journal of Addiction & Addictive Disorders, 8: 070.  DOI: 10.24966/AAD-7276/100070