The current challenging economic climate demands, more than ever, value for money in
service delivery. Every service is required to maximize positive outcomes in the most cost …

Criminology is a fragmented discipline and its key theoretical and empirical insights are
poorly integrated. Situational Action Theory (SAT) was developed to overcome key …

The Social Development Model (SDM) is a life course theory that integrates several extant
criminological theories to specify the interactive social processes that lead to prosocial and …

This study evaluates four group sessions of the Incredible Years (IY) Parenting Training
Program used for the first-time in two child welfare agencies in New York State. Few studies …

This study investigated the relationship between histories of childhood abuse and
aggressive behaviors among adolescent girls involved in child welfare, and determined …

Despite the expansion of evidence-based interventions (EBIs) into child welfare settings,
there are gaps in existing knowledge about how to effectively put them into practice …

This study describes the process of adapting and implementing Girls Aspiring toward
Independence (GAIN), a trauma-focused, group-based therapy adapted from Cognitive …

Although a growing literature defines significant components of systematic and effective
implementation of evidence-based interventions (EBIs), little information exists about real …

Creating organizational change, including implementing evidence based practices, requires
agencies to have supportive learning cultures. Despite ongoing efforts to implement best …

In order to increase access to child mental health evidence‐based interventions (EBI s) for
vulnerable and hard‐to‐engage families involved in the child welfare (CW) system …