Victim Researcher Profile

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Zina Theres McGee

 EMAIL ZINA    
    

STATE

Virginia

INSTITUTION

Hampton University

TITLE

Professor of Sociology

EDUCATION

PhD

DISCIPLINE

Sociology

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

More than 20 years

BIO

Dr. Zina McGee conducts research on community-level youth violence and victimization among urban adolescents. The focus is primarily on patterns of coping (negative and positive) as moderators to the effects of direct and indirect victimization on mental health and behavioral outcomes. She is a member of the American Sociological Association, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and the American Society of Criminology. Publications have been in the areas of youth violence, mental health, and coping.

VICTIMIZATION FOCUS

Bullying, Child Abuse and Sexual Abuse, Domestic and Family Violence, Gun Violence

SPECIAL POPULATIONS

Child victims, Formerly incarcerated victims, Urban high crime neighborhood victims

RESEARCH EXPERTISE

Data collection, Descriptive studies, Quantitative studies

VICTIM RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Data collection, Descriptive studies, Quantitative studies