Jo Kubiak

Contact Info

Email: jkubik [at] rider.edu

Phone Number: (609)-895-5771

Department: Department of Sociology, Criminology, and Social Work

Office Location: Fine Arts Building

Additional Info:

Academic: Sociology and Criminology

Joanna Kubik, MSW, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Sociology, Criminal Justice, and Social Work department at Rider University. Her expertise is in youth recidivism, gang involvement, and best practice interventions for at-risk youth. Her work aims to inform policy, research, and practice concerning the treatment of youth who are at increased risk of entering the justice system. Kubik has worked extensively with community agencies to connect at-risk and gang involved youth to evidence-based intervention services, including Community Solutions, Inc. and Big Brothers Big Sisters. She co-authored two book chapters addressing the problems of gangs and gang members in the justice system (Kubik et al., 2017 and Kubik & Boxer, 2022). Her work on justice-involved youth and gang involvement has been featured in the following journals: Journal of Gang Research, Youth Services Review, Child Abuse & Neglect, and Youth Violence & Juvenile Justice.

Education

  • PhD Criminal Justice, Rutgers School of Criminal Justice, Newark, NJ (2019)
  • MSW Social Work, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (2011)
  • MA European Studies, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland (2009)
  • BA Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA (2007)

Peer- Reviewed Publications

  • Trocchio, S., Kubik, J., & Bolaji, T. (under review). The Impact of Virtual Tutoring on Individual's Awareness of Systematic Oppression in the Carceral System and Beyond. Journal of Prison Education and Reentry.
  • Kubik, J. & Boxer, P. (2022). Tattoos and Gangs as Risk factors for Juvenile Recidivism. Journal of Gang Research, 29(2), 26-39.
  • Kubik, J. & Boxer, P. (2020). The impact of service referral and engagement on juvenile recidivism. Evidence- Based Practice in Child & Adolescent Mental Health, 5(3), 288-300.
  • Kubik, J., Docherty, M., & Boxer, P. (2019). The impact of childhood maltreatment on adolescent gang involvement. Child Abuse & Neglect, 96, 104096.
  • Docherty, M., Kubik, J., Herrera, C. M., & Boxer, P. (2018). Early maltreatment is associated with greater risk of conduct problems and lack of guilt in adolescence. Child Abuse & Neglect, 79, 173-182.
  • Boxer, P., Docherty, M., Ostermann, M. Kubik, J., & Veysey, B. (2017). Effectiveness of Multisystemic Therapy for gang-involved youth offenders: One-year follow-up analysis of recidivism outcomes. Children & Youth Services Review, 73, 107–112.
  • Kubik, J., Docherty, M., Boxer, P., Veysey, B. & Ostermann, M. (2016). Examining the moderating role of gang involvement on the context and impact of victimization. Journal of Criminological Research, Policy & Practice, 2 (2).
  • Boxer, P., Kubik, J., Ostermann, M., & Veysey, B. (2015). Gang involvement moderates the effectiveness of evidence-based intervention for justice-involved youth. Children & Youth Services Review, 52, 26-33.

Book Chapter Publications

  • Boxer, P., Kubik, J., & Marcello, S. (in progress). Working with Gang-Involved Youth: An Integrated Clinical Model in Oxford Handbook of Gangs and Society.
  • Kubik, J., & Boxer, P. (2022). Preventing and Reducing Gang Membership. In Psychology of Gang Involvement (pp. 118-129). Routledge.
  • Herrera, C.M., Kubik, J., Docherty, M., & Boxer, P. (2018). Forensic Settings and Juvenile Justice. In T. H., Ollendick, S. W. White, & B. A. White (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Kubik, J., D’Inverno, A. S., Docherty, M., Herrera, C., & Boxer, P. (2017). Addressing the problems of gangs and gang members in the justice system: Current status and future directions for research and intervention. The Routledge International Handbook of Forensic Psychology in Secure Settings, 374.

Courses Taught

Rider University

  • Sociological Imagination
  • Youth and Crime
  • Police and American Society
  • Gangs in America
  • Women in Society
  • Gender and Criminal Justice
  • First Year Seminar
  • Families

Rutgers-Newark (2016-2019)

  • Youth Gangs & Juvenile Co-Offending
  • Criminology

Invited Talks

  • Rutgers Program in Juvenile Justice and Youth Development, Addressing Youth Gangs, May 2022
  • Rutgers Program in Juvenile Justice and Youth Development, Addressing Youth Gangs, November 2022
  • Wurzeweiler School of Social Work Continuing Education, Social Work and Criminal Justice: Practice Interventions and Use-of-Self Considerations, March 2023