DWC NIJ VAWA Panel: National Institute of Justice’s Teen Dating Violence Research Portfolio

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

This thematic panel will provide an overview of, and discuss findings from, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ)’s teen dating violence research portfolio. Teen dating violence — also called intimate relationship violence or intimate partner violence among adolescents, adolescent relationship abuse, or adolescent dating abuse — includes physical, psychological or sexual abuse; harassment; or stalking of any person ages 12 to 18 in the context of a past or present romantic or consensual relationship. Building on a long history of research in the area of intimate partner violence, over the past decade, NIJ has focused on relationships during adolescence in an effort to understand the factors that put individuals at risk for involvement in abusive romantic relationships as adults. NIJ-funded teen dating violence research has supported investigations into the nature, characteristics and extent of dating violence; risk and protective factors; long-term and short-term outcomes; methodological improvements; and systematic evaluations of teen dating violence prevention and intervention programs. This panel will provide highlights from this rich portfolio of research. This is a Division on Woman & Crime and National Institute of Justice co-sponsored panel on violence against women.

Sub Unit

• Area V. Victimization / 38. Policy and Prevention of Victimization

Division of Special Interests

• Division Session of Interest / Division of Experimental Criminology

• Division Session of Interest / Division on Women & Crime

Individual Presentations

• Findings from the National Survey of Teen Relationships and Intimate Violence (STRiV3) - Bruce Taylor, NORC at the University of Chicago; Elizabeth Mumford, NORC at the University of Chicago; Weiwei Liu, NORC at the University of Chicago; Peggy C. Giordano, Bowling Green State University; Jennifer Copp, Florida State University

• Developing a New Measure of Adolescent Dating Aggression - Emily Rothman, Boston University; Bruce Taylor, NORC at the University of Chicago; Elizabeth Mumford, NORC at the University of Chicago; Carlos Cuevas, Northeastern University; Megan Bair-Merritt, Boston University School of Medicine

• A Test of Partner Violence Prevention for Middle School Boys: A Dyadic Web-Based Intervention (Project STRONG) - Christie Rizzo, Northeastern University; Christopher Houck, Rhode Island Hospital / Brown Medical School

Chair

• Barbara Tatem Kelley, National Institute of Justice