Victim Researcher Profile

BIO

Research Interests: Domestic/intimate partner violence, child abuse and family violence, exposure to violence and victimization among youth and adolescents, polyvictimization, rape and sexual assault, crossover youth/dually-adjudicated youth, female offenders, gender-responsivity, risk and needs assessments, evidence-based programming, neighborhoods and victimization. Collaborations and Community partnerships: I've conducted applied, action research with service providers, correctional facilities, state departments of corrections, Boys Town, courts, juvenile assessment agencies, jail correctional facilities, to name a few, in states across the nation.

VICTIMIZATION FOCUS

Campus Sexual Assault, Child Abuse and Sexual Abuse, Dating Violence (Teen), Domestic and Family Violence, Drug-Related Victimization, Sexual Abuse or Violence (other than campus sexual assault), Vicarious Trauma

SPECIAL POPULATIONS

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

RESEARCH EXPERTISE

Action research, Data collection, Needs assessment, Program evaluation, Quantitative studies

VICTIM RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Action research, Data collection, Descriptive studies, Program evaluation, Qualitative studies, Quantitative studies, Quasi-experimental studies