Division of Victimology Organized Panel: Advances in Victimology: Sexual Assault Research and Reforms

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract

Research and reform efforts on sexual assault and violence over the last thirty years will be discussed. Specific reform efforts such as sexual assault kit testing (also termed “rape kits”) and the Green Dot bystander intervention program will be highlighted, and panelists will reflect on their own empirical, theoretical, and policy-related work over this time.

Sub Unit

• Area VI. Victimology / 30. Policy and Prevention of Victimization

Division of Special Interest

• Divisions of Special Interest / Division of Victimology

Individual Presentations

• Shelving Justice: Understanding the Problem of Untested Sexual Assault Kits (SAKs) - Rebecca Campbell, Michigan State University

• Evaluating Bystander Interventions to Reduce Sexual Violence in High Schools - Ann Coker, University of Kentucky

• Bringing Sociology Back into the Study of Sexual Assault: Some Reflections on 30 Years of Empirical, Theoretical, and Policy Work - Walter Steven DeKeseredy, West Virginia University

Chair

• Emily Wright, University of Nebraska, Omaha