Joseph P. Ryan

• Ryan, J., P., Oshman, L., Frank, C., Perron, B., Victor, B., & Sankaran, V. (2025). Prenatal cannabis exposure and the risk of subsequent maltreatment. Child Abuse & Neglect, 160.
• Baron, J. E., Doyle, J. J., Emanuel, N., Hull, P., & Ryan, J. (2024). Discrimination in multiphase systems: Evidence from child protection. The Quarterly Journal of Economics.
• Perron, B. E., Luan, H., Victor, B. G., Hiltz-Perron, O., & Ryan, J. (2024). Moving beyond ChatGPT: Local large language models (LLMs) and the secure analysis of confidential unstructured text data in social work research. Research on Social Work Practice.
• Park, K., Victor, B. G., Perron, B. E., Ryan, J. P., & Braun, B. (2024). Persistent racial disproportionality in investigated and substantiated child maltreatment reports: Trend analysis before and during the COVID-19 pandemic (2019–2020). Journal of Public Child Welfare, 18(1), 1-20.
• Sokol, R. L., Victor, B. G., Yoon, M., Ryan, J., & Perron, B. (2023). Complex, co-occurring needs patterns and evidence-based service planning for families involved in foster care: A map for research and practice. Child Maltreatment, 28(2), 359-371.
• Baron, E. J., Jacob, B., & Ryan, P. (2023). Pretrial juvenile detention. Journal of Public Economics, 217, 104798.
• Baron, E. J., Goldstein, E. G., & Ryan, J. (2023). The push for racial equity in child welfare: Can blind removals reduce disproportionality? Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 42(2), 456-487.
• Sokol, R., Bushman, G., Gong, C. H., Rupp, L., Ryan, J., & Zimmerman M. (2022). Associations between micro-neighborhood greening and child maltreatment. International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice, 5, 281-293.
• Perron, B., Victor, B., Ryan, J., Piellusch, E., & Sokol, R. (2022). A text-based approach to measuring opioid-related risk among families involved in the child welfare system. Child Abuse and Neglect.
• Sokol, R., Victor, B., Yoon, M., Ryan, J., & Perron, B. (2022). Complex, co-occurring needs patterns and evidence-based service planning for families involved in foster care: A map for research and practice. Child Maltreatment.
• Sokol, R., Victor, B., Mariscal, S., Ryan, J., & Perron, B. (2021). Using administrative data to uncover how often and why supervisory neglect happens: Implications for child maltreatment prevention. Child Abuse and Neglect, 122,
• Victor, B., Perron, B., Sokol, R., Fedina, L., & Ryan, J. (2021). Automated identification of domestic violence in written child welfare records: Leveraging text mining and machine learning to enhance social work research and evaluation. Journal of Society of Social Work Research, 12(4), 631-655.
• Kubiak, S., Gilbert, T., Ryan, J., & Victor G. (2021). Overview of the criminal legal system in Michigan: Adults and youth. Commissioned by the Public Welfare Foundation.
• Perron, B. E., Victor, B. G., Hiltz, B, & Ryan, J. (2020). Teaching note - Data science in the MSW curriculum: Case examples demonstrating opportunities for innovating training in statistics and research methods. Journal of Social Work Education.
• Henry, C., Victor, B. G., Ryan, J. P., & Perron, B. E. (2020). Substantiated allegations of failure to protect in the child welfare system: Against whom, in what context, and with what justification? Children and Youth Services Review, 116, 1-9.
• Sokol, R. L., Li, J., Victor, B. G., Miller, A., Ryan, J. P., & Perron, B. E. (2020). Changes in Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) scores over time: A systematic review. Children and Youth Services Review, 112, 1-6.
• Sokol, R., Li, J., Victor, B., Miller, A., Ryan, J., & Perron, B. (2020). Changes in Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) scores over time: A systematic review. Child Youth Services Review, 112, 104917.
• Sokol, R., Victor, B., Piellusch, E., Nielsen, S., Ryan, J., & Perron, B. (2020). Prevalence and context of firearms-related problems in child protective service investigations. Child Abuse and Neglect, 107, 104572.
• Sokol, R., Miller, A., & Ryan, J. (2020). Well-child visits while in state care. Pediatrics, 146(4), e20201539.
• Sokol, R. L., Victor, B. G., Piellusch, E. K., Nielsen, S. B., Ryan, J. P., & Perron, B. E. (2020). Prevalence and context of firearms-related problems in child protective service investigations. Child Abuse and Neglect, 107, 1-6.
• Victor, B. G., Perron, B. E., Sokol, R., Gârbacea, C., Fedina, L., & Ryan, J. P. (2020). Automated identification of domestic violence in written child welfare records: Leveraging text mining and machine learning to enhance social work research and evaluation. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research. 12(4).
• Perron, B. E., Victor, B. G., Bushman, G., Moore, A., Ryan, J. P., Lu, A. J., & Piellusch, E. K. (2019). Detecting substance-related problems in narrative investigation summaries of child abuse and neglect using text mining and machine learning. Child Abuse and Neglect, 98, 1-13.
• Victor, B. G., Henry, C., Gilbert, T. T., Ryan, J. P., & Perron, B. E. (2019). Child protective service referrals involving exposure to domestic violence: Prevalence, associated maltreatment types, and likelihood of formal case openings. Child Maltreatment, 24(3), 299-309.
• Victor, B. G., Henry, C., Gilbert, T. T., Ryan, J. P., & Perron, B. E. (2019). Child protective service referrals involving exposure to domestic violence: Prevalence, associated maltreatment types, and likelihood of formal case openings. Child Maltreatment, 24, 299-309.
• Victor, B. G., Resko, S. M., Ryan, J. P., & Perron, B. E. (2018). Identification of domestic violence service needs among child welfare-involved parents with substance use disorders: A gender-stratified analysis. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
• Bushman, G., Victor, B. G., Ryan, J. P. & Perron, B. E. (2018). In utero exposure to opioids: An observational study of mothers involved in the child welfare system. Substance Use and Misuse, 53(5), 844-851.
• Ryan, J. P., Jacob, B. A., Gross, M., Perron, B. E., & Feguson, S. (2018). Early exposure to child maltreatment and academic outcomes. Child Maltreatment, 23(4), 365-375.
• Victor, B., Grogan-Kaylor, A., Ryan, J., Perron, B., & Gilbert, T. (2018). Domestic violence, parental substance misuse and the decision to substantiate child maltreatment. Child Abuse and Neglect, 79, 31-41.
• Jonson-Reid, M., Dunnigan, A., & Ryan, J. P. (2018). Foster Care and Juvenile Justice Systems: Crossover and Integration of Services. In Trejos-Casillo, E. & Trevino-Schafer, N. (Eds.) Handbook of Foster Youth. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, New York, NY.
• Evangelist, M., Ryan, J. P., Victor, B. G., Moore, A., & Perron B. E. (2017). Disparities at Adjudication in the Juvenile Justice System: An Examination of Race, Gender, and Age. Social Work Research.
• Ryan, J. P., Perron, B. E., Moore, A., Victor, B. G., & Park, K. (2017). Timing matters: A randomized control trial of recovery coaches in foster care. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.
• Mowbray, O., Ryan, J. P., Victor, B. G., Bushman, G., Yochum, C. & Perron, B. E. (2017). Longitudinal trends in substance use and mental health service needs in child welfare. Children and Youth Services Review, 73, 1-8.
• Mowbray, O., Victor, B. G., Ryan, J. P., Moore, A. & Perron, B. E. (2017). Parental substance use and foster care re-entry. Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 17(4), 352-373.
• Ryan, J. P., Perron, B. E., & Huang, H. (2016). Child welfare and the transition to adulthood: Investigating placement status and subsequent arrests. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 45(1), 172-182.
• Ryan, J. P., Victor, B. G., Moore, A., Mowbray, O. & Perron, B. E. (2016). Recovery coaches and the stability of reunification for substance abusing families in child welfare. Children and Youth Services Review, 70, 357-363.
• Victor, B. G., Ryan, J. P., Moore, A., Mowbray, O., Evangelist, M. & Perron, B. E. (2016). Foster care licensing and the risk of reentry to out of home care following family reunification. Children and Youth Services Review, 70, 112-119.
• Ryan, J. P., Perron, B. E., Moore, A., Victor, B., & Evangelist, M. (2016). Foster home placements and the probability of family reunification: Does licensing matter? Child Abuse and Neglect, 59, 88-89.

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