Talk:Denise Gottfredson

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Personal Life and Education

Gottfredson (née Ruff) married psychologist Gary Gottfredson in 1980.

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Awards

Gottfredson received the Society for Prevention Research Prevention Science Award in May 2005. She received the University of Maryland Outstanding Woman of the Year Award in 2007. She received the Academy of Experimental Criminology Joan McCord Award in 2009. She received the Division of Experimental Criminology, American Society of Criminology Jerry Lee Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015.

"Awards". Society for Prevention Research. Retrieved October 25, 2025.

"2007 Celebration of Women Award Winners". Office of the President. Retrieved October 28, 2025.

"AEC Awards". Division of Experimental Criminology. Retrieved October 28, 2025.

"Professor Gottfredson Recognized by ASC for Lifetime Achievement". Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Retrieved October 28, 2025.

"Professor Gottfredson Selected for 2016 Vollmer Award by ASC". Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Retrieved October 28, 2025. Tdupree03 (talk) 20:13, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

Research

Gottfredson has over 120 publications and over 10,000 citations, with a research focus primarily on the role of schools in juvenile delinquency. This includes school-based prevention strategies, crime in schools, victimization in schools, and the school-to-prison pipeline. Gottfredson also worked with fellow criminologist Terrence Thornberry on the Blueprints for Gang Prevention project, which was sponsored by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. This project explored Functional Family Therapy as an intervention strategy for youth gang involvement.

"Denise C. Gottfredson's research works | University of Maryland, College Park and other places". ResearchGate. Archived from the original on 2025-09-05. Retrieved 2025-10-28.

"Gottfredson, Denise | CCJS l Criminology and Criminal Justice Department l University of Maryland". ccjs.umd.edu. Retrieved 2025-10-09.

Carlton, Mary (March 5, 2020). "Functional Family Therapy–Gangs: Adapting an Evidence-Based Program To Reduce Gang Involvement | National Institute of Justice". nij.ojp.gov. Retrieved 2025-10-28.

School-Based Prevention

In 2001, Gottfredson and colleagues compiled results from 165 prior studies on preventing and addressing problem behaviors within the school system. This meta-analysis found that many prevention strategies lack sufficient research, but can be useful in addressing truancy, substance use, and withdrawal from school. Additionally, the study supported methods that identify and target students in high-risk populations.

Wilson, David B.; Gottfredson, Denise C.; Najaka, Stacy S. (2001-09-01). "School-Based Prevention of Problem Behaviors: A Meta-Analysis". Journal of Quantitative Criminology. 17 (3): 247–272.

As a member of the Society for Prevention Research, Gottfredson aided in publishing a reformed set of standards.

Gottfredson, Denise C.; Cook, Thomas D.; Gardner, Frances E. M.; Gorman-Smith, Deborah; Howe, George W.; Sandler, Irwin N.; Zafft, Kathryn M. (2015-10-01). "Standards of Evidence for Efficacy, Effectiveness, and Scale-up Research in Prevention Science: Next Generation". Prevention Science. 16 (7): 893–926. doi:10.1007/s11121-015-0555-x. ISSN 1573-6695.

Gottfredson has also researched the effects of after school programs on delinquency, finding success in these programs through improvements in social skills and reduced substance use.

Gottfredson, Denise C.; Gerstenblith, Stephanie A.; Soulé, David A.; Womer, Shannon C.; Lu, Shaoli (2004-12-01). "Do After School Programs Reduce Delinquency?". Prevention Science. 5 (4): 253–266. doi:10.1023/B:PREV.0000045359.41696.02. ISSN 1573-6695.

Crime and Victimization in Schools

Gottfredson and her husband, Gary Gottfredson, co-authored Victimization in Schools, which investigated teacher and student victimization. This book reviews factors that increase and decrease victimization rates and the concept of school disorder.

Gottfredson, Gary D.; Gottfredson, Denise C. (2012-12-06). Victimization in Schools. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-1-4684-4985-3.

School-to-Prison Pipeline

A major topic in Gottfredson's recent research is the relationship between school resource officers (SROs) and the school-to-prison pipeline. Gottfredson and Deanna N. Devlin collaborated to investigate the dangers of increasing rates of SROs, such as leading to more severe disciplinary actions that can negatively impact student outcomes. Gottfredson's research has also found evidence of a positive correlation between the number of SROs and reported criminal offenses involving drugs and weapons.

Devlin, Deanna N.; Gottfredson, Denise C. (2018), Deakin, Jo; Taylor, Emmeline; Kupchik, Aaron (eds.), "Policing and the School-to-Prison Pipeline", The Palgrave International Handbook of School Discipline, Surveillance, and Social Control, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 291–308, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-71559-9_15, ISBN 978-3-319-71559-9, retrieved 2025-10-09

Gottfredson, Denise C.; Crosse, Scott; Tang, Zhiqun; Bauer, Erin L.; Harmon, Michele A.; Hagen, Carol A.; Greene, Angela D. (2020). "Effects of school resource officers on school crime and responses to school crime". Criminology & Public Policy. 19 (3): 905–940. doi:10.1111/1745-9133.12512. ISSN 1745-9133.

Tdupree03 (talk) 20:19, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

Books

• Victimization in Schools (1985)
• Closing Institutions for Juvenile Offenders: The Maryland Experience (1997)
• Schools and Delinquency (2001)

Gottfredson, Gary D.; Gottfredson, Denise C. (1985). Victimization in Schools. Law, Society, and Policy. Boston, MA: Springer. ISBN 978-1-4684-4987-7.

Gottfredson, Denise C.; Barton, William H. (1997). Closing institutions for juvenile offenders: the Maryland experience. Criminology studies. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press. ISBN 978-0-7734-8428-3.

Gottfredson, Denise C. (2001). Schools and delinquency. Cambridge studies in criminology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-511-72024-6. Tdupree03 (talk) 20:21, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

Externals Links

• Denise Gottfredson Faculty Page at University of Maryland
• Works by Denise Gottfredson at ResearchGate

"Gottfredson, Denise | CCJS l Criminology and Criminal Justice Department l University of Maryland". ccjs.umd.edu. Retrieved 2025-10-09.

"Denise C. Gottfredson's research works | University of Maryland, College Park and other places". ResearchGate. Archived from the original on 2025-09-05. Retrieved 2025-10-28. Tdupree03 (talk) 20:23, 28 October 2025 (UTC)