Research Agenda
Dr. Barnes-Lee conducts community-engaged, policy-relevant research that aims to prevent juvenile legal system involvement for historically marginalized youth who demonstrate a disproportionately higher risk of being referred to law enforcement in schools. Her research also involves partnering with juvenile court administrators to co-develop and evaluate strengths-based interventions that aim to mitigate racial and ethnic disparities in the juvenile legal system. She integrates theoretical frameworks and methodologies from psychology, social work, and sociology to reach these aims. Dr. Barnes-Lee’s publications primarily represent her research on how to create racial and gender equity in the validity of juvenile risk and needs assessment.
List of Publications
*denotes student author
Barnes-Lee, A. R., Goodson, M., & Scott, N. (2023). Dynamic risk and differential impacts of probation: Examining age, race, and gender as responsivity factors. Law and Human Behavior, 47(4), 526-537. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000534
Barnes-Lee, A. R. & *Petkus. A. (2023). A scoping review of strengths-based risk and needs assessments for youth involved in the juvenile legal system. Children and Youth Services Review, 148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.106878
Anderson, V. R., *Rubino, L.L., *McKenna, N.C., Campbell, C.A *Petkus, A. & Barnes-Lee, A.R. (2021). Effectiveness of in-home detention tethers for female juvenile offenders. Justice Evaluation Journal, 5(1), 19-35. https://doi.org/10.1080/24751979.2021.1933570
Barnes-Lee, A. R. (2020). Development of the Protective Factors for Reducing Juvenile Recidivism: A strengths-based approach to risk assessment. Criminal Justice & Behavior, 47(11), 1371-1389. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854820949601
Barnes-Lee, A. R. & Campbell, C. (2020). Protective Factors for Reducing Juvenile Recidivism (PFRJR): An examination of incremental and differential predictive validity. Criminal Justice & Behavior, 47(11), 1390-1408. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854820952115
Campbell, C., Barnes-Lee, A. R., *Papp, J., *D’Amato, C., Anderson V., & *Moses, N. (2020) Understanding the role of neighborhood disadvantage and individual differences on time to recidivism among youth. Criminal Justice & Behavior, 47(9), 1079-1096. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854820924834
Onifade, E., Barnes, A.R., Campbell, C, *Mandalari, A. (2019). Risk assessment as a mechanism for reducing differential treatment of minorities by a juvenile justice system. Journal of Ethnicity & Criminal Justice, 17(3), 203-227. https://doi.org/10.1080/15377938.2019.1619647
Campbell, C., *Papp, J. *Miller, W., Barnes, A. R., Onifade, E., & Anderson, V. (2019). Assessing interventions needs of juvenile probationers: An application of latent profile analysis to a risk need responsivity assessment model. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 46(1), 82-100. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854818796869
Campbell, C., *Papp, J. Barnes, A. R., Onifade, E., & Anderson, V. (2018). Risk assessment and juvenile justice: An interaction between risk, race, and gender. Criminology & Public Policy, 17(3), 525-545. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12377
Campbell, N. Barnes, A.R., *Mandalari, A. Onifade, E., Campbell, C., Anderson, V., Kashy, D. & Davidson, W. (2017) Disproportionate minority contact in the juvenile justice system: An investigation of racial disparities at program referral. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, 16(2),77-98. https://doi.org/10.1080/15377938.2017.1347544
Barnes, A. R., Campbell, N., Anderson, V., Campbell, C., Onifade, E., & Davidson, W. (2016). Validity of initial, exit, and dynamic juvenile risk assessment: An examination across race and gender. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 55(1), 21-38. https://doi.org/10.1080/10509674.2015.1107004
Anderson, V., Barnes, A. R., Campbell, N., Campbell, C., Onifade, E., & Davidson, W. (2016) Gender and adolescents’ risk for recidivism in truancy court. Journal of Juvenile Justice, 5(1), 93-110.
Anderson, V., Davidson, W., Barnes, A. R., Campbell, C., Peterson, J. & Onifade, E. (2016). The differential predictive validity of the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory: The role of gender. Psychology, Crime and Law, 22(7), 666-677. https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2016.1174861
Anderson, V. R., *Walerych, B. M., Campbell, N. A., Barnes, A. R., Davidson, W. S., Campbell, C. A., Onifade, E., & Petersen, J. (2016). Gender-responsive intervention for female juvenile offenders: A quasi-experimental outcome evaluation. Feminist Criminology, 14(1), 24-44. https://doi.org/10.1177/1557085116677749
Lee, J., & Barnes, A. R. (2015). Predominantly white institutions: Transition programs to address academic underpreparedness and experiences of discrimination. Translational Issues in Psychological Sciences, 1(4), 401-410. https://doi.org/10.1037/tps0000043
Onifade, E., Barnes, A. R., Campbell, C., Anderson, V., Peterson, J., & Davidson, W. (2014). Juvenile offenders and experiences of neglect: The validity of the YLS/CMI with dual-status youth. Children and Youth Services Review, 46, 112-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.08.004
Campbell, C., Onifade, E., Barnes, A. R., Peterson, J., Davidson, W., Anderson, V. & Gordon, D. (2014). Screening offenders: The exploration of a Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI) brief screener. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 53(1), 19-34. https://doi.org/10.1080/10509674.2013.861314
Burt, S.A., Barnes, A. R., McGue, M., & Iacono, W. G. (2008). Parental divorce and adolescent delinquency: Ruling out the impact of common genes. Developmental Psychology, 44(6), 1668-1677. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0013477