Jeffrey J Shook
Biographic Data
| ID | 3595039 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeffrey J Shook |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeffrey J |
| FAMILY NAME | Shook |
| SIGNATURE | SHOOK J J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pittsburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5443-6163 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 192 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Unionization in Healthcare: Examining Working Conditions and Worker Mental Health Outcomes in Hospital Settings
This study examines the association between unionization, working conditions, and mental health among hospital healthcare workers. Survey data were collected from 1,466 unionized and non-unionized hospital workers in a city in Western Pennsylvania. Using propensity score matching to control for confounding factors, we found that unionization is significantly associated with predictable raises, not holding multiple jobs, not working overtime due t…
Covid-19-Era Government Cash Transfers and One Year After: Material Hardship and Mental Health Among Full-Time Hospital Workers
Diverging Trajectories of Child Externalizing Behavior by Family Economic Status at Birth: The Mediating Role of Neighborhood Poverty
From going on vacation to falling off a benefits cliff: Understanding the Range of Low-Wage Workers’ Perceptions of a Union-Negotiated Wage Increase
Social workers have long been active in social and political organizing to ensure a living wage. Yet recent social work research largely neglects efforts to raise wages and effective means for organizing to do so. This paper draws on in-depth interviews from a longitudinal study of low-wage hospital workers who formed a union and negotiated annual, incremental wage increases to achieve a $15 minimum wage floor to understand their perceptions of t…
Do wage increases help? Wage increases and material hardships among low-wage hospital workers
This study examines whether and how wage increases are associated with hardships experienced by low-wage workers and their strategies to manage these hardships. Data are drawn from a survey of 166 hospital service, clerical, and technical workers at a large hospital in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Following an initial wage increase, workers experienced fewer hardships and used fewer strategies to make ends meet, such as financial support from famil…
Using research to build power: The Pittsburgh Wage study
Social workers seek to address numerous forms of oppression. While our research has focused on extensively documenting problems, solutions often remain out of grasp. Many schools of social work remain entrenched in traditional academic structures focused on narrow measures of academic success and impact. This article critiques these measures, proposing a framework for using research to build community power for societal impact. Using the Pittsbur…
Procedural justice and legal socialization among juvenile offenders: The role of defense attorneys
Research is increasingly focusing on how young people interpret their experiences with the legal system and whether and how this shapes attitudes and beliefs about the system. This study adds to the extant literature by examining the relationship between perceptions of procedural justice and attitudes toward the law and legal system for a sample of youth ( N = 227) in residential placements. Specifically, it focuses on how youths’ perceptions of …
Moving Beyond Poverty: Effects of Low-Wage Work on Individual, Social, and Family Well-Being
Social work has long been committed to eliminating poverty, which is at the root of many of the social issues and challenges we address. Over 40% of the U.S. workforce makes less than $15/hour, and the accumulating evidence suggests this is not enough to meet basic needs. In this introduction to a special issue about low-wage work, we describe what is known regarding the experiences and well-being of low-wage workers, as well as promising policy …
From Scarcity to Investment: The Range of Strategies Used by Low-Income Parents With “Good” Low-Wage Jobs
Low-wage workers have borne the brunt of the changing labor market, including wage stagnation, growing income inequality, and increasingly unstable work environments. Most research on low-wage workers focuses on precarious minimum wage employment; however, some low-wage workers hold jobs earning more than minimum wage with consistent, full-time hours. This study explores strategies parents in these “good” low-wage jobs use to provide for their ch…
Racial/ethnic disparities in prior mental health service use among incarcerated adolescents
Social Justice for Crossover Youth: The Intersection of the Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems
Social workers are critical to promoting racial and social justice. "Crossover youth," a term used to describe youths who have contact with both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems, are an especially vulnerable but often overlooked population with whom social workers engage. A disproportionate number of crossover youth are African American. Empirical research on crossover youth is growing, but such scholarship rarely engages with a hum…
Placement type matters: Placement experiences in relation to justice system involvement among child welfare-involved youth and young adults
Out-of-home placement in the child welfare system is related to justice system involvement. Yet, few studies address the similarities and differences of child welfare placement types in relation to justice system involvement within the same sample of youth, which can provide a more nuanced understanding of the relationship between the two. Utilizing a sample of child welfare youth with substantial out-of-home placements (N = 794), we investigate …
Developmental Trajectories and Predictors of Juvenile Detention, Placement, and Jail Among Youth with Out-of-Home Child Welfare Placement
Youth who experience out-of-home placement in the child welfare system are more likely to have justice system involvement. However, research has yet to fully address the underlying heterogeneity of trajectories and trajectory groups regarding substantial justice system involvement within this population. Using administrative data from a child welfare placement sample of 794 children and youth in a large, urban county in Pennsylvania, this longitu…
Looking Back and Thinking Forward: Examining the Consequences of Policies and Practices That Treat Juveniles as Adults
This article examines the consequences of legislative changes that eased the process of treating juveniles as adults. Overall, it finds evidence that there has been an increase in the number of juveniles sent to the criminal court and the majority either remain in the community or return to the community shortly after serving a jail or prison sentence. In light of geographic and racial/ethnic disparities in transfer, differences in the programs a…
Juvenile or adult? Negotiating and contesting childhood in the courtroom
How different are their experiences and outcomes? Comparing aged out and other child welfare involved youth
Place, power, and possibility: Remaking social work with children and youth
Early starters: Which type of criminal onset matters most for delinquent careers
Exploring the Variation in Drug Selling Among Adolescents in the United States
Conducting Research in Juvenile and Criminal Justice Settings
The growth of the criminal justice system poses a number of significant problems that require ongoing research efforts by scholars across multiple disciplines. Despite the impact that the criminal justice system has on client populations served by social workers and related professions, there are few practical sources available to guide research in these settings. Conducting Research in Juvenile and Criminal Justice Settings: Strategies and Issue…
Child maltreatment in an incarcerated sample in China: Prediction for crime types in adulthood
Why youth leave care: Understandings of adulthood and transition successes and challenges among youth aging out of child welfare
An empirical portrait of youthful offenders who sell drugs
Patterns of mental health, substance abuse, and justice system involvement among youth aging out of child welfare
Although research on youth aging out of the child welfare system has increased, there has been limited focus on how their experiences vary. In particular, there is a need to examine patterns in the involvement of these youth in other systems, which indicate constellations of challenges facing these young people as they transition out of care and into adulthood. Using administrative data from a large birth cohort of individuals born between 1985 a…
The meaning and making of childhood in the era of globalization: Challenges for social work
Why youth leave care: Understandings of adulthood and transition successes and challenges among youth aging out of child welfare
Aging Out of Foster Care and Legal Involvement: Toward a Typology of Risk
This article uses data from a study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health to explore variation in the risk of legal involvement among youths who have aged out of the child welfare system. Employing latent class analysis, it empirically derives subgroups of youths with common or shared characteristics of risk. The analyses identify four distinct subgroups: the low‐risk, moderate‐risk, high‐risk externalizing psychopathology, and high‐r…
Early starters: Which type of criminal onset matters most for delinquent careers
The importance of friends among foster youth aging out of care: Cluster profiles of deviant peer affiliations
How different are their experiences and outcomes? Comparing aged out and other child welfare involved youth
Social Justice for Crossover Youth: The Intersection of the Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems
Social workers are critical to promoting racial and social justice. "Crossover youth," a term used to describe youths who have contact with both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems, are an especially vulnerable but often overlooked population with whom social workers engage. A disproportionate number of crossover youth are African American. Empirical research on crossover youth is growing, but such scholarship rarely engages with a hum…
The meaning and making of childhood in the era of globalization: Challenges for social work
Developmental Trajectories and Predictors of Juvenile Detention, Placement, and Jail Among Youth with Out-of-Home Child Welfare Placement
Youth who experience out-of-home placement in the child welfare system are more likely to have justice system involvement. However, research has yet to fully address the underlying heterogeneity of trajectories and trajectory groups regarding substantial justice system involvement within this population. Using administrative data from a child welfare placement sample of 794 children and youth in a large, urban county in Pennsylvania, this longitu…
Racial Disproportionality in Juvenile Justice: The Interaction of Race and Geography in Pretrial Detention for Violent and Serious Offenses
Contesting Childhood in the US Justice System: The transfer of juveniles to adult criminal court
Recent legislative enactments have altered the boundary between US juvenile and criminal justice systems. Youth that were previously adjudicated as juveniles are increasingly being labeled 'adults' and tried in the criminal court. This article begins with a review of policy and practice changes in the transfer of children to the criminal court. Through a discussion of relevant social and political discourses, the author examines the meanings of t…
Procedural justice and legal socialization among juvenile offenders: The role of defense attorneys
Research is increasingly focusing on how young people interpret their experiences with the legal system and whether and how this shapes attitudes and beliefs about the system. This study adds to the extant literature by examining the relationship between perceptions of procedural justice and attitudes toward the law and legal system for a sample of youth ( N = 227) in residential placements. Specifically, it focuses on how youths’ perceptions of …
Exploring the Variation in Drug Selling Among Adolescents in the United States
An empirical portrait of youthful offenders who sell drugs
Place, power, and possibility: Remaking social work with children and youth
Are girls really becoming more delinquent? Testing the gender convergence hypothesis by race and ethnicity, 1976–2005
Structured decision making in juvenile justice: Judges' and probation officers' perceptions and use
Using research to build power: The Pittsburgh Wage study
Social workers seek to address numerous forms of oppression. While our research has focused on extensively documenting problems, solutions often remain out of grasp. Many schools of social work remain entrenched in traditional academic structures focused on narrow measures of academic success and impact. This article critiques these measures, proposing a framework for using research to build community power for societal impact. Using the Pittsbur…
Child maltreatment in an incarcerated sample in China: Prediction for crime types in adulthood
From going on vacation to falling off a benefits cliff: Understanding the Range of Low-Wage Workers’ Perceptions of a Union-Negotiated Wage Increase
Social workers have long been active in social and political organizing to ensure a living wage. Yet recent social work research largely neglects efforts to raise wages and effective means for organizing to do so. This paper draws on in-depth interviews from a longitudinal study of low-wage hospital workers who formed a union and negotiated annual, incremental wage increases to achieve a $15 minimum wage floor to understand their perceptions of t…
Placement type matters: Placement experiences in relation to justice system involvement among child welfare-involved youth and young adults
Out-of-home placement in the child welfare system is related to justice system involvement. Yet, few studies address the similarities and differences of child welfare placement types in relation to justice system involvement within the same sample of youth, which can provide a more nuanced understanding of the relationship between the two. Utilizing a sample of child welfare youth with substantial out-of-home placements (N = 794), we investigate …
Racial/ethnic disparities in prior mental health service use among incarcerated adolescents
Looking Back and Thinking Forward: Examining the Consequences of Policies and Practices That Treat Juveniles as Adults
This article examines the consequences of legislative changes that eased the process of treating juveniles as adults. Overall, it finds evidence that there has been an increase in the number of juveniles sent to the criminal court and the majority either remain in the community or return to the community shortly after serving a jail or prison sentence. In light of geographic and racial/ethnic disparities in transfer, differences in the programs a…
Contesting Childhood in the US Justice System: The transfer of juveniles to adult criminal court
Recent legislative enactments have altered the boundary between US juvenile and criminal justice systems. Youth that were previously adjudicated as juveniles are increasingly being labeled 'adults' and tried in the criminal court. This article begins with a review of policy and practice changes in the transfer of children to the criminal court. Through a discussion of relevant social and political discourses, the author examines the meanings of t…
The Future for Social Work in Juvenile and Adult Criminal Justice
Critical contemporary issues in juvenile and adult criminal justice are identified followed by an examination of particular issues for social workers, including the increase in incarceration, the over representation of people of color, and the numerous negative effects on children. The various roles for social workers in the criminal justice systems are presented and discussed. The paper also addresses the decline of social work professionals in …
Structured decision making in juvenile justice: Judges' and probation officers' perceptions and use
Aging Out of Foster Care and Legal Involvement: Toward a Typology of Risk
This article uses data from a study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health to explore variation in the risk of legal involvement among youths who have aged out of the child welfare system. Employing latent class analysis, it empirically derives subgroups of youths with common or shared characteristics of risk. The analyses identify four distinct subgroups: the low‐risk, moderate‐risk, high‐risk externalizing psychopathology, and high‐r…
Are girls really becoming more delinquent? Testing the gender convergence hypothesis by race and ethnicity, 1976–2005
The importance of friends among foster youth aging out of care: Cluster profiles of deviant peer affiliations
Racial Disproportionality in Juvenile Justice: The Interaction of Race and Geography in Pretrial Detention for Violent and Serious Offenses
The meaning and making of childhood in the era of globalization: Challenges for social work
Why youth leave care: Understandings of adulthood and transition successes and challenges among youth aging out of child welfare
An empirical portrait of youthful offenders who sell drugs
Patterns of mental health, substance abuse, and justice system involvement among youth aging out of child welfare
Although research on youth aging out of the child welfare system has increased, there has been limited focus on how their experiences vary. In particular, there is a need to examine patterns in the involvement of these youth in other systems, which indicate constellations of challenges facing these young people as they transition out of care and into adulthood. Using administrative data from a large birth cohort of individuals born between 1985 a…
Conducting Research in Juvenile and Criminal Justice Settings
The growth of the criminal justice system poses a number of significant problems that require ongoing research efforts by scholars across multiple disciplines. Despite the impact that the criminal justice system has on client populations served by social workers and related professions, there are few practical sources available to guide research in these settings. Conducting Research in Juvenile and Criminal Justice Settings: Strategies and Issue…
Child maltreatment in an incarcerated sample in China: Prediction for crime types in adulthood
Juvenile or adult? Negotiating and contesting childhood in the courtroom
How different are their experiences and outcomes? Comparing aged out and other child welfare involved youth
Place, power, and possibility: Remaking social work with children and youth
Early starters: Which type of criminal onset matters most for delinquent careers
Exploring the Variation in Drug Selling Among Adolescents in the United States
Developmental Trajectories and Predictors of Juvenile Detention, Placement, and Jail Among Youth with Out-of-Home Child Welfare Placement
Youth who experience out-of-home placement in the child welfare system are more likely to have justice system involvement. However, research has yet to fully address the underlying heterogeneity of trajectories and trajectory groups regarding substantial justice system involvement within this population. Using administrative data from a child welfare placement sample of 794 children and youth in a large, urban county in Pennsylvania, this longitu…
Looking Back and Thinking Forward: Examining the Consequences of Policies and Practices That Treat Juveniles as Adults
This article examines the consequences of legislative changes that eased the process of treating juveniles as adults. Overall, it finds evidence that there has been an increase in the number of juveniles sent to the criminal court and the majority either remain in the community or return to the community shortly after serving a jail or prison sentence. In light of geographic and racial/ethnic disparities in transfer, differences in the programs a…
Racial/ethnic disparities in prior mental health service use among incarcerated adolescents
Social Justice for Crossover Youth: The Intersection of the Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems
Social workers are critical to promoting racial and social justice. "Crossover youth," a term used to describe youths who have contact with both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems, are an especially vulnerable but often overlooked population with whom social workers engage. A disproportionate number of crossover youth are African American. Empirical research on crossover youth is growing, but such scholarship rarely engages with a hum…
Placement type matters: Placement experiences in relation to justice system involvement among child welfare-involved youth and young adults
Out-of-home placement in the child welfare system is related to justice system involvement. Yet, few studies address the similarities and differences of child welfare placement types in relation to justice system involvement within the same sample of youth, which can provide a more nuanced understanding of the relationship between the two. Utilizing a sample of child welfare youth with substantial out-of-home placements (N = 794), we investigate …
Moving Beyond Poverty: Effects of Low-Wage Work on Individual, Social, and Family Well-Being
Social work has long been committed to eliminating poverty, which is at the root of many of the social issues and challenges we address. Over 40% of the U.S. workforce makes less than $15/hour, and the accumulating evidence suggests this is not enough to meet basic needs. In this introduction to a special issue about low-wage work, we describe what is known regarding the experiences and well-being of low-wage workers, as well as promising policy …
From Scarcity to Investment: The Range of Strategies Used by Low-Income Parents With “Good” Low-Wage Jobs
Low-wage workers have borne the brunt of the changing labor market, including wage stagnation, growing income inequality, and increasingly unstable work environments. Most research on low-wage workers focuses on precarious minimum wage employment; however, some low-wage workers hold jobs earning more than minimum wage with consistent, full-time hours. This study explores strategies parents in these “good” low-wage jobs use to provide for their ch…
Psychology (24 works) · Political science (20 works) · Sociology (15 works) · Economic Justice (13 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (12 works) · Criminology (12 works) · Law (12 works) · Medicine (12 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (11 works) · Developmental psychology (11 works)