Alyssa LaBerge (Fredericks)
- PhD Candidate
- School of Criminal Justice
- MS 2020, Michigan State University
- BA 2017, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
- 140 Baker Hall
- 655 Auditorium Rd.
- East Lansing, MI 48824
- frede197@msu.edu
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Biography
Alyssa LaBerge, M.S., is a fifth-year doctoral candidate in the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University. She received her B.A. in Criminal Justice from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and her M.S. in Criminal Justice from Michigan State University. A former Future Academic Scholars in Teaching (FAST) Fellow, she is now a FAST Fellowship Program peer mentor (“FASTer” Fellow). Alyssa’s research interests lie at the intersection of child maltreatment and juvenile delinquency, researching the mechanisms of and consequences of "crossover" from child welfare to juvenile justice. She is a community-engaged researcher, working closely with family courts to improve the outcomes of juvenile justice-involved youth and validate standardized juvenile risk and need assessments.
Selected Publications
LaBerge, A., Paruk, J., Rapanos, A., & Cavanagh, C. (2024; online first). Youth perceptions of juvenile justice facility staff: Associations with self-directed violence among juvenile detainees. Criminal Justice and Behavior.
LaBerge, A., Cavanagh, C., & Cauffman, E. (2024). Juvenile justice- and dual system-involved youth: The role of primary caregiver monitoring habits on juvenile recidivism. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 61(2), 303-332.
LaBerge, A., Osuna, A.I., Cavanagh, C., & Cauffman, E. (2023). Mothers with justice-involved sons: Direct socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 by neighborhood disorder in the United States. Journal of Social Issues, 79(2), 747-772.
Cavanagh, C., Dalzell, E., LaBerge, A., & Cauffman, E. (2022). Do parental monitoring habits change in response to juvenile recidivism? In S. Blair & S. Maxwell (Eds.), Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research, Vol. 20: The Justice System and the Family: Police, Courts, and Incarceration (pp. 19-38). Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing.