KEVIN K KNIGHT

@ibr.tcu.edu

Professor & Director, TCU Psychology Dept and TCU School of Medicine; Institute of Behavioral Research
Texas Christian University

KEVIN K KNIGHT
Since joining the IBR faculty in 1991, Kevin Knight’s career has focused on researching substance-using criminal justice populations. He has served as the Principal Investigator (PI) on several research projects funded by NIDA (the National Institute of Drug Abuse), the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), and the National Institute of Corrections. He has also served as the TCU PI on a major NIDA Cooperative Agreement called Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies (CJ-DATS); a multisite project spanning over 12 years and focused on testing strategies to improve the implementation of evidence-based practices within a criminal justice setting. He currently serves as one of the Multiple PIs on one of two HEAL projects – the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network or JCOIN project.

EDUCATION

1988-91: Texas Christian University, Fort Worth: Ph.D. (Experimental Psychology)
1985-88: Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX: M.A. (Experimental Psychology)
1981-85: Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX: B.A. (Psychology and Religion)

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Health Policy, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Infectious Diseases, Social Sciences
114

Scopus Publications

7357

Scholar Citations

43

Scholar h-index

98

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Trauma-informed intervention to reduce substance use and to support community transition [TRUST]: Study protocol for a type 1 effectiveness-implementation hybrid trial to …
    M Staton, J Annett, P Carey, Y Yang, O Jones, L Bills, TK Logan, M Tillson, ...
    Trials , 2026
    2026
  • Age-friendly integrative mobile services: A 4Ms pilot for community-dwelling older adults
    K Posey, G Alexander, A Sease, B McKintosh, M Zavala, F Gentea, ...
    Journal of Gerontological Nursing 52 (3), 14-20 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 2
  • Acceptability, Feasibility, and Preliminary Efficacy of the Substance Use and Health Risk Intervention (SUHRI) for Youth on Probation
    TB Sease, J Becan, B Preston, R Proffitt, D Knight, K Knight
    Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Use, 1-12 , 2026
    2026
  • From Referrals to Relationships: Reframing Engagement as an Implementation Strategy and Outcome in Age-Friendly Care
    AL Sease, K Posey, GK Alexander, FN Gentea, E Olabisi, BD Drenowatz, ...
    Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 1-16 , 2026
    2026
  • Does Criminal History Predict Pre-Incarceration Substance Use and Substance Use Treatment Need Among People in Prison?
    TB Sease, R Castillo, D Olson, J Becan, P Carabell, M Malecka, K Knight
    Criminal Justice Review, 07340168261428823 , 2026
    2026
  • Comprehensive Needs Among Justice-Involved People With Substance Use History With or at Risk of Human Immunodeficiency Virus
    JH Choi, S Patil, R Brooks, L Hansen, Z Pulitzer, J Pankow, R Colon, ...
    Journal of Correctional Health Care 31 (5), 307-317 , 2025
    2025
  • A Latent Profile Analysis of Substance Use and Post-Traumatic Stress on Substance Use Treatment Outcomes Among People Involved With the Justice System
    TB Sease, AL Wiese, K Knight
    Journal of Drug Issues 55 (4), 652-671 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • The Effectiveness of the StaySafe Intervention Using a Paradigm for Predicting Missing Outcome Data
    GW Joe, WEK Lehman, Y Yang, K Knight
    Evaluation & the Health Professions 48 (3), 374-383 , 2025
    2025
  • Process Assessment of Correctional Treatment (PACT), Final Project Report
    ML Hiller, K Knight, SR Rao, DD Simpson
    CrimRxiv , 2025
    2025
  • A qualitative examination of barriers and facilitators to HIV prevention and treatment for people involved with the criminal justice system
    S Villaire, T Sease, J Pankow, A Bennett, Z Pulitzer, L Hansen, C Frank, ...
    Health & Justice 13 (1), 37 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Strategies for Improving Police Response Models Involving Opioid Overdoses and Overdose Deaths
    TB Sease, W Lehman, J Pankow, J Charlier, R Castillo, J Becan, K Knight
    Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Human Rights and Science 7 (2-8) , 2025
    2025
  • Policy changes to improve service access: Best practices for researchers engaging with criminal justice partners
    AL Wiese, PD Carey, JE Becan, C Wood, K Knight
    Journal of Correctional Health Care 31 (1), 11-16 , 2025
    2025
  • Bridging beauty and wellness: examining beauty professionals’ comfort in discussing sexual health
    S Villaire, S Hastings, MK Johnson, Q Reid, S Ghafoor, PD Carey, ...
    Frontiers in Reproductive Health 7, 1688125 , 2025
    2025
  • A Comparison of HIV Knowledge, Sex Risk Reduction, HIV Services & Testing, and Risk Reduction Skills in the WaySafe and StaySafe Interventions
    G Joe, TB Sease, W Lehman, J Pankow, K Knight
    Journal of Drug Issues 54 (4), 628-640 , 2024
    2024
  • 25-Year Evaluation of an In-Person Therapeutic Community Program in the Southwest United States between 1994 and 2019
    AL Wiese, TB Sease, K Knight
    The Prison Journal 104 (4), 428-448 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 2
  • FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS ANGER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM EVALUATION Contract# 15BNAS21D00000425
    K Knight, W Lehman, A Wiese, T Sease, J Pankow, R Proffitt, Y Yang, ...
    2024
  • The impact of State of Surrender on the relationship between engagement in substance use treatment and meaning in life presence: a pilot study
    TB Sease, CR Cox, AL Wiese, EK Sandoz, K Knight
    Frontiers in Psychology 15, 1331756 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 2
  • HIV risk and interest in preexposure prophylaxis in justice-involved persons
    AE Nijhawan, Z Pulitzer, B Torres, N Noreen, A Schultheis, C Frank, ...
    Emerging Infectious Diseases 30 (Suppl 1), S68 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 6
  • Scales for participant Alliance with Recovery Coach (SPARC): initial development and pilot test
    A Fallin-Bennett, M Tillson, JM Webster, CB Oser, JE Becan, K Knight, ...
    Addiction research & theory 32 (1), 20-26 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 2
  • Strategies for enhancing collaborative practice in criminal-legal (CL) settings
    J Becan, A Wiese, C Wood, NP Davis, D Olson, D Knight, K Knight
    16 th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation , 2023
    2023

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Program diversity and treatment retention rates in the Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Study (DATOS).
    DD Simpson, GW Joe, KM Broome, ML Hiller, K Knight, GA Rowan-Szal
    Psychology of Addictive Behaviors 11 (4), 279 , 1997
    1997
    Citations: 399
  • Prison‐based substance abuse treatment, residential aftercare and recidivism
    ML Hiller, K Knight, DD Simpson
    Addiction 94 (6), 833-842 , 1999
    1999
    Citations: 386
  • Risk of reincarceration among prisoners with co-occurring severe mental illness and substance use disorders
    J Baillargeon, JV Penn, K Knight, AJ Harzke, G Baillargeon, EA Becker
    Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services … , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 364
  • Three-year reincarceration outcomes for in-prison therapeutic community treatment in Texas
    K Knight, DD Simpson, ML Hiller
    The Prison Journal 79 (3), 337-351 , 1999
    1999
    Citations: 340
  • Motivation as a predictor of therapeutic engagement in mandated residential substance abuse treatment
    ML Hiller, K Knight, C Leukefeld, DD Simpson
    Criminal Justice and Behavior 29 (1), 56-75 , 2002
    2002
    Citations: 282
  • An assessment for criminal thinking
    K Knight, BR Garner, DD Simpson, JT Morey, PM Flynn
    Crime & Delinquency 52 (1), 159-177 , 2006
    2006
    Citations: 280
  • Medication-assisted treatment in criminal justice agencies affiliated with the criminal justice-drug abuse treatment studies (CJ-DATS): availability, barriers, and intentions
    PD Friedmann, R Hoskinson Jr, M Gordon, R Schwartz, T Kinlock, ...
    Substance Abuse 33 (1), 9-18 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 262
  • TCU psychosocial functioning and motivation scales: Manual on psychometric properties
    K Knight, M Holcom, DD Simpson
    Fort worth: texas christian university, institute of behavioral research, 1-43 , 1994
    1994
    Citations: 218
  • Burnout among corrections-based drug treatment staff: Impact of individual and organizational factors
    BR Garner, K Knight, DD Simpson
    International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology 51 (5 … , 2007
    2007
    Citations: 217
  • Barriers to implementing effective correctional drug treatment programs
    D Farabee, M Prendergast, J Cartier, H Wexler, K Knight, MD Anglin
    The Prison Journal 79 (2), 150-162 , 1999
    1999
    Citations: 213
  • Risk factors that predict dropout from corrections-based treatment for drug abuse
    ML Hiller, K Knight, DD Simpson
    The Prison Journal 79 (4), 411-430 , 1999
    1999
    Citations: 199
  • Legal pressure and treatment retention in a national sample of long-term residential programs
    ML Hiller, K Knight, KM Broome, DD Simpson
    Criminal Justice and Behavior 25 (4), 463-481 , 1998
    1998
    Citations: 197
  • An assessment of prison-based drug treatment: Texas' in-prison therapeutic community program
    K Knight, SD Dwayne, LR Chatham, LM Camacho
    Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 24 (3-4), 75-100 , 1997
    1997
    Citations: 191
  • Legal pressure, treatment readiness, and engagement in long-term residential programs
    K Knight, ML Hiller, KM Broome, DD Simpson
    Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 31 (1-2), 101-115 , 2000
    2000
    Citations: 167
  • Drug treatment process indicators for probationers and prediction of recidivism
    KM Broome, K Knight, ML Hiller, DD Simpson
    Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 13 (6), 487-491 , 1996
    1996
    Citations: 164
  • Peer, family, and motivational influences on drug treatment process and recidivism for probationers
    KM Broome, DK Knight, K Knight, ML Hiller, DD Simpson
    Journal of Clinical Psychology 53 (4), 387-397 , 1997
    1997
    Citations: 155
  • Screening and referral for substance-abuse treatment in the criminal justice system
    K Knight, DD Simpson, ML Hiller, C Leukefeld, F Tims, D Farabee
    Treatment of drug offenders: Policies and issues, 259-272 , 2002
    2002
    Citations: 138
  • A cost-effectiveness analysis of in-prison therapeutic community treatment and risk classification
    JD Griffith, ML Hiller, K Knight, DD Simpson
    The Prison Journal 79 (3), 352-368 , 1999
    1999
    Citations: 132
  • Effect of an organizational linkage intervention on staff perceptions of medication-assisted treatment and referral intentions in community corrections
    PD Friedmann, D Wilson, HK Knudsen, LJ Ducharme, WN Welsh, ...
    Journal of substance abuse treatment 50, 50-58 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 108
  • Measuring offender attributes and engagement in treatment using the Client Evaluation of Self and Treatment
    BR Garner, K Knight, PM Flynn, JT Morey, DD Simpson
    Criminal Justice and Behavior 34 (9), 1113-1130 , 2007
    2007
    Citations: 107