Victim Researcher Profile

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Jack McDevitt

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STATE

Massachusetts

INSTITUTION

TITLE

EDUCATION

PhD

DISCIPLINE

Criminology

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

More than 20 years

BIO

Jack McDevitt is the Director of the Institute on a Race and Justice at Northeastern University in Boston Massachusetts. He has studied topics such as hate crime, police misconduct, gun violence and human trafficking for more than 30 years.

VICTIMIZATION FOCUS

Bullying, Child Trafficking and Exploitation, Domestic and Family Violence, Gun Violence, Hate and Bias Crimes, Terrorism and Mass Violence, Trafficking in Persons

SPECIAL POPULATIONS

Child victims, Victims with disabilities, LGBTQ victims, Men and boys of color, Older victims, Immigrants and refugees, Urban high crime neighborhood victims

RESEARCH EXPERTISE

Action research, Community-based participatory research, Data collection, Descriptive studies, Program evaluation, Qualitative studies, Quantitative studies, Quasi-experimental studies, Randomized controlled trial, Training and/or technical assistance

VICTIM RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Action research, Community-based participatory research, Data collection, Descriptive studies, Program evaluation, Qualitative studies, Quantitative studies, Quasi-experimental studies, Randomized controlled trial, Training and/or technical assistance