Publications
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Scaggs, Samuel J. A., Stacey Cutbush Starseed, Marianne Kluckman, Stephen Tueller, and Lilly Yu. 2024. “A State-Wide Analysis of Characteristics and Predictors of Dual System Involvement among Child Victims of Human Trafficking.” Child Abuse & Neglect 147. 10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106530.
Yu, Lilly. 2023. “Third-Party Brokers: How Administrative Burdens on Nonprofit Attorneys Worsen Immigrant Legal Inequality.” RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 9(4):133–53. 0.7758/RSF.2023.9.4.06.
Yu, Lilly. 2023. “Legibility and Burden: Representing Winnable Claims to Humanitarian Status.” Law & Social Inquiry. 10.1017/lsi.2022.104.
Yu, Lilly. 2023. “A ‘Good Fit’: Client Sorting Amongst Nonprofit, Private, and Pro Bono Immigration Attorneys.” Law & Society Review 57(2), 141–161. 10.1111/lasr.12654.
Lilly Yu, Kelly Walsh, and Janine Zweig. 2021. “The Link Between the SAMFE and Law Enforcement Perceptions of Victim Credibility.” Feminist Criminology. 10.1177/15570851211012468.
Zweig, Janine, Lauren Farrell, Kelly Walsh, and Lilly Yu. 2021. “Community Approaches to Sexual Assault: VAWA’s Role and Survivors’ Experiences.” Violence Against Women 27(1):30–51. 10.1177/1077801220949696.
Tiry, Emily, Janine Zweig, Kelly Walsh, Lauren Farrell, and Lilly Yu. 2020. “Beyond Forensic Evidence: Examining Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Exam Mechanisms That Influence Sexual Assault Case Outcomes.” Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 10.1177/0886260520961870.
Select Blog Posts
Love, Hanna and Lilly Yu. (2018, April 20). “Changing immigration policies may prevent human trafficking survivors from seeking help and justice.” Urban Wire. Link.
Dank, Meredith and Lilly Yu. (2016, February 25). “For LGBTQ youth who trade sex to survive, turning 22 can be an unwanted milestone. Urban Wire. Link.
Zweig, Janine, Lilly Yu, and Jennifer Yahner. (2016, February 2). “Three lessons for strengthening services for crime victims.” Urban Wire. Link.
Yahner, Jennifer, Janine Zweig, and Lilly Yu. (2016, January 27). “Are service providers using technology to improve services and help crime victims?” Urban Wire. Link.
Yu, Lilly. (2015, October 1). “LGBTQ youth locked in a cycle between the justice system and the streets.” Urban Wire. Link.
Zweig, Janine and Lilly Yu. (2015, May 29). “What does Virginia’s new legislation for addressing sexual assault on campuses mean for victims?” Urban Wire. Link
Select Technical Research Reports
Yu, Lilly, Joli Brown, Joshua Hendrix, Rebecca Pfeffer, Stephanie Halpin, and Samantha Charm. (2023). Human Trafficking Youth Prevention Education (HTYPE) Demonstration Program: Year 2 Reflections, OPRE Report No. 2023-133. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Link.
Cramer, Lindsey, Mathew Lynch, Micaela Lipman, Lilly Yu, and Nan Astone. 2018. Evaluation Report on NYC's Advocate, Intervene, Mentor Program. Washington, DC: Urban Institute. Link.
Peterson, Bryce, Lilly Yu, Nancy La Vigne, and Daniel Lawrence. 2018. The Milwaukee Police Department’s Body-Worn Camera Program. Washington, DC: Urban Institute. Link.
Lilly Yu, Jeanette Hussemann, Hanna Love, and Evelyn McCoy. 2018. Alternative Forms of Justice for Human Trafficking Survivors: Considering Procedural, Restorative, and Transitional. Washington, DC: Urban Institute. Link.
Love, Hanna, Jeanette Hussemann, Lilly Yu, Evelyn McCoy, and Colleen Owens. 2018. Justice in Their Own Words: Perceptions and Experiences of (In)Justice among Human Trafficking Survivors. Washington, DC: Urban Institute. Link.
Love, Hanna, Jeanette Hussemann, Lilly Yu, Evelyn McCoy, and Colleen Owens. 2018. Comparing Narratives of Justice: How Survivors, Criminal Justice Stakeholders, and Service Providers Perceive Justice in Human Trafficking Cases. Washington, DC: Urban Institute. Link.
McCoy, Evelyn, Colleen Owens, Lilly Yu, Hanna Love, and Jeanette Hussemann. 2018. Delivering Justice for Human Trafficking Survivors: Implications for Practice. Washington, DC: Urban Institute. Link.
Dank, Meredith, Jennifer Yahner, Lilly Yu, Carla Vasquez-Noriega, Julia Gelatt, and Mike Pergamit. 2017. Pretesting a Human Trafficking Screening Tool in the Child Welfare and Runaway and Homeless Youth Systems. Washington, DC: Urban Institute. Link.
Dank, Meredith, Jennifer Yahner, Lilly Yu, Kate Mogulescu, and KB White. 2017. Consequences of Policing Prostitution. Washington, DC: Urban Institute. Link.
Dank, Meredith, Lilly Yu, and Jennifer Yahner. 2016. Access to Safety: Health Outcomes, Substance Use and Abuse, and Service Provision for LGBTQ Youth, YMSM, and YWSW Who Engage in Survival Sex. Washington, DC: Urban Institute. Link.
Dank, Meredith, Lilly Yu, Jennifer Yahner, Mitchyll Mora, & Brendan Conner. 2015. Locked In: Interactions with the Criminal Justice and Child Welfare Systems for LGBTQ Youth, YMSM, and YWSW Who Engage in Survival Sex. Washington, DC: Urban Institute. Link.
Jennifer Yahner, Jeanette Hussemann, Caroline Ross, Annie Gurvis, Ellen Paddock, Carla Vazquez-Noriega, & Lilly Yu 2015. Arts Infusion Initiative, 2010–15: Evaluation Report. Washington, DC: Urban Institute. Link.
Dank, Meredith, Jennifer Yahner, Kuniko Madden, Isela Banuelos, Lilly Yu, Andrea Ritchie, Mitchyll Mora, and Brendan Conner. 2015. Surviving the Streets of New York: Experiences of LGBTQ Youth, YMSM, and YWSW Engaged in Survival Sex. Washington, DC: Urban Institute. Link.
Meredith Dank, Bilal Khan, P. Mitchell Downey, Cybele Kotonias, Debbie Mayer, Colleen Owens, Laura Pacifici, and Lilly Yu. 2014. Estimating the Size and Structure of the Underground Commercial Sex Economy in Eight Major US Cities. Washington, DC: Urban Institute. Link.