Program Profile: Resilience, Opportunity, Safety, Education, Strength (ROSES)

This is a community-based, trauma-informed, gender-responsive advocacy intervention for girls 11 to 17 years old who are at risk for or already involved in the juvenile justice system.

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Summary: This is a community-based, trauma-informed advocacy intervention for girls 11 to 17 years old who are at risk for, or already involved in, the juvenile justice system. The program is rated Promising for reducing aggression/hostility and for improving attendance.  (Review the full program description).

Title Rating Details Outcome Category Study(ies)
Aggression/hostility
 Promising | 
  One Study

Promising | One Study

In the 3 months post-intervention, a smaller percentage of girls in the treatment group who participated in Resilience, Opportunity, Safety, Education, Strength (ROSES) reported engaging in a physical fight, compared with girls in the comparison group. This difference was statistically significant.

Juvenile Problem and Protective Behaviors; Antisocial behaviors; Aggression/hostility

Javdani, Shabnam. 2020. “Reducing Crime for Girls in the Juvenile Justice System Through Researcher–Practitioner Partnerships.” Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice.

See evaluation methods.

Attendance
 Promising

Promising

In the 3 months post-intervention, girls in the treatment group who participated Resilience, Opportunity, Safety, Education, Strength (ROSES) missed fewer days of school, compared with girls in the comparison group. This difference was statistically significant.

Education; Attendance

Javdani, Shabnam. 2020. “Reducing Crime for Girls in the Juvenile Justice System Through Researcher–Practitioner Partnerships.” Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice.

See evaluation methods.

Date Modified: September 4, 2025

This program was originally rated Promising. It has been re-reviewed based on the change in the program rating instrument. Under the new instrument, CrimeSolutions ow now rates individual program outcomes and no longer assigns an overall rating. 

Date Created: July 17, 2024

Program Status

This program is Active.