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Position:  Professor
Research Interests:Juvenile Delinquency
School-Based Delinquency Preve
Denise C. Gottfredson is a Professor at the University of Maryland Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology. She received a Ph.D. in Social Relations from The Johns Hopkins University, where she specialized in Sociology of Education. D. Gottfredson's research interests include delinquency and delinquency prevention, and particularly the effects of school environments on youth behavior.

Much of Gottfredson’s career has been devoted to developing effective collaborations between researchers and practitioners. She recently completed randomized experiments to test the effectiveness of the Baltimore City Drug Treatment Court and the Strengthening Families Program in Washington D.C. She is currently directing a randomized trial of the effects of after school programs on academic outcomes and the development of problem behavior.



Education Johns Hopkins University
Major/Specialty Sociology
E-Mail Address dgottfredson@crim.umd.edu
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6/1/2005Effects of Enhanced After School Programs on Educational Outcomes: A Randomized Trial. Considerable government funds are being invested in after-school programming in the U.S. However, rigorous research on the effects of ASPs is sparse. This research, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, provides a rigorous test of the effects of enhanced after school programs (ASPs) on academic outcomes and related student behaviors.
Publications:
download/viewThe Baltimore City Drug Treatment Court: One-Year Results from a Randomized Study
download/viewEffectiveness of Drug Treatment Courts: Evidence from a Randomized Trial
download/viewThe Baltimore City Drug Treatment Court: 3-Year Self-Report Outcome Study
download/viewLong-Term Effects of Participation in the Baltimore City Drug Treatment Court: Results from an Experimental Study
download/viewThe Effects of Drug Treatment and Supervision on Time to Rearrest among Drug Treatment Court Participants
download/viewAttrition From After School Programs: Characteristics of Students who Drop Out
download/viewThe Timing of Property Crime, Violent Crime, and Substance Use among Juveniles
download/viewThe Timing of Delinquent Behavior and its Implications for After-School Programs
download/viewDo After School Programs Reduce Delinquency?
download/viewResearch on After School Programs
download/viewSchool Climate Predictors Of School Disorder: Results from a National Study of Delinquency Prevention in Schools
download/viewAfter-School Programs, Antisocial Behavior, and Positive Youth Development
download/viewThe Strengthening Washington D.C. Families Project
download/viewHow drug treatment courts work: an analysis of mediators.
download/viewDistinguishing characteristics of effective and ineffective after-school programs to prevent delinquency and victimization.
download/viewSchool Crime Control and Prevention
download/viewThe Impact of After-School Programs on the Routine Activities of Middle School Students: Results from a Randomized, Controlled Trial
download/viewFinal Report: A Randomized Trial of the Effects of an Enhanced After-School Program for Middle-School Students
download/viewDrug Use, Drug Treatment, and Crime: An Examination of Intra-Individual Variation in a Drug-Court Population.
download/viewAn Experimental Evaluation of the All Stars Prevention Curriculum