Tracey A Skilling

Datos Biográficos

ID4126415
NOMBRETracey A Skilling
NOMBRESTracey A
APELLIDOSkilling
FIRMASKILLING T A
AFILIACIONESCentre for Addiction and Mental Health
ORCID0000-0003-1898-2519
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS19
TOTAL DE CITAS10
TOTAL COMO AUTOR19
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2001
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H2

  • An integrative review of mental health and substance use treatment guidance for justice-involved youth

    Open AccessMegan J Magier, Evelyn Vingilis et al.ARTICLEHealth & Justice2026

    Youth involved in the justice system (YIJS) experience disproportionately high rates of mental health and substance use concerns, yet guidance for the delivery of treatment remains fragmented. This review aims to synthesize literature describing guidance for mental health and substance use services for YIJS. We conducted an integrative literature review following methods recommended by Whittemore and Knafl. Searches of four electronic databases a…

  • Risk Metrics and the Five-Level System for the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory in Two Samples of Canadian Justice System Involved Youth

    Open AccessMaria Khan, Tracey A Skilling et al.ARTICLECriminal Justice and Behavior2026

    Comparing results across risk assessment tools is challenging due to varying methodologies. Implementing the Five-Level system in adult tools shows promise, but it has not been examined with youth assessments. Using a forensic and a community sample of justice-involved youth in Ontario, Canada, we calculated risk metrics–percentiles, risk ratios, and recidivism rates–separately, by gender, for the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory …

  • Examining the Reliability and Validity of the Criminal Sentiments Scale–Modified and the Pride in Delinquency Scale in Black and White Canadian Justice System-Involved Youth

    Open AccessCassandra R Stevenson, Michele Peterson-Badali et al.ARTICLECriminal Justice and Behavior2026

    Procriminal attitudes, key recidivism predictors in the Risk–Need–Responsivity framework, differ among Black and White individuals. However, the procriminal attitudes domain and associated measures have not been critically examined based on race. We examined psychometric properties of the Criminal Sentiments Scale–Modified (CSS-M) and the Pride in Delinquency Scale (PIDS) in 473 justice system-involved Black and White youth. Both scales showed ac…

  • A qualitative study of Canadian mental health service providers’ perspectives on mental health guidelines for youth involved in the justice system

    Open AccessMegan J Magier, Melissa Blackburn et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2025Referencias: 3

  • Examining the Measurement Invariance and Psychometrics of the Drug Abuse Screening Test for Adolescents (Dast-A) in Justice-Involved Youth

    Open AccessAlexandra Mogadam, Tracey A Skilling et al.ARTICLECriminal Justice and Behavior2024

    Substance abuse is a serious mental health concern and reoffense risk factor for justice-involved youth. The Drug Abuse Screening Test for Adolescents (DAST-A) is used to assess drug abuse in different contexts, yet its psychometric properties have not yet been thoroughly explored in youth justice samples. We examined the measurement invariance and psychometrics of the DAST-A in a diverse sample of 741 justice-involved youth ( N young men = 636).…

  • Assessment of Strengths in Criminal Justice System-Impacted Youth

    Open AccessSonia Finseth, Michele Peterson-Badali et al.ARTICLECriminal Justice and Behavior2023

    The Structured Assessment of Protective Factors for Violence Risk-Youth Version (SAPROF-YV; de Vries Robbé et al., 2015) was designed specifically to assess strengths as a complement to risk assessment tools. We retrospectively examined its reliability and validity in 305 Canadian community-sentenced youth, both in the overall sample and in male and female, and Black and White, subgroups. In all groups, the total score had strong internal consist…

  • Gender Differences in the Prevalence and Predictive Validity of Protective Factors in a Sample of Justice-Involved Youth

    Open AccessJulie Goodwin, Shelley L Brown et al.ARTICLEYouth Violence and Juvenile Justice2022

    Research on strengths and violent behavior in justice-involved youth suggests that the prevalence and predictive validity of strength factors vary as a function of gender. Interviews conducted between 2009 and 2012 with 185 justice-involved Canadian youth ( N female = 84, N male = 101; 67% violent index offence) were coded retrospectively using two strength measures for violence prediction: the protective domain of the Structured Assessment of Vi…

  • Promoting Rehabilitation Among Youth on Probation

    Open AccessSonia Finseth, Michele Peterson-Badali et al.ARTICLECriminal Justice and Behavior2022

    Despite calls for strength-focused approaches in juvenile justice, there is little research on the role of strengths in probation case management. This is one of the first studies to examine whether strengths function as specific responsivity factors as proposed by the risk–need–responsivity model, through mediating and moderating effects, and findings lend preliminary support to this conceptualization. In a sample of 261 justice-involved youth, …

  • A Latent Class Analysis of the Antisocial Attitudes Domain of the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory

    Open AccessMatt Costaris, Michele Peterson-Badali et al.ARTICLECriminal Justice and Behavior2022

    Antisocial attitudes are a strong predictor of reoffending and frequently incorporated into risk assessment tools, including the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI). However, YLS/CMI Attitudes/Orientation domain items appear to cover different issues—antisocial attitudes and willingness to engage in treatment—which have different implications for case management and service provision. Latent Class Analysis of data from 798 …

  • Psychosocial Intervention for Youth With High Externalizing Behaviors and Aggression Is Associated With Improvement in Impulsivity and Brain Gray Matter Volume Changes

    Open AccessNathan J Kolla, Areti Smaragdi et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2022

    Background: Stop, Now And Plan (SNAP) is a cognitive behavioral-based psychosocial intervention that has a strong evidence base for treating youth with high aggression and externalizing behaviors, many of whom have disruptive behavior disorders. In a pre-post design, we tested whether SNAP could improve externalizing behaviors, assessed by the parent-rated Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and also improve behavioral measures of impulsivity in chil…

  • The Relationship Between Self-Esteem, Gender, Criminal Attitudes, and Recidivism in a Youth Justice Sample

    Open AccessShreena Thapa, Shelley L Brown et al.ARTICLECriminal Justice and Behavior2021

    The Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) model deems criminal attitudes a high-priority criminogenic target for both genders while self-esteem is considered noncriminogenic, hence low priority. In contrast, self-esteem is afforded greater priority among gender-responsive researchers, while the construct of criminal attitudes is afforded lesser priority. We examined whether self-esteem and gender moderated the relationship between criminal attitudes and r…

  • Is a 7-Item Combination from the YLS/CMI an Effective Screening Strategy for Risk to Reoffend? Findings from a Cross-National Study

    Open AccessMiguel Basto-Pereira, Lidón Villanueva et al.ARTICLECriminal Justice and Behavior2021

    Several brief screening measures for youth risk to reoffend have been developed; however, these measures have been tested primarily in high-income English-speaking countries and their predictive validity is limited. A recent study proposed a screening strategy using a combination of seven items from the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI). Predictive validity for this strategy was better than that reported in studies of pre…

  • Complex Trauma and Criminogenic Needs in a Youth Justice Sample

    Open AccessShelley L Brown, Kayla A Wanamaker et al.ARTICLECriminal Justice and Behavior2021

    How complex trauma features and criminogenic needs co-vary within youth justice populations requires examination. This study applies latent profile analysis to a sample of 311 justice-involved Canadian youth (211 male, 100 female) to identify if unique profiles of youth would emerge delineated by different combinations of comorbid needs pulled from complex trauma and personality/social learning models. Two similar profiles emerged for males and f…

  • IRT-Based Differential Item Functioning Analysis of the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory Across Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Youth

    Open AccessShiming Huang, Michele Peterson-Badali et al.ARTICLECriminal Justice and Behavior2021

    Even though risk assessments are routinely conducted in the criminal justice system to inform sentencing and case management, their cross-cultural applicability remains contested. This study investigated the generalizability of the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI), a widely implemented youth forensic risk assessment instrument, using an Item Response Theory framework, in a sample of Indigenous ( n = 205) and non-Indigeno…

  • Criminogenic Need Profiles Among Substance-Using Justice-Involved Youth

    Open AccessElisea De Somma, Jala Rizeq et al.ARTICLECriminal Justice and Behavior2021

    The relationship between juvenile offending and substance use is well-documented. Understanding this relationship in the context of other criminogenic needs could lead to more effective treatment programming, in an effort to reduce future justice system involvement. This study retrospectively classified 276 substance-using youth in the justice system into unique profiles based on the nature and severity of self-reported substance use and criminog…

  • The Relationship Between Trauma, Recidivism Risk, and Reoffending in Male and Female Juvenile Offenders

    Open AccessNina Vitopoulos, Nina A Vitopoulos et al.ARTICLEJournal of Child & Adolescent…2018

  • Intelligence, Executive Functions, and Decision Making as Predictors of Antisocial Behavior in an Adolescent Sample of Justice‐Involved Youth and a Community Comparison Group

    Open AccessGeoff Brian Sorge, Tracey A Skilling et al.ARTICLEJournal of Behavioral Decision…2015Citada por: 1Referencias: 8

    A clinical sample of justice‐involved male adolescents and a community comparison group were compared on a battery of cognitive ability tasks (intelligence and executive functions), decision making measures, and other individual difference measures, including ratings of self‐control, recognition of morally debatable behaviors, and antisocial beliefs. The clinical sample displayed lower performance on cognitive abilities and decision making than t…

  • Mental health and justice system involvement

    Sarah Mccormick, Sarah A McCormick et al.ARTICLEPsychology Public Policy and Law2015Citada por: 5

    This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the APA journal. It is not the copy of record

  • The Construct of Psychopathy

    Grant T Harris, Tracey A Skilling et al.ARTICLECrime and Justice2001Citada por: 4

    As a psychological construct, psychopathy has undergone recent change, and there is still disagreement as to its fundamental character. Nevertheless, it can be reliably and validly measured with such behaviors as callousness, impulsivity, sensation seeking, dishonesty, emotional detachment, extreme selfishness, antisociality, belligerence, juvenile delinquency, and sexual promiscuity. Hare's Psychopathy Checklist-Revised is the best available ass…