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Aggressive girls researcher receives national honour
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June 16, 2005
SFU alumnus and postdoctoral researcher Candice Odgers, whose research focuses on anti-social and aggressive behaviour in girls, is being honored by the Royal Society of Canada with the society's Alice Wilson award. The $1,000 award and medal recognizes a woman of outstanding academic qualifications who is entering a career in scholarship or research at the postdoctoral level.
Odgers holds a postdoctoral fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and a trainee award from the Michael Smith Foundation for health research. She is currently co-investigator on a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) team focusing on gender and aggression.
Odgers is working with SFU psychology professor Marlene Moretti. "We have been following samples of high-risk kids within Canada and the US over time to better understand pathways to stop anti-social behaviour, as well as the factors leading to negative social, mental and physical health outcomes among youth within juvenile justice and mental health populations," says Odgers.
Initial findings indicate that instruments designed for male populations intended to measure psychopathic behaviour and predict future violent behaviour do not work for girls. "The lack of attention to girls in high-risk contexts in the past means that there is little empirical data to support policy development and practice," says Odgers. "We are still not certain what works for girls and instead have been using what is available in systems that are designed largely for males."
Odgers says adolescent girls are one of the only sub-groups of offenders who have shown increasing rates of violent offences and now represent an important, yet largely understudied, population in violence-related research.
Odgers received her bachelor of arts and master of arts in criminology at SFU and a PhD in psychology from the University of Virginia. She already has an impressive publication record and has received a number of awards in both the US and Canada for her scholarship and teaching.
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Royal Society of Canada: www.rsc.ca/
Odgers holds a postdoctoral fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and a trainee award from the Michael Smith Foundation for health research. She is currently co-investigator on a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) team focusing on gender and aggression.
Odgers is working with SFU psychology professor Marlene Moretti. "We have been following samples of high-risk kids within Canada and the US over time to better understand pathways to stop anti-social behaviour, as well as the factors leading to negative social, mental and physical health outcomes among youth within juvenile justice and mental health populations," says Odgers.
Initial findings indicate that instruments designed for male populations intended to measure psychopathic behaviour and predict future violent behaviour do not work for girls. "The lack of attention to girls in high-risk contexts in the past means that there is little empirical data to support policy development and practice," says Odgers. "We are still not certain what works for girls and instead have been using what is available in systems that are designed largely for males."
Odgers says adolescent girls are one of the only sub-groups of offenders who have shown increasing rates of violent offences and now represent an important, yet largely understudied, population in violence-related research.
Odgers received her bachelor of arts and master of arts in criminology at SFU and a PhD in psychology from the University of Virginia. She already has an impressive publication record and has received a number of awards in both the US and Canada for her scholarship and teaching.
Photo available
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Website:
Royal Society of Canada: www.rsc.ca/