Dr. Jill Rettinger

E-mail address: jrettinger@georgianc.on.ca

Office: C310J

One Georgian Drive

Barrie Ontario

L4M 3X9

Adjunct Professor, Psychology Department, Laurentian University

Research Areas:        Risk and need factors for criminal activity; gender responsivity in risk/need assessment and rehabilitative programming; and effective correctional programming.

PUBLICATIONS:

Rettinger, L. J., & Andrews, D.A. (in press). Gender and risk need, gender specificity and the recidivism of female offenders.  Criminal Justice and Behaviour.

Andrews, D.A., Dowden, Craig., & Rettinger, L. Jill. (2001). Special populations within corrections, Chapter 9. In Corrections in Canada: Social Reactions to Crime (pp. 170-212).

Van Dieten, M., & Rettinger, J. (1995).  Psychological practice guidelines for the assessment of family violence, In T. A. Leis, L. L. Motiuk, & J. R. P. Ogloff (Eds.), Forensic Psychology: Policy and Practice in Corrections (pp. 92-121).

Bradley, M. T., & Rettinger, J. (1992). Awareness of crime relevant information and the Guilty Knowledge Test.  Journal of Applied Psychology, 77, 55-59.

Andrews, D.A., Faulkner, P., Hoge, R.D., Rettinger, L. J., & Simourd, D. (1991).  Assessment, evaluation and program development in the voluntary sector.  User Report, 14, Ministry of the Solicitor General of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS:

Rettinger, L. Jill, & Van Dieten.  M. (1993).  Characteristics and needs of female victims of abuse.  Canadian Psychology Abstracts, 34, 357.

Rettinger, L. Jill, & Andrews, D. A. (1992).  Personality and attitudes correlates of the Psychopathy Checklist.  Canadian Psychology Abstracts, 33, 406.

Rettinger, L. Jill, & Andrews, D. A. (1991).  A comparison of the Level of Supervision Inventory and the Psychopathy Checklist.  Canadian Psychology Abstracts, 32.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (Since 1996)

February 2009:            Keynote speaker at the Forum on Young Female Offenders. Vancouver, British Columbia. Research Update and Practical Application of Treatment Outcome Studies with Girls in Conflict with the Law.

October 2008:             Keynote speaker and discussion facilitator at the Annual Meeting of the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Working Group on Youth Justice Issues. Halifax, Nova Scotia. What Works for Girls in Conflict with the Law.

March 2007:                Models of Excellence for Youth – Provincial Congress. Assessment and Treatment of Young Women in Conflict with the Law.

March 2006:                Poster presentation at the Annual Banff International Conference on Behavioural Science, Banff. Development of a Peer-on-peer Violence Instrument.

September 2005:         International Conference on Special Needs Offenders, Ottawa. Assessing and Correcting Levels of Peer-on-Peer Violence in Youth Custody.

July 2004:                    International Family Violence Research Conference, New Hampshire. The Development and application of an Instrument for Assessing and Correcting Levels of Peer-on-Peer Violence in Youth Custody.

July 2003:                    International Conference on Special Needs Offenders, Toronto.

                                    Correctional Program Assessment Inventory – Ontario’s Application in the Young Offender System.

June 2003:                   Symposium at the Canadian Psychological Association Annual Convention, Hamilton.  Risk and Needs Assessment of Female Offenders.

November 1999:         American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Toronto. Risk and Needs of Female Offenders.