Victim Researcher Profile
Tara Elizabeth Sutton
STATE
Mississippi
INSTITUTION
Mississippi State University
TITLE
Assistant Professor
EDUCATION
PhD
DISCIPLINE
Sociology
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
6-10 years
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
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