Research Papers

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)

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)

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

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)