The Youth Protective Factors Study: The Influence of Protective Factors and Strength-Based Services on Youth Reoffending

🗓️ Wednesday, April 23, 2025
⏰ 1:00pm – 2:30pm EST
🖥️ Virtual – Free to Register

Hosted by The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center, UMass Chan Medical School, and UC Berkley’s Risk-Resilience Lab. The webinar – The Influence of Protective Factors and Strength-Based Services on Youth Reoffending – will share key takeaways from the 2nd brief in the study, which will be released in mid-April. This includes results from a first-of-its-kind survey of protective factors administered to almost 2,000 youth across three states as part of juvenile justice system intake processes. The webinar will also highlight the specific protective factors that mitigate youth reoffending and the impact of receiving strength-based services on youth recidivism and violence. Principal researchers Dr. Gina Vincent, Dr. Jennifer Skeem, and Josh Weber, who oversees the CSG Justice Center’s juvenile justice work, will share implications for juvenile justice case planning, services, and how jurisdictions can best use limited resources to improve public safety and youth outcomes.