Lama Hassoun Ayoub
Lama Hassoun Ayoub led research and evaluation across numerous portfolios, including school and youth justice, violence prevention, tribal justice, risk-need assessment, reentry, community supervision, incarceration. Her projects include mixed-methods randomized controlled trial evaluating restorative justice in schools; an evaluation of a trauma-informed violence prevention program; and research on risk-needs assessment in tribal justice systems. Ms. Hassoun Ayoub led the first-ever comprehensive study of school safety, discipline, and climate in New York City and co-led a quasi-experimental evaluation of neighborhood-oriented probation. Her past work includes research on programs to reduce children’s exposure to violence, violence prevention in schools, and reentry. Lama received her Master of Science in Public Health from Harvard University and is currently a doctoral candidate in developmental psychology at Wayne State University.
Publications
- Addressing Trauma Among School-Aged Children
- Restorative Justice in NYC Schools: An Evaluation
- Building Capacity for Tribal Justice Solutions
- Evaluating Probation Reform in New York City
- School Discipline, Safety, and Climate: A Comprehensive Study in New York City
- The National Institute of Justice's Evaluation of Second Chance Act Adult Reentry Courts: Lessons Learned About Implementation and Sustainability
- Reentry Court Research: An Overview of Findings from the National Institute of Justice’s Evaluation of Second Chance Act Adult Reentry Courts
- An Outcome Evaluation of the Defending Childhood Demonstration Program
- Coming Home to Harlem: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Harlem Parole Reentry Court
- Love One Another and Take Care of Each Other: A Process Evaluation of the Rocky Boy’s Children Exposed to Violence Project
- Tackling Urban Inequalities: A Process Evaluation of the Boston Defending Childhood Initiative
- Protect, Heal, Thrive: Lessons Learned from the Defending Childhood Demonstration Program
- Building Healthy Teen Relationships: An Evaluation of the Fourth R Curriculum with Middle School Students in the Bronx
- The National Institute of Justice’s Evaluation of Second Chance Act Adult Reentry Courts: Staff and Client Perspectives on Reentry Courts from Year 2
- School Safety in New York City: Policy, Practice, and Programs from 2002 to 2013
