Joan T Pennell

Strengthening Relationships: Children’s Participation in a Family Group Approach to Family Violence

Pennell, J., Basque, K., Najenson, R., Nixon, P., & Inglis, S. (2024, February 5). Families in Society The Journal of Contemporary Social Services.

A Restorative Approach to Family Violence

Book Review: After the rise and stall of American feminism: Taking back a revolution

Pennell, J. (2020, February 18). Affilia.

Family and Community Approaches to Intimate Partner Violence: Restorative Programs in the United States

Pennell, J., Burford, G., Sasson, E., Packer, H., & Smith, E. L. (2020, August 6). Violence Against Women.

2016 end of year report

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries.

Domestic Violence

Pennell, J. (2017, June 1).

Family risk and responsive regulation

In Beyond the risk paradigm in child protection. London: Macmillan Education.

Initiating Conferencing Community Practice Issues

Pennell, J., & Weil, M. (2017, September 4).

Men Who Abuse Intimate Partners

Pennell, J., & Brandt, E. (2017, April 21).

Restorative Justice, Domestic Violence, and the Law

Augusta-Scott, T., Goodmark, L., & Pennell, J. (2017, April 21).

2015 end of year report

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries.

At Issue: Could restorative justice reduce U.S. incarceration rates? Yes. Restorative justice: Can it help victims and rehabilitate criminals?

CQ Researcher, 26(6).

Family-Centered Practice Project: Annual report to the North Carolina Division of Social Services, fiscal year 2015? 2016

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries.

2014 end-of-year report

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries.

Child and Family Team Meetings

Hall, J., Pennell, J., & Rikard, R. V. (2015, May 7). Oxford University Press EBooks.

Child maltreatment and domestic violence: Before and after enrollment in Strong Fathers

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State University, Center for Family and Community Engagement.

Family-Centered Practice Project: Annual report to the North Carolina Division of Social Services, fiscal year 2014-2015

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State University, Center for Family & Community Engagement.

Reimagining the movement to end gender violence [video]

2013 end-of-year report

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries.

Contextual Adaptation of Family Group Conferencing Model: Early Evidence from Guatemala

Roby, J. L., Pennell, J., Rotabi, K., Bunkers, K. M. C., & Ucles, S. (2014, June 18). The British Journal of Social Work.

Family Group Conferencing in public mental health and social capital theory

Jong, G. D., Schout, G., Pennell, J., & Abma, T. (2014, August 22). Journal of Social Work.

Family-Centered Practice Project: Annual Report to the North Carolina Division of Social Services

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries. Raleigh, N.C.: NCSU Center for Family and Community Engagement.

Katherine S. van Wormer and Lorenn Walker (eds.),Restorative justice today: practical applications

Pennell, J. (2014, August 30). Restorative Justice.

Taking a fresh look: Fathers and family violence

In L. G. Anne Hayden, Venezia Kingi, & A. Morris (Eds.), A restorative approach to family violence: Changing tack. Surrey, United Kingdom: Ashgate Pub. Limited.

Youth Leadership Cafe

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries. Raleigh, N.C.: NCSU Center for Family and Community Engagement.

Youth Leadership Cafe: Final Report

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries. Raleigh, N.C.: NCSU Center for Family and Community Engagement.

Center for Family and Community Engagement: First five years

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries. Raleigh, N.C.: NCSU Center for Family and Community Engagement.

Family violence, fathers, and restoring personhood

Pennell, J., Sanders, T., Rikard, R. V., Shepherd, J., & Starsoneck, L. (2013, August 1). Restorative Justice.

Family violence: Fathers assessing and managing their risk to children and women

Pennell, J., Rikard, R. V., & Sanders-Rice, T. (2013, November 16). Children and Youth Services Review.

Family-Centered Practice Project: Annual report to the North Carolina Division of Social Services, fiscal year 2012-2013

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries.

Family-Centered Practice Project: Annual report to the North Carolina Division of Social Services, fiscal year 2012-2013: Summary report

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries.

Five-Year Review Report, 2008-2013

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries. Raleigh, N.C.: NCSU Center for Family and Community Engagement.

Fostering Youth Educational Success: Final evaluation report

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries. Raleigh, N.C.: NCSU Center for Family and Community Engagement.

Strong Fathers Project subcontract: Annual report to the North Carolina Division of Social Services, fiscal year 2012-2013

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries.

Child and family teams building social capital for at-risk students

Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, 39(2), 75–91.

Decentralization and privatization: The promise and challenges of restorative justice in the United States

In E. Zinsstag & I. Vanfraechem (Eds.), Conferencing and restorative justice: International practices and perspectives (pp. 137–151). Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.

Family group conferencing as a culturally adaptable intervention: Reforming intercountry adoption in Guatemala

Rotabi, K. S., Pennell, J., Roby, J. L., & Bunkers, K. M. C. (2012, April 2). International Social Work.

Family group decision making: Measuring fidelity to practice principles in public child welfare

Rauktis, M. E., Bishop-Fitzpatrick, L., Jung, N., & Pennell, J. (2012, November 19). Children and Youth Services Review.

North Carolina Family-Centered Meetings Project: Annual report to the North Carolina Division of Social Services, fiscal year 2011 - 2012

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries.

North Carolina Family-Centered Meetings Project: Annual report to the North Carolina Division of Social Services, fiscal year 2011 - 2012: Summary

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries.

North Carolina Family-Centered Meetings Project: Annual report to the North Carolina Division of Social Services, fiscal year 2011-2012

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries.

Restorative Justice and Youth Offending

Pennell, J., Maxwell, G., & Nash, J. (2012, October 11).

Strong Fathers Project subcontract: Annual report to the North Carolina Division of Social Services, fiscal year 2011-2012

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries.

Strong fathers: Community guidance

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries.

Center for Family and Community Engagement 2010-2011 annual year end review

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries. Raleigh, N.C.: NCSU Center for Family and Community Engagement.

Exploring organization culture and climate in community coalitions

Commmunity Development, 43, 1–16.

Family Team Meetings as Principled Advocacy

Burford, G., Pennell, J., & Edwards, M. (2011, May 19). Journal of Public Child Welfare.

North Carolina Family-Centered Meetings Project: Annual report to the North Carolina Division of Social Services, fiscal year 2010-2011

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries.

North Carolina Family-Centered Meetings Project: Comprehensive annual report to the North Carolina Division of Social Services, fiscal year 2010-2011

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries.

Safety, fairness, stability: Repositioning juvenile justice and child welfare to engage families and communities

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries (pp. 1–65). Washington, DC: Georgetown University Center for Juvenile Justice Reform.

Strong Fathers Project Subcontract: Annual report to the North Carolina Division of Social Services, fiscal year 2009-2010

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries.

Strong Fathers Project Subcontract: Annual report to the North Carolina Division of Social Services, fiscal year 2010-2011

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries.

Strong fathers: Program findings

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries.

Wellness and student veterans at North Carolina State University: Survey results, spring 2010

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries.

Center for family and community engagement 2009-2010 annual year-end review

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries (p. 11). Raleigh, N.C.: NCSU Center for Family and Community Engagement.

Expedited family group engagement and child permanency

Pennell, J., Edwards, M., & Burford, G. (2010, March 30). Children and Youth Services Review.

Family services for child abuse and maltreatment.

Pennell, J., & Crampton, D. S. (2010, December 13). American Psychological Association EBooks.

Feminist Perspectives on Family Rights: Social Work and Restorative Practices for Stopping Abuse of Women

Pennell, J., & Koss, M. P. (2010, November 11). Oxford University Press EBooks.

Integrating learning, discovery, and engagement through the scholarship of engagement

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries. Raleigh, NC: NCSU Office of Extension, Engagement, and Economic Development.

North Carolina Family-Centered Meetings Project: Annual report to the North Carolina Division of Social Services, fiscal year 2009-2010: Summary

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries.

Opening conversations across cultural, gender, and generational divides: Family and community engagement to stop violence against women and children

In Restorative justice and violence against women (pp. 177–192). New York: Oxford University Press.

Supporting family-led processes within a social work agency: Lessons learned

Protecting Children, 25(2), 19–26.

15. Family-Involvement Meetings with Older Children in Foster Care

Crampton, D., & Pennell, J. (2009, December 31). Columbia University Press EBooks.

Center for family and community engagement 2008-2009 annual year-end review

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries (p. 8). Raleigh, N.C.: NCSU Center for Family and Community Engagement.

North Carolina Family-Centered Meetings Project: Annual report to the North Carolina Division of Social Services, fiscal year 2008-2009

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries.

North Carolina Family-Centered Meetings Project: Annual report to the North Carolina Division of Social Services, fiscal year 2008-2009: Summary

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries.

Principled diffusion of family group conferencing in Canadian child welfare

Protecting Children, 23(4), 3–8.

Strong Fathers Project Subcontract: Annual report to the North Carolina Division of Social Services, fiscal year 2008-2009

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries.

Widening the circle: Countering institutional racism in child welfare

In S. Strega & J. Carriere (Eds.), Walking this path together: Anti-racist and anti-oppressive child welfare practice (pp. 78–95). Black Point, NS: Fernwood Publishing.

Benefits of child and family team meetings: What the research says

MRS Newsletter: Information in Support of North Carolina's Multiple Response System, 1(3), 4–5.

Family group conferencing

In C. M. Renzetti & J. L. Edleson (Eds.), Encyclopedia of interpersonal violence (pp. 238–239). Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications.

North Carolina Family-Centered Meetings Project: Annual report to the North Carolina Division of Social Services, fiscal year 2007-2008

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries.

North Carolina Family-Centered Meetings Project: Annual report to the North Carolina Division of Social Services, fiscal year 2007-2008: Summary and projections

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries.

School-Based Child and Family Teams Project: Summary report to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, fiscal years 2006-2007 and 2007-2008

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries.

School-based child and family teams project: Annual report to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, fiscal year 2007-2008

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries.

Family team meeting (FTM) process, outcome, and impact evaluation: Phase II report

Englewood, CO: American Humane Association.

North Carolina Family-Centered Meetings Project: Annual report to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, fiscal year 2006-2007

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries.

North Carolina Family-Centered Meetings Project: Annual report to the North Carolina Division of Social Services, fiscal year 2006-2007

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries.

North Carolina Family-Centered Meetings Project: Annual report to the North Carolina Division of Social Services, fiscal year 2006-2007: Summary and projections

In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries.

Proteger tous les membres de la famille: Concertation familiale et violence familiale

Social Work Now, 37, 4–8.

Safeguarding all family members: FGC and family violence

Social Work Now, 37, 4–8.

Culture, safety, and family violence: Restorative justice as peacemaking

In S. J. W. Tie & V. Walters (Eds.), New frontiers in restorative justice: A reviewed selection of conference papers (pp. 81–93). Auckland, NZ: Massey University, Center for Justice & Peace Development, School of Justice & Peace Development.

Getting everyone to the table: Training points on child and family teams [videorecording]

Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State University.

Restorative Practices and Child Welfare: Toward an Inclusive Civil Society

Pennell, J. (2006, May 10). Journal of Social Issues.

Stopping domestic violence or protecting children? Contributions from restorative justice

In D. Sullivan & L. Tifft (Eds.), The handbook of restorative justice: A global perspective (pp. 286–298). New York: Routledge; London: Taylor & Francis.

Advancing Social Workers' Responsiveness to Health Disparities: The Case of Breast Cancer Screening

Altpeter, M., Mitchell, J., & Pennell, J. (2005, August 1). Health & Social Work.

At the conference: Advancing cultural safety

In J. Pennell & G. Anderson (Eds.), Widening the circle: The practice and evaluation of family group conferencing with children, youths, and their families (pp. 33–51). Washington, DC: NASW Press.

Before the conference: Promoting family leadership

In J. Pennell & G. Anderson (Eds.), Widening the circle: The practice and evaluation of family group conferencing with children, youths, and their families (pp. 13–32). Washington, DC: NASW Press.

Checking for model fidelity

In J. Pennell & G. Anderson (Eds.), Widening the circle: The practice and evaluation of family group conferencing with children, youths, and their families (pp. 107–121). Washington, DC: NASW Press.

Collaborative planning and ongoing training

In J. Pennell & G. Anderson (Eds.), Widening the circle: The practice and evaluation of family group conferencing with children, youths, and their families (pp. 73–87). Washington, DC: NASW Press.

Costs of family group conferencing

In J. Pennell & G. Anderson (Eds.), Widening the circle: The practice and evaluation of family group conferencing with children, youths, and their families (pp. 156–158). Washington, DC: NASW Press.

Empowerment Research

Pennell, J., Noponen, H., & Weil, M. (2005, January 1).

Family team meeting (FTM) process, outcome, and impact evaluation

Englewood, CO: American Humane Association.

Safety Conferencing

Pennell, J., & Francis, S. (2005, March 22). Violence Against Women.

Safety for mothers and their children

In J. Pennell & G. Anderson (Eds.), Widening the circle: The practice and evaluation of family group conferencing with children, youths, and their families (pp. 163–181). Washington, DC: NASW Press.

Widening the circle

In J. Pennell & G. Anderson (Eds.), Widening the circle: The practice and evaluation of family group conferencing with children, youths, and their families (pp. 1–8). Washington, DC: NASW Press.

Widening the circle: The practice and evaluation of family group conferencing with children, youths, and their families

Washington, DC: NASW Press.

Family group conferencing in child welfare: Responsive and regulatory interfaces

Restorative Justice, Responsive Regulation, and Social Welfare, 31(1), 117–135.

From agency client to community-based consumer: The family group conference as a consumer-led group in child welfare

In M. J. G. C. D. Garvin & L. M. Gutierrez (Eds.), Handbook of social work with groups (pp. 415–431). New York: Guilford Press.

Increasing the Cultural Responsiveness of Family Group Conferencing

Waites, C., Macgowan, M. J., Pennell, J., Carlton-LaNey, I., & Weil, M. (2004, April 1). Social Work.

Should we invite her and his side of the family to the FGC?

Together (London, England), (2004 Summer), 8–9.

Are we following key FGC practice? Views of conference participants

Protecting Children, 18(1-2), 16–21.

Family group decision making: After the conference progress in resolving violence and promoting well-being

Promising Results, Potential New Directions: International FGDM Research and Evaluation in Child Welfare [Special Issue], 18(2).

Building Social Responsibility Through Family Group Conferencing

Macgowan, M. J., & Pennell, J. (2002, November 18). Social Work With Groups.

Family group conferencing: Evaluation guidelines (2nd ed.)

Denver, CO: American Humane Association.

Feminist praxis, Making family group conferencing work

In H. Strang & J. Braithwaite (Eds.), Restorative justice and family violence (pp. 108–127). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Principles for FGC evaluation

In J. P. C. Harper & M. Weil (Eds.), Family group conferencing: Evaluation guidelines (2nd ed.) (pp. 13–32). Denver, CO: American Humane Association.

Family group conferencing and welfare reform: A partnership strategy for safety and economic sufficiency

Protecting Children, 10(3), 52–61.

Family group conferencing: Evaluation guidelines (1st ed.)

Denver, CO: American Humane Association.

Family group conferencing: Building partnerships with African American, Latino/Hispa?os, and Native American families and communities

1999 Family Group Decision Making National Roundtable and International Evaluation Conference: Summary proceedings, Seattle, WA, May 12, 13 & 14, 1999, 49–54. Englewood, CO: American Humane Association, Children's Division.

Family group decision making: Protecting children and women

Child Welfare (New York, N.Y.), 79(2), 131–158.

Family group decision-making and family violence

In G. Burford & J. Hudson (Eds.), Family group conferences: New directions in community-centered child and family practice (pp. 171–192). Hawthorne, NY: Aldine de Gruyter.

Partnership-building evaluation in Newfoundland/Labrador and North Carolina

1999 Family Group Decision Making Roundtable and International Conference on Evaluating Family Group Decision Making: Summary of the Proceedings, 129–132. Englewood, CO: American Humane Association, Children's Division.

Family group decision making

In B. R. Compton & B. Galaway (Eds.), Social work processes (6th ed.) (pp. 278–283). Pacific Grove, Calif.: Brooks/Cole.

Family group decision making: After the conference - Progress in resolving violence and promoting well-being

1998 National Roundtable on Family Group Decision Making: Summary of proceedings, 3–6. Englewood, Co: American Humane Association.

Family group decision making: After the conference, progress in resolving violence promoting well-being: Outcome report summary

Ottawa: Health Canada.

Feminist Links, Postmodern Interruptions: Critical Pedagogy and Social Work

Pennell, J., & Ristock, J. L. (1999, November 1). Affilia.

Mainstreaming family group conferencing

Building strong partnerships for restorative practices: Proceedings of the conference sponsored by Department of Social Work, University of Vermont; State of Vermont Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services and the Department of Corrections; and Real Justice, (1999), 72–82. Burlington, VT: Dept. of Social Work, University of Vermont.

Participatory Research as Social Work Practice

Altpeter, M., Schopler, J. H., Galinsky, M. J., & Pennell, J. (1999, June 1). Journal of Progressive Human Services.

Research review on family group decision making: Canada

Protecting Children, 14(4), 31.

Saputjinik = Healing each other [videorecording]

St. John's, Newfoundland: Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Evaluating FGDM: What are the expected outcomes and how can they best be measured (Part 1)

1997 National Roundtable Series on Family Group Decision Making: Assessing the promise and implementing the practice: Summary of proceedings, 49–58. Englewood, Colorado: American Humane Association, Children's Division.

Family group decision making for preventing the abuse of women and children

In L. J. K. C. Oblin, K. Gill, & E. Robinson (Eds.), Widening the circle: Collaborative research for mental health promotion in native communities: Proceedings of the conference: Widening the Circle: Developing Partnerships for Aboriginal Mental Health, Institute of Community & Family Psychiatry, 1998 (pp. 34–384748).

Family group decision making: Communities stopping family violence: Questions and answers

Ottawa: Health Canada; Englewood, CO: Distributed in the United States by American Humane Association.

Widening the circle: The family group decision making experience [videorecording]

St. John's, Newfoundland: Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Communities of concern for resolving child and adult abuse: The family group decision making project

In Ties that bind: An anthology of readings on social work and social welfare in Newfoundland and Labrador (pp. 280–289). St. John's, NF: Jesperson Press.

Attending to context: Family group decision making in Canada

In A. M. J. Hudson, G. Maxwell, & B. Galaway (Eds.), Family group conferences: Perspectives on policy & practice (pp. 206–220). Annandale, NSW: Federation Press; New York: Criminal Justice Press.

Community research as empowerment: Feminist links, postmodern interruptions

Toronto; New York: Oxford University Press.

Family group decision making: Generating indigenous structures for resolving family violence

Protecting Children, 12(3), 17–21.

Reunification as an extended family matter

Community Alternatives, 8(2), 33–55.

Developing a family empowerment model in partnership with community and government

In K. Kufeldt & L. Greene (Eds.), Chair in Child Protection 1994 Symposium Proceedings Protection through Empowerment: Caring for Children and Families (pp. 17–23). St. John's, NF: School of Social Work, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Encountering or countering women abuse

In P. Taylor & C. Daly (Eds.), Gender dilemmas in social work: Issues affecting women in the profession (pp. 89–105). Toronto, ON: Canadian Scholars' Press.

Feminism and Labor Unions:

Pennell, J. (1995, June 6). Journal of Progressive Human Services.

The family group decision making project: An innovation in child and family welfare

In B. Galaway & J. Hudson (Eds.), Canadian child welfare: Research and policy implications (pp. 140–153). Toronto, ON: Thompson Educational Publications.

A Canadian innovation of family group decision making

International Year of the Family Conference Papers Strengthening Families, 40–49. Wellington, NZ: International Year of the Family Committee and Government of New Zealand Social Welfare Department.

Family group decision making: New roles for 'old' partners in resolving family violence

Conference Proceedings Linkages '94: Federal Family Violence Initiative, 17–19. Ottawa, Ont.: Federal Family Violence Initiative, Health Canada, Family Violence Prevention Division.

New roles for 'old' partners in resolving family violence

Proceedings of Beyond Badgley: Responses to the Report Sexual Offences Against Children, 45–47. Ottawa, Ont.: National Clearinghouse on Family Violence, Health Programs and Services Branch, Health Canada.

Widening the circle: The family group decision making project

Journal of Child and Youth Care, 9(1), 1–12.

Eradicating classism in shelters: Past and present alternatives

NCADV Voice, 3–6.

Feminist Social Work Education in Mainstream and Nonmainstream Classrooms

Pennell, J., Flaherty, M., Gravel, N., Milliken, E., & Neuman, M. (1993, October 1). Affilia.

Honouring the professing in the profession

In Oval works: Feminist social work scholarship (Discussion paper series, issue 1). St. John's, NL: Memorial University of Newfoundland, School of Social Work.

Should shelter staff unionize?

Perception, 17(3), 25–27.

Consensual Bargaining

Pennell, J. (1990, January 1). Journal of Progressive Human Services.

Knitting empowering configurations

In Living the changes (pp. 188–196). Winnipeg: University of Manitoba.

An exploration of job interest, satisfaction, and commitment in social movement organizations

Worn paths and unbroken trails: The volunteer movement at the turning point, Proceedings of the 1989 Conference of the Association of Voluntary Action Scholars, 458–464. Walla Walla, WA: Inland Printing and MBA Publishing.

Ideology at a Canadian shelter for battered women: A reconstruction

Pennell, J. T. (1987, January 1). Women s Studies International Forum.

Labor unions in shelters--A feminist contradiction?

Aegis : Magazine on Ending Violence Against Women, 32, 25–29.

Union Participation of Canadian and American Social Workers: Contrasts and Forecasts

Pennell, J. T. (1987, March 1). Social Service Review.

Personal self, professional self and the women's movement

Atlantis, 9, 50–58.