Julie Goodwin
Research Assistant with the Adolescent Research Team of the Centre for Addictions and Mental Health (CAMH), FSWEP Student in the Victimization and Special Projects Unit at Statistics Canad
| Degrees: | M.A. Psychology with Specialization in Data Science, B.A. Honours in Psychology with Specialization in Forensic Psychology, Carleton University (2019), Diploma in Community and Justice Services, Algonquin College (2016) |
| Email: | julie.goodwin@carleton.ca |
Julie began working with justice-involved youth in 2015 at Windrose Supportive Housing, a program of the John Howard Society of Ottawa. Inspired by a desire to develop academic skills to complement her professional experience, Julie started her undergraduate degree at Carleton in 2016. She then joined the Gender and Crime lab in 2018 as an honour’s thesis student, and completed a thesis entitled “Gender-Based Differences in the Predictive Validity of SAVRY Protective Factors in Justice-Involved Youth.” Following this first experience with research, Julie chose to pursue her MA in psychology, and has since been a part of many other lab projects. These projects have included a systematic review of correctional intervention programs for women and girls, a study of sex differences in the prevalence and predictive validity of strength factors in justice-involved youth, and a meta-analysis of the relationship between women’s justice-involvement and mental illness. Julie’s master’s thesis, which will be completed in December 2021, explores the relationship between the reliability of scoring in risk assessments and their predictive validity.
In the future, Julie hopes to be able to marry her front-line clinical experience with her passion for research and pursue a doctorate in clinical psychology.