Research
Presentations
community presentations
Verona, E. (June, 2025). The ľƵ Reentry Project: Overview and Preliminary Results. Series of presentations to the Pasco County Jail. Land O’ Lakes, FL.
Verona, E. (January, 2024). Evidence-based approaches to criminal justice system improvements: A Case Study on Reentry. The Criminal Justice, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Technical Assistance Center, Tampa, FL.
conferences
SUICIDE PREVENTION
Verona, E. (May, 2025). Suicide Risk Assessment, Crisis Management and Means Restriction. Webinar and CE Presentation. Hosted by the Florida Borderline Personality Disorder Association.
CALL PROGRAM EVALUATION
Torres, E., Liller, K., McCarthy, A., Stewart, N., Shayler, M., D’Alasandro, A., & Verona, E. (2025, March). Mixed method evaluation of a civilian-based crisis response program: Equity, Process, and Acceptability. Oral Presentation at American Psychology and Law Society, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Guincho, N., Verona, E., & McGee, M. (2023, August). Evaluating Equity and Enhancing the Services of an Innovative Civilian Response Program. CIT International Conference, Detroit, MI.
REENTRY PROJECT
Chen, H., Fox, B., & Verona, E. (2025, March). Psychometric Properties and Utility of a Risk-Need-Responsivity Assessment Tool to Inform Treatment and Reentry Planning. Symposium Presentation at American Psychology and Law Society, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Shayler, M., Fox, B., & Verona, E. (2025, March). Preliminary Effects of an RNR-Based Jail Reentry Program on Intermediate Rearrest & Clinical Risk/Needs Outcomes. Symposium Presentation at American Psychology and Law Society, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Stall, L., Loughran, T., & Verona, E. (2025, March). Trajectories of Treatment Engagement in Incarcerated Adults Enrolled in a Jail-based DBT Skills Group. Symposium Presentation at American Psychology and Law Society, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Verona, E., McDonald, J.B., Fournier, L.F., Brown, M.E., Carsten, E.E., & McCarthy, A. (2025, March). Adapting a Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Group Within a Jail Setting: Implementation Processes, Feasibility, and Preliminary RCT Outcomes. Symposium Presentation at American Psychology and Law Society, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Verona, E., Brown, M., & Fox, B. (2024, July). Firearm Ownership Motives and Links to Intimate Partner Violence in Jail Detainees and College Students. Paper presentation at the International Society for Research on Aggression, Munich, Germany.
Chen, H., Fox, B., & Verona, E. (2024, July). Factor Analysis of the Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Responsivity (START): Applying an RNR framework to recidivism risk assessment in jail. Paper presentation at the International Society for Research on Aggression, Munich, Germany.
Chen, H., Hall, B., Fox, B., & Verona, E. (2023, August). Implementing an RCT evaluation of in-custody and reentry intervention(s) in a county jail. Poster Presentation at the American Psychological Association Conference, Washington D.C.
McDonald, J. B., Carsten, E. E., Fournier, L. F., Brown, M. B., Hruza, S., Fox, B.,
& Verona, E. (2022, November). Lessons Learned from Developing, Adapting, and Implementing
a Randomized Control Trial of a Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Group within
a Jail Setting for a Rural and Economically Disadvantaged Community. Poster presented
at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Forensic Issues and
Externalizing Behaviors Special Interest Group (SIG) Exposition, New York, NY.
McDonald, J. B., Carsten, E. E., Fournier, L. F., Brown, M. B., Hruza, S., Fox, B.,
& Verona, E. (2022, November). Adapting a Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Group
for a Randomized Control Trial Within a Jail Setting: Implementation Challenges and
Lessons Learned. Poster presented at the 56th annual meeting of the Association for
Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), New York, NY.
PSYCHOPATHY
Verona, E. (March, 2025). Integrating contextual and structural factors in the study and measurement of externalizing and psychopathy. Keynote Presentation, HiTOP Conference, Society for Personality Assessment, Denver, CO.
Verona, E., Smith, K., Joyner, K., & Fox, B. (2024, May). Considering Context in the Measurement of Psychopathy and Externalizing Constructs. In Drislane, L., “Contextual, Environmental, and Sociocultural Factors Contributing to Psychopathic Traits among Diverse Persons”. Symposium presented at the biennial conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy, Paphos, Cyprus.
McCarthy, A., Chen, H., Fox, B., & Verona, E. (2024, May). The Relationship between Psychopathy Traits and Empirically-Derived Crime Categories. Oral presentation at the biennial conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy, Cyprus. [Chosen for student blitz talk]
McKinley, S., & Verona, E. (2024, March). Cool under fire: Psychopathic personality
traits and decision-making in law enforcement-oriented populations. Talk presented
at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society.
VIOLENCE AND INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
Brown, M., & Verona, E. (May, 2023). From Guns to Intimate Partner Violence: the Impact of Power and Control. Research Day Symposium, New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center.
Verona, E. (February, 2023). Pandemic-era gun purchasing and links to extremism: Raising the alarm. The Deadly Intersection of White Supremacy and Firearms, Johns Hopkins University Center for Gun Violence Solutions.