Victim Researcher Profile

BIO

My interest in studying sexual violence arose out of more than a decade spent working as a staff person and volunteer with rape care and domestic violence programs. I am particularly interested in systems (victim services, medical, police, and prosecutorial) responses to sexual violence, and in the development and implementation of policies related to sexual assault, including rape care funding and oversight provisions, SANE/SART programs, criminal justice processing, and sex offender laws. Most of my work is at the state and local level; I am especially interested in understanding the challenges faced by rural communities. Currently I am a core faculty member of the NIJ-funded Violence Against Women Research Consortium at Rutgers University.

VICTIMIZATION FOCUS

Child Abuse and Sexual Abuse, Domestic and Family Violence, Sexual Abuse or Violence (other than campus sexual assault)

SPECIAL POPULATIONS

Rural victims, Urban high crime neighborhood victims

RESEARCH EXPERTISE

Action research, Community-based participatory research, Data collection, Descriptive studies, Ethnography, Qualitative studies

VICTIM RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Data collection, Descriptive studies, Qualitative studies