Victim Researcher Profile

BIO

PhD student at University of Florida with a focus on victimology. My BSs is in Criminology and Sociology from Lund University in Sweden where I grew up. My recent work is on police officers views on victim legitimacy and what normative framework they use to asses victim legitimacy.

VICTIMIZATION FOCUS

Child Abuse and Sexual Abuse, Child Trafficking and Exploitation, Dating Violence (Teen), Domestic and Family Violence, Elder Abuse/Mistreatment, Hate and Bias Crimes, Homicide Survivors/Co-victims, Sexual Abuse or Violence (other than campus sexual assault), Stalking, Trafficking in Persons, Vicarious Trauma

SPECIAL POPULATIONS

DV victims

RESEARCH EXPERTISE

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

VICTIM RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Ethnography, Qualitative studies