Volunteer Undergraduate Research Assistant Opportunity Job DescriptionWe are seeking dedicated and detail-oriented Student Research Assistants to contribute to an important qualitative study. This research involves the systematic observation and reliable coding of information from California parole hearings conducted virtually via…
From Seoul to Berkeley: Wondeok’s Journey into Policy Research We’re excited to welcome Wondeok as the newest Ph.D. student in the Risk-Resilience Lab! Wondeok is a first-year Ph.D. student at UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy. His research focuses…
Promising Practices for Addressing the Needs of Justice-Involved Youth At the meeting of the Correctional Mental Health Leadership Network, hosted by the International Association for Correctional and Forensic Psychology (IACFP), Dr. Jennifer Skeem led a presentation on promising practices for…
Forensic Mental Health in Focus: Dr. Skeem Speaks at Isaac Ray Lecture Dr. Jennifer Skeem delivered the 2025 Isaac Ray Memorial Lecture at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s Grand Rounds, hosted by the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.…
Mental Health & Justice: Dr. Skeem at Federal Judicial Conference Dr. Jennifer Skeem joined a panel of national experts at the Federal Judicial Conference for the session Mind, Behavior, and Justice: Mental Health Issues in Criminal Law. This breakout session…
Dr. Jennifer Skeem Leads National Conversation on Mental Health Crisis Response at Quattrone Symposium At the Quattrone Center’s 2025 Spring Symposium “Conversations on Criminal Justice Reform”, Lab Faculty Director Dr. Jennifer Skeem led a session on improving call center responses…
Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Skeem on Her IRLE Faculty Research Award! We’re proud to announce that Dr. Jennifer Skeem has been selected for a 2025–26 Faculty Research Award by UC Berkeley’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE). This…
Top 10 Most-Cited in 2023: Recognizing Our Impact in Criminology & Public Policy We’re proud to announce that our article “Understanding racial disparities in pretrial detention recommendations to shape policy reform”—authored by Jennifer Skeem, Lina Montoya, and Christopher Lowenkamp—was recognized…
New Research: How Protective Factors Reduce Youth Reoffending The latest brief from the Youth Protective Factors Study—a partnership between the CSG Justice Center, UMass Chan Medical School’s Implementation Science and Practice Advances Research Center, and UC Berkeley’s Risk-Resilience Lab—examines how protective…
Explore How Protective Factors Reduce Youth Reoffending—Register for Our Webinar! Join the CSG Justice Center, UMass Chan Medical School’s Implementation Science and Practice Advances Research Center, and UC Berkeley’s Risk-Resilience Lab for a webinar on the latest findings from the…
