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Lilly Yu
Experts

Lilly Yu

Research Scientist

Education

PhD, Sociology and Social Policy, Harvard University
MA, Sociology, Harvard University
BA, Sociology, Rice University

Lilly Yu is a research scientist at RTI where she specializes in research on crime victimization. Dr. Yu has experience leading team-based, large-scale qualitative data collection and analysis efforts; leading multi-site program evaluations; designing mixed methods studies to explain program and policy outcomes; engaging people with lived experience in the design and implementation of research studies; and disseminating research to policy, practitioner, academic, and community audiences.

Dr. Yu is the task lead on the process evaluation of the Trafficking Victims Assistance Program (TVAP) and the Aspire program, a study of the Building Evidence for Trafficking Interventions and Response Project (BETIR). She was task lead of the process evaluation of the Human Trafficking Youth Prevention Education (HTYPE) Demonstration Grant Program, a study of the Human Trafficking Policy and Research Analysis Project. 

Before joining RTI in 2022, Dr. Yu was a research analyst in the Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center.

Expertise
  • Community and system response to crime victimization
  • Criminal legal system
  • Civil legal systems, including immigration, and civil legal aid
  • Implementation and process evaluation
Press Info

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Publications

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Article

Child Trafficking as a Predictor of Subsequent Juvenile Justice Involvement

January 2025
Article

Verified Human Trafficking Allegations Among Single and Dual System-Involved Children: Predicting Initial and Repeat Victimization

December 2024
Article

U visa certification patterns and coverage: A case study in the southeastern United States

December 2024
Article

Legibility and burden: Representing immigrants’ winnable claims to humanitarian status

May 2024

Related Capabilities

Focus Area

Child Well-Being and Family Strengthening
Focus Area

Public Health and Well-Being
Focus Area

Community Safety, Crime Prevention, and Victimization Response
Focus Area

Victimization and Victim Services
Focus Area

Human Trafficking Research, Evaluation, & Training and Technical Assistance
Solution

Data Collection

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