PSY-5505 Diversity In Forensic Psychology V3

McKendrick, W. (2020). Interpersonal violence among African American young adult women and the violence interruption process as a bystander intervention. Journal of African American Studies, 24(2), 276–287.
McKendrick (2020) describes the impact of a culturally responsive intervention that focuses on disrupting interpersonal violence (IPV) experienced by African American women in college. The program targeted African American men in college and shows promise in terms of providing a community-oriented program that may reduce IPV among this population.

Radke, A. (2018). Women’s yarning circles: A gender‐specific bail program in one Southeast Queensland Indigenous sentencing court, Australia. Australian Journal of Anthropology, 29(1), 53–69.
Radke (2018) describes one culturally responsive intervention for Indigenous women involved in the Australian criminal justice system.

Stalans, L. (2009). Women’s offending behavior: Evidence-based review of gender differences and gender responsive programs. Victims & Offenders, 4(4), 405–411.
Stalans (2009) discusses various culturally responsive programming for women involved in the criminal justice system. They discuss the core components that are included to address these women’s unique service needs.

Usera, J., & Usera, J. J. (2017). The efficacy of an American Indian culturally-based risk prevention program for upper elementary school youth residing on the Northern Plains Reservations. Journal of Primary Prevention, 38(1/2), 175–194.
Usera and Usera (2017) discuss the efficacy of a culturally responsive intervention seeking to prevent risk behaviors among American Indian elementary school children. Through the incorporation of cultural values, the program seeks to prevent risk behaviors, which may also prevent involvement in the juvenile or criminal justice system among these youth. Their findings suggest some promising results in decreasing risk behaviors.

Vincent, N., McCormack, J., & Johnson, S. (2015). A comprehensive conceptual program model for supporting families surviving a homicide victim. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal, 32(1), 57–64.
Vincent et al. (2015) discuss a model for providing services to individuals who have lost a loved one by homicide. Though not explicitly stated in the article, the model program was designed through work with families who lost loved ones due to gang violence and primarily works with those who are from minoritized races/ethnicities. As such, it represents another example of a culturally responsive forensic intervention.