Ráchael Powers

University of Cincinnati

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Location: CincinnatiOH

Educational Degree(s):
• Master's
• PhD

Years of Experience: 11-20 years

Victimization Focus

• Campus Sexual Assault
• Child Abuse and Sexual Abuse
• Community Violence
• Domestic and Family Violence
• Hate and Bias Crimes
• Sexual Abuse or Violence

Special Populations

• Children
• Disabilities, those with
• Formerly incarcerated/justice-involved
• Immigrants or refugees
• LGBTQ
• Men, generally
• Military personnel/veterans
• Women and girls of color
• Women and girls, generally
• Other special victim population(s)

Victim Research Expertise

• Community-based participatory research
• Data collection
• Descriptive studies
• Needs assessment
• Program evaluation
• Qualitative studies
• Quantitative studies
• Quasi-experimental studies
• Randomized controlled trial

Additional Research Expertise

• Community-based participatory research
• Data collection
• Descriptive studies
• Needs assessment
• Program evaluation
• Qualitative studies
• Quantitative studies
• Quasi-experimental studies
• Randomized controlled trial

About the Researcher

Ráchael A. Powers, PhD, is an associate professor in the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati. She received her BA in Psychology/Sociology from the University of Alabama in Huntsville (2005), her MA in Criminology from the University of Maryland (2008), and her PhD in Criminal Justice from the University at Albany (2012). Her research expertise is in violent victimization, with a focus on gender-based violence (IPV, sexual assault), hate crime, and bystander behavior. Much of her recent work centers on victim and bystander agency, what victims and bystanders do during and after victimization, including the use of the criminal justice system. Dr. Powers also has experience in evaluations of campus- and community-based violence prevention programs. She has partnered with community agencies and victim service providers to conduct needs, process, and outcome evaluations of primary prevention programs as well as interventions. She has experience working with victims and survivors of violence, including marginalized populations (e.g., individuals with disabilities). Ráchael A. Powers's recent work has been published in Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Justice Quarterly, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, among other outlets. Her research has been funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women, Office of Population Affairs, and Bureau of Justice Assistance.