Trauma or Bad Behavior?

Understanding the Interplay Between Trauma and Criminogenic Risk

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

1-3pm EST

Join us for this live virtual training on understanding how trauma and criminogenic risk overlap and interplay to result in behavior. We will cover what criminogenic risk is, what trauma is, how both manifest in behavior, and how staff can better understand and work with youth.

This training is best for justice-involved-youth-serving staff and management. The training will be recorded and provided to registered participants.

Attend This Webinar To Learn

walk away with:

1

What is trauma?

How do we define trauma and why does it matter in the juvenile justice context? We'll go beyond an initial understanding of ACEs and talk discuss how trauma impacts executive functioning, logic, and fight or flight nervous system states.

walk away with:

A deeper understanding of what trauma is

An increased understanding of how trauma impacts the brain's development

An increased understanding of how that brain development impacts criminogenic risk and juvenile justice treatment

The ability to apply a trauma understanding to a juvenile justice context

walk away with:

2

What is criminogenic risk?

What do we mean by criminogenic risk? What are the factors (individual personality characteristics, life circumstances, and social norms) that contribute to juvenile offending? And how do we mitigate or address risk in a juvenile justice setting?

walk away with:

An increased understanding of what criminogenic risk is in general and the "central 8" domains

Awareness of how juvenile justice services should intend to impact risk

An understanding of why focusing on criminogenic risk is better for juvenile justice outcomes than previous practices

A shifted paradigm of the role of juvenile justice in punishment vs restoration

walk away with:

3

How should we manage behavior?

Based on this increased understanding of trauma and criminogenic risk, we'll discuss how we should approach the management of behavior in a juvenile justice setting?

walk away with:

The ability to assess the causal factors of behavior, whether those stem from trauma or risk

An increased ability to view behaviors as reflections of trauma and risk rather than a personal affront

An understanding of the necessary precursors to addressing risk in a population that has trauma exposure

A shifted approach to addressing behavior

presented by:

Dr. Jodi Petersen,

CEO at Petersen Research Consultants

Dr. Jodi Petersen has a doctorate degree in Ecological-Community Psychology from Michigan State University and focuses on helping organizations define, gather, and use data to increase their impact. She expertise in helping human services organizations become more trauma responsive and helping criminal justice organizations implement criminogenic risk assessment instruments to reduce bias, match clients to the most appropriate and impactful programs, and decrease repeat offending.