Institution
University of Houston - Downtown
Recent research
- Society & Economics
Rethinking police and social outreach collaboration: early insights from project SCOPE
Purpose This study examines the early implementation of Project SCOPE, an “untethered” police–social outreach co-response program within the transit police in Philadelphia. Unlike traditional models that embed outreach workers with police, SCOPE deploys social service teams indep...
- Society & Economics
Latina adolescents in the United States experience disproportionately high rates of suicidality. The quality of parental relationships remains an important protective factor for suicide, yet the role of the father-daughter relationship in suicidality remains underexplored. Guided...
- Society & Economics
The Role of Family Problems in Self-Harm: A 5-Year Retrospective Chart Review
Family problems are the most cited reason for self-harm behaviors in low- and middle-income countries. However, self-harm is often treated as an individual clinical problem rather than one framed by ecological and psychosocial contexts. This study examined the association between...