Victim Researcher Profile

BIO

Tara Sutton has recently joined the faculty at Mississippi State University Fall 2018 after receiving her Ph.D. from the Department of Sociology at the University of Georgia. Dr. Sutton’s research is focused on the social and family contexts of intimate partner violence, sexual assault, child abuse, and other criminal, violent, and deviant behavior among adolescents and young adults. She is particularly interested in violence against women and children, the intergenerational transmission of violence, and youth deviance. She is also proficient in several advanced statistical techniques.

VICTIMIZATION FOCUS

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

SPECIAL POPULATIONS

LGBTQ victims, Male victims generally, African American Victims

RESEARCH EXPERTISE

Data collection, Descriptive studies, Program evaluation, Quantitative studies

VICTIM RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Data collection, Quantitative studies