Jenny Afkinich
Biographic Data
| ID | 660365 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jenny Afkinich |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jenny |
| FAMILY NAME | Afkinich |
| SIGNATURE | AFKINICH J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maryland, Baltimore |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6316-9909 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Exploring the programmatic landscape: A systematic review of police diversion at arrest
Police-assisted diversion programs in lieu of arrest, or pre-booking, remain understudied. This review catalogs the programmatic details within 47 recent research articles on police diversion programs for adults and examines common themes in promising practices. Four were in the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) model, 15 in the Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) model, two described co-responder models, one a mobile crisis unit (MCU), on…
A systematic review of systems-level strategies to reduce disproportionate minority contact in juvenile justice systems
Police Diversion at Arrest: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Police-initiated diversion programs are an increasingly common intervention to prevent excessive arrests of vulnerable populations. This systematic literature review carefully examined the current state of research to evaluate what is known about these programs and to determine the next steps for the field. Health, human services, legal, and criminal justice databases were searched for empirical research on police-initiated pre-arrest diversion o…
Diversifying the Pipeline of Social Work Students Prepared to Implement Performance Measurement
Equitable opportunities for performance measurement learning among social work graduate students can create a diverse professional pipeline toward higher performing organizations. A Foundation-University partnership was developed to “expand the bench” of students, primarily of color, trained in performance measurement with the Results-Based Accountability (RBA) framework. Through an RBA designed course, 140 (50% of color, and 80% women) students …
Maryland’s infant and early childhood mental health consultation equity efforts
Infant and early childhood mental health consultation (IECMHC) is a national model with proven positive outcomes for children, teachers and classrooms, as well as effectively addressing racial inequity in preschool suspension and expulsion rates. This paper discusses recent efforts in the Maryland IECMHC program to deeply and systematically address equity and increase consultant capacity to understand and address racial inequity within early chil…
Providing Incentives to Youth Participants in Research: A Literature Review
The provision of financial incentives to youth involved in research remains an understudied and contentious issue. Although the practice is common and often accepted, a comprehensive understanding of the current status of the literature regarding the potential benefits and limitations is lacking. The primary question this article seeks to answer is as follows: “What are the concerns and best practices identified in the literature for the appropri…
Incarceration History and Depressive Symptoms Among Women Released from US Correctional Facilities: Does Timing, Duration, or Frequency Matter
Implementation and Impact of Results-Based Accountability Learning: Successes and Challenges With Human Service Professionals of Color in Urban Agencies
A foundation-university partnership was developed to expand the bench of human service professionals (HSPs) of color trained in performance management with the results-based accountability (RBA) framework. Interviews and survey data reflect the RBA learning, application, and implementation experiences among three cohorts of HSPs of color ( n = 39) representing a variety of urban nonprofit and public agencies ( n = 35) in a metropolitan area. The …
Violence Prevention Strategies and School Safety
Objective: More than 800,000 incidents of nonfatal victimizations occur at schools in the U.S. each year, and many additional children witness violence. Victimization has long-lasting health, emotional, and psychological consequences. This study aims to determine whether using diverse strategies—including more types of prevention programs and a wider variety of community groups—is associated with lower rates of violence at school. Method: We cond…
Absorptive capacity in child welfare: Measurement challenges and item development
Promoting successful implementation of evidence-based practices within child welfare agencies necessitates accurately measuring absorptive capacity (i.e., the ability to acquire, assimilate, transform, and exploit knowledge) through valid and reliable assessment. However, a measurement tool does not exist for child welfare agencies. As such, this exploratory study identified existing measures and items relevant to absorptive capacity in child wel…
Absorptive capacity in child welfare: Measurement challenges and item development
Promoting successful implementation of evidence-based practices within child welfare agencies necessitates accurately measuring absorptive capacity (i.e., the ability to acquire, assimilate, transform, and exploit knowledge) through valid and reliable assessment. However, a measurement tool does not exist for child welfare agencies. As such, this exploratory study identified existing measures and items relevant to absorptive capacity in child wel…
Violence Prevention Strategies and School Safety
Objective: More than 800,000 incidents of nonfatal victimizations occur at schools in the U.S. each year, and many additional children witness violence. Victimization has long-lasting health, emotional, and psychological consequences. This study aims to determine whether using diverse strategies—including more types of prevention programs and a wider variety of community groups—is associated with lower rates of violence at school. Method: We cond…
Violence Prevention Strategies and School Safety
Objective: More than 800,000 incidents of nonfatal victimizations occur at schools in the U.S. each year, and many additional children witness violence. Victimization has long-lasting health, emotional, and psychological consequences. This study aims to determine whether using diverse strategies—including more types of prevention programs and a wider variety of community groups—is associated with lower rates of violence at school. Method: We cond…
Absorptive capacity in child welfare: Measurement challenges and item development
Promoting successful implementation of evidence-based practices within child welfare agencies necessitates accurately measuring absorptive capacity (i.e., the ability to acquire, assimilate, transform, and exploit knowledge) through valid and reliable assessment. However, a measurement tool does not exist for child welfare agencies. As such, this exploratory study identified existing measures and items relevant to absorptive capacity in child wel…
Incarceration History and Depressive Symptoms Among Women Released from US Correctional Facilities: Does Timing, Duration, or Frequency Matter
Implementation and Impact of Results-Based Accountability Learning: Successes and Challenges With Human Service Professionals of Color in Urban Agencies
A foundation-university partnership was developed to expand the bench of human service professionals (HSPs) of color trained in performance management with the results-based accountability (RBA) framework. Interviews and survey data reflect the RBA learning, application, and implementation experiences among three cohorts of HSPs of color ( n = 39) representing a variety of urban nonprofit and public agencies ( n = 35) in a metropolitan area. The …
Providing Incentives to Youth Participants in Research: A Literature Review
The provision of financial incentives to youth involved in research remains an understudied and contentious issue. Although the practice is common and often accepted, a comprehensive understanding of the current status of the literature regarding the potential benefits and limitations is lacking. The primary question this article seeks to answer is as follows: “What are the concerns and best practices identified in the literature for the appropri…
Maryland’s infant and early childhood mental health consultation equity efforts
Infant and early childhood mental health consultation (IECMHC) is a national model with proven positive outcomes for children, teachers and classrooms, as well as effectively addressing racial inequity in preschool suspension and expulsion rates. This paper discusses recent efforts in the Maryland IECMHC program to deeply and systematically address equity and increase consultant capacity to understand and address racial inequity within early chil…
Diversifying the Pipeline of Social Work Students Prepared to Implement Performance Measurement
Equitable opportunities for performance measurement learning among social work graduate students can create a diverse professional pipeline toward higher performing organizations. A Foundation-University partnership was developed to “expand the bench” of students, primarily of color, trained in performance measurement with the Results-Based Accountability (RBA) framework. Through an RBA designed course, 140 (50% of color, and 80% women) students …
Police Diversion at Arrest: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Police-initiated diversion programs are an increasingly common intervention to prevent excessive arrests of vulnerable populations. This systematic literature review carefully examined the current state of research to evaluate what is known about these programs and to determine the next steps for the field. Health, human services, legal, and criminal justice databases were searched for empirical research on police-initiated pre-arrest diversion o…
A systematic review of systems-level strategies to reduce disproportionate minority contact in juvenile justice systems
Exploring the programmatic landscape: A systematic review of police diversion at arrest
Police-assisted diversion programs in lieu of arrest, or pre-booking, remain understudied. This review catalogs the programmatic details within 47 recent research articles on police diversion programs for adults and examines common themes in promising practices. Four were in the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) model, 15 in the Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) model, two described co-responder models, one a mobile crisis unit (MCU), on…
Psychology (6 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · Accountability (2 works) · Actuarial science (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (2 works) · Economics (2 works)