Center for Trauma Recovery
Annual Report 1999-2000
HONORS & AWARDS
Ruth Jenkins, Ph.D. Nominated and selected for inclusion in Who’s Who Among America's Teachers, 2000.
Mindy Mechanic, Ph.D. America Society of trail Consultants — Paper Competition Award: "The influence of prior knowledge and attitudes on juror receptivity to expert testimony in a simulated battered woman’s homicide case."
Jody Miller, Ph.D. Fulbright Senior Scholar Award, J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, Sri Lanka, 1999.
Pallavi Nishith, Ph.D. Clark L. Hull Award for Research Excellence, American Society for Clinical Hypnosis, February 2000.
Patricia A. Resick, Ph.D. Named Curators’ Professor, University of Missouri-St. Louis, August 2000. Founding Fellow, Academy of Cognitive Therapy, 2000.
Richard Rosenfeld, Ph.D. Nominated by the Criminal Justice Department for the University of Missouri-St. Louis Distinguished Teaching Professorship.
Terri L. Weaver, Ph.D. SLU 2000 Graduate Assistantship in Trauma, Health, and Diversity: Received a dedicated assistantship in trauma for four years.
GRANTS
Funded:
"Biological Alterations in Crime-Related PTSD" Michael Griffin (Principal
Investigator) Agency, National Institute of Mental Health, FIRST
R29, $716,507, 1/1/97 —— 12/31/01.
"Development of a Comprehensive, Stage-Sensitive Model and Associated Psychometric Instrument for the Measurement of Anticipatory Grief in Caregivers of Individuals Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease: A Pilot Study" Samuel Marwit (Principal Investigator) Agency, Alzheimer’s Association (with T. Meuser, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine), $51,665, 10/1/99 — 9/30/01.
"Child Sex Tourism in Sri Lanka" Jody Miller (Principal Investigator) Agency, University of Missouri-St. Louis, $10,890, 1/99 — 12/99.
"Assessing the National Consortium on Violence Research, Study of Violence Against Young Women in Urban African American Communities" Jody Miller (Principal Investigator) Norman White (Co-Principal Investigator) Agency, National Consortium on Violence Research, $71,709, 5/99 — 12/00.
"The Commercial Sex Industry in Sri Lanka" Jody Miller (Principal Investigator) Agency, University of Missouri, RB S340659, $34,212, 1/00 — 12/00.
"The Commercial Sex Industry in Sri Lanka" Jody Miller (Principal Investigator) Agency, University of Missouri-St. Louis, RA S201520, $10,368, 1/00 — 12/00.
"Cognitive Processes in PTSD: Treatment" Patricia A. Resick (Principal Investigator) Agency, National Institute of Mental Health, RO1, $1,766,018, 5/1/94 — 4/30/99.
"Cognitive Processes in PTSD: Focus on Domestic Violence" Patricia A. Resick (Principal Investigator) Mindy Mechanic and Michael Griffin (Co- Principal Investigators) Agency, National Institute of Mental Health, RO1, $1,374,843, 6/1/97 — 5/31/00.
"ITV Training for Violence Prevention Agencies" Patricia A. Resick (Principal Investigator) George J. McCall (Co-Investigator) Agency, University of Missouri - St. Louis Urban Extension, $4240, 6/30/99.
"National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center" Patricia A. Resick (Principal Investigator) Agency, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, $2,700,000, 1998 — 2003.
"Violence Prevention Initiative" Patricia A. Resick (Co-Principal Investigator) George J. McCall (Co-Investigator) Agency, University of Missouri - St. Louis Extension, $106,410, 2000 — 2001.
"Group Treatment for Child Sexual Assault Victims and Their Non-Offending Parents" Susan Scribner (Principal Investigator) Jeffrey Wherry (Co-Principal Investigator) Missouri Department of Public Safety (New) $45,000, 10/1/99 - 9/30/00.
"The Psychological Meaning of Violence-Related Injuries" Terri L. Weaver (Principal Investigator) George J. McCall (Consultant) Agency: National Institute of Mental Health, $147,026 (total costs), 8/99 — 8/01.
"Sexual Assault Victim Services and Sexual Assault Prevention" Jeffrey Wherry (Principal Investigator) Agency, Missouri Department of Health, (Renewal) $50,000, 7/1/99 — 6/30/00.
"Child Assessment center Services" Jeffrey Wherry (Principal Investigator) Agency, Division of Family Services, $500,000, 7/1/99— 6/30/00.
"Services to Sexually Abused Children" Jeffrey Wherry (Principal Investigator) Deaconess Foundation, (Renewal) $50,000, 1/1/00 — 12/31/01.
Submitted:
"Development and implementation of a stage-based, hospice-oriented
protocol for the facilitation of dying for Alzheimer’s Disease
patients and their families." Samuel Marwit (Principal Investigator)
Submitted to the Alzheimer’s Association, $208,000, December
1999.
"The Topography and Impact of Intimate Partner Abuse and Stalking: Analysis of
Victimization History, Emotional Distress and Strategic Responses." Mindy Mechanic (Principal
Investigator) Submitted to the National Institute of Justice, $33,888, December
10, 1999.
"Cognitive Processes in PTSD: Focus on Domestic Violence." Mindy Mechanic (Principal Investigator) Terri L. Weaver (Co-Principal Investigator) Submitted to the National Institute of Mental Health R01, $1,000,000 November 1, 1999, (for five years.)
"Substance Use and Dissociation as Risk Factors for PTSD." Pallavi Nishith (Principal Investigator) Submitted to the National Institute on Drug Abuse KO1, $546,471, July 1, 2000, (direct, for 5 years.)
"Cognitive Processes in Treatment: PTSD (Competing Renewal: A Dismantling Study)." Patricia A. Resick (Principal Investigator) Pallavi Nishith and Michael Griffin (Co-Principal Investigators) Submitted to the National Institute of Mental Health R01, $1,301,949, June 30, 1999, (direct, for 5 years.)
Attala, J. M., Weaver, T. L., Duckett, D., & Draper, V. (June 1999). Prevalence of Injuries and Health Related Issues at a Battered Women's Shelter: Implications for Home Care Providers. Home Care Provider, 4 (3), 116-120.
Blumstein, A. & Rosenfeld, R.. (1998). Explaining Recent Trends In US Homicide Rates. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 88, 1175-1216.
Blumstein, A. & Rosenfeld, R. (1999). Trends in Rates of Violence in the USA. Studies in Crime and Crime Prevention, 8, 139-167.
Chard, J. M., Resick P. A. & Wertz, J. J. (1999). Group Treatment of Sexual Assault Survivors. In B. H. Young & D. D. Blake (Eds.), Group Treatments for Post-traumatic Stress Disorders: Conceptualization, Themes, and Processes (pp. 35-50). Philadelphia, PA: Brunner/Mazel.
Dugan, L., Nagin, D. & Rosenfeld, R. (1999). Explaining the Decline in Intimate Partner Homicide: The Effects of Changing Domesticity, Women’s Status, and Domestic Violence Resources. Homicide Studies, 3, 187-214.
Jenkins, R. & Champion V. (1999). Assessing Parent Apprehension Related to Apnea Home Monitoring: Neonatal Intensive Care. The Journal of Perinatology, 12(7), 27-35.
Kimerling, R.E., Clum, G.A., & Wolfe, J. (2000). Relationships Among Stressor Exposure, Chronic Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Self-reported Health in Women. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 13, 115-129.
Messner, S. & Rosenfeld, R. (1999). Social Structure and Homicide: Theory and Research. In M.D. Smith and M. Zahn (Eds), Homicide Studies: A Sourcebook of Social Research (pp. 27-41). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
McCall, George J. & Duncan, M. (2000). South Africa’s National Peace Accord and Laue’s Developmental Vision for Community Conflict Intervention. In S. Byrne & C. Irvin (Eds.), Reconcilable Differences: Turning Points in Ethnopolitical Conflict (pp. 154-173). West Hartford, CT: Kumarian Press.
Nishith, P., Barabasz, A., & Barabasz, M., & Warner, D. (1999). Brief Hypnosis Substitutes for Alprazolam use in College Students: Transient Experience and Quantitative EEG Responses. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 41(3), 237-243.
Nishith, P. Mechanic, M.B., & Resick, P.A. (2000). Prior Interpersonal Trauma: The Contribution to Current PTSD Symptoms in Female Rape Victims. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 109(1), 20-25.
Nishith, P., Weaver, T. L., Resick, P. A., & Uhlmansiek, M. (April, 1999). General Memory Functioning at Pre- and Post-treatment in Female Rape Victims with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. In L. Williams & V. Banyard (Eds.), Trauma and Memory (47—55). Newbury Park: Sage.
Pierce, L. & Shields, N. (2000). Gender Differences in Aggressive and Violent Behavior Among African-American Preadolescents: A Comparison of the Effects of Social and Psychological Factors. In V. Demos & M. Segal (Eds.), Advances in Gender Research: Social Change for Women and Children (pp. 227-254). Stanford, CT: JAI Press, Inc.
Rosenfeld, R. (1999). Theories of Violence: Behavioral Sciences. In R. Gottesman (Ed.), Violence in America (Vol 3, pp. 305-307). New York, NY: Scribner’s.
Rosenfeld, R. & Decker, S.H. (1999). Are Arrest Statistics a Valid Measure of Illicit Drug Use? Justice Quarterly, 16, 685-699.
Rosenfeld, R. Bray, T.M., & Egley, A. (1999). Facilitating Violence: a Comparison of Gang-Motivated, Gang Affiliated, and Non-Gang Youth Homicides. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 15, 495-516.
Tang-Martinez, Z., & Mechanic, M.B. (2000). Response to Thornhill and Palmer on Rape. The Sciences: NY Academy of Sciences.
Weaver, T. L., Resnick, H. S., Glynn, S. M., & Foy, D. W. (July 1999). Behavior therapy for PTSD. In M. Hersen & A. S. Bellack (Eds.), Handbook of Comparative Interventions for Adult Disorders: Prescriptive Treatment and Managed Care (Second Edition) (pp. 433 — 461). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
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Accepted for Publication this year:
Blumstein, A., Frederick, P., Rivara, & Rosenfeld, R. (in press). The Rise and Decline of Homicide — And Why. Annual Review of Public Health.
Clum, G.A., Calhoun, K.S. & Kimerling R.E. (in press). Symptoms of Depression and PTSD are Associated with Self-reported Health Among Sexually Assaulted Women. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.
Cottler, L.B., Nishith, P., & Compton III, W.M. (in press). Gender Differences in Risk Factors for Trauma Exposure and PTSD among Inner-City Drug Abusers in and out of Treatment. Comprehensive Psychiatry.
Jenkins, R. (in press). Caring for Families in the Home. In Robyn Rice (Ed.), Home Care Nursing Practice: Concepts and Application. St. Louis Mosby, Inc.
Marwit, S. J., & Lessor, C. (in press). Role of Deceased Mentors in the Ongoing Lives of Proteges, Omega: Journal of Death and Dying.
Wickie, S. J., & Marwit, S. J. (in press). Assumptive World Views of Parents of Murdered Children, Omega: Journal of Death and Dying.
Jorgensen, M., & Marwit, S. J., (in press). Social Support Needs of Patients with AIDS, AIDS Care.
Lurigio, A.J., & Mechanic, M.B. (in press). The Importance of Being Sensitive and Responsive to Crime Victims, Police Magazine.
Mechanic, M.B., Uhlmansiek, M. H., Weaver, T.L., & Resick, P.A. (in press). The Impact of Severe Stalking Experienced by Acutely Battered Women: An Examination of Violence, Psychological Symptoms, and Strategic Responding, Violence and Victims.
Mechanic, M.B., Weaver, T.L., & Resick, P.A. (in press). Intimate Partner Violence and Stalking Behavior: Exploration of Patterns and Correlates in a Sample of Acutely Battered Women, Violence and Victims.
Messner, S.F., & Rosenfeld, R. (in press). An Institutional-Anomie Theory of Crime. In R. Paternoster (Ed.) Essays in Criminological Theory, Los Angeles: Roxbury.
Miller, Jody & Rod K. Brunson. (in press). Gender Dynamics in Youth Gangs: A Comparison of Male and Female Accounts, Justice Quarterly.
Miller, Jody & Dheeshana Jayasundera. (in press). Prostitution, the Sex Industry and Sex Tourism. In Claire Renzetti, Jeff Edelsen and Rachel Bergen (Eds.) Sourcebook on Violence Against Women., Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Miller, Jody, Dheeshana Jayasundera & Manjula Adhihetty. (in press). Sex Tourism. In Nanette Davis and Gilbert Geis (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant Behavior, Volume 3, Sexual Deviance, London: Taylor & Francis. (Invited)
Messner, S.F., & Rosenfeld, R. (in press). Market Dominance and Crime in Post-Industrial Society. In Susanne Karstedt and Kai-D Bussmann (Eds.) Social Dynamics of Crime and Control, Oxford, England: Hart.
Myers, M. & Thompson, V.L. Sanders (in press). The Impact of
Violence Exposure on African American Youth in Context, Youth and Society.
Nishith, P. (in press). Cognitive Therapy in the Treatment of Psychotic and Personality Disorders: [Review of Cognitive Psychotherapy of Psychotic and Personality Disorders: Handbook of Theory and Practice], Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.
Nishith, P., Resick, P.A., & Mueser, K.T. (in press). Sleep Disturbances and Alcohol use Motives in Female Rape Victims with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Journal of Traumatic Stress.
Resick, P.A. (in press). Stress and Trauma. London, England: Psychology Press of Erlbaum (UK) Taylor & Francis.
Rosenfeld, R. (in press). Patterns in Adult Homicide: 1980-1995, in Alfred Blumstein and Joel Wallman (Eds.) The Crime Drop in America, New York: Cambridge.
Shields, N. and Pierce, L (in press). Factors Related to Aggressive and Violent Behavior Among Preadolescent African-American Boys, International Journal of Adolescence and Youth.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Invited Workshops
Mechanic, M.B. (April 2000). Secondary trauma associated with representing battered women. Workshop at Legal Services of Eastern Missouri.Mechanic, M.B., & Weaver, T.L. (January 2000). Domestic violence: The relationship to child abuse and neglect. Presentation for the 22nd Judicial Circuit (City of St. Louis) Court Improvement Project.
Miller, J. (March 2000). Young Women and High Risk Behavior. Workshop run with Olivia Quarles, Boys and Girls Club Sixth Annual Symposium on Youth Gangs and Delinquency, Atlanta.
Nishith, P. (November 1999). Cognitive Processing Therapy for Traumatic Stress Reactions. Workshop conducted at the 33rd Annual Convention of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Toronto, Canada.
Resick, P.A. (1999, February). Cognitive Processing Therapy for Traumatic Stress Reactions. Full-day continuing Education seminar presented for the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Arlington, Virginia.
Resick, P.A. (1999, March). Cognitive Processing Therapy for Traumatic Stress Reactions. Full-day workshop presented at the Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
Resick, P.A. (1999, June). Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD. Workshop presented at the 3rd Annual Conference of Psychology Special Interest Group, Combe Park, England.
Resick, P.A. (1999, November). Cognitive Processing Therapy. Specialty Training Course at the 15th Annual Meeting for the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Miami, FL.
Resick, P.A. Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD. Workshop presented at the National Centre for War-Related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder,
March 9, 2000 Sydney, Australia
March 10, 2000 Brisbane, Australia
March 21, 2000 Melbourne, AustraliaWherry, J. (March 2000). Developing a Managed Information System for Child Advocacy Centers. Sixteenth National Symposium on Child Sexual Abuse, Huntsville, AL.
Wherry, J. (April 2000). Treatment Decisions with Abusive Families. Division of Family Services, St. Louis, MO.
Wherry, J. (May 2000). Making Referrals in Child Sexual Abuse Cases. Missouri Safe-Care Network, St. Louis, MO.
Wherry, J. (May 2000). Advanced Forensic Interviewing in Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse, (with Luzette Wood,), Child Abuse & Neglect. Conference, St. Charles, MO.
Conference Presentations:
Clum, G.A., Calhoun, K.S., Seals, C., & Shaffer A. (1999, November). Cognitive and Emotional Mediators in Sexual Assault Narratives of College Women. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Toronto, Canada.
Dugan, L. Nagin, D. & Rosenfeld, R. (1999, November). The Effect of Legal Advocacy on Intimate Partner Homicide (Dugan presented). Presented at the meeting of the American Society of Criminology.
Feuer, C.A., Meade, L., Milstead, M., & Resick, P.A. (1999, November). The Transtheorectical Model Applied to Domestic Violence Survivors. In "Intimate Partner Violence" (M. Mechanic and L. Williams Chair and Discussant), symposium presented for the 15th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Miami, FL.
Griffin, M., Resick, P.A., & Mechanic M. (1999, November). Psychophysiological Alterations Related to Peritraumatic Dissociation in Domestic Violence Victims. Paper presented at the 15th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Miami, FL.
Grubaugh, A., Waldrop, A., Mechanic, M., & Resick, P.A. (1999, November). Alternatives and Investment as Predictors of Domestic Violence Victims’ Self Schemas. Poster presented at the 15th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Miami, FL.
Jenkins, R. (1999, June 18). Women's Health Issues. In "Telemedicine Technology for Home-health Care Nursing" presented at the 10th International Interdisciplinary Congress, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Jenkins, R. (August 1999). Global Perspectives. Tele-Home-Health Care Nursing at the Women's and Children's Health, Maui, Hawaii.
Jenkins, R. (1999, September 24). Telemedicine technology: Innovations in home health care nursing for congestive heart failure. Presented at the Midwest Alliance In Nursing Research Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Jenkins, R. (1999, November 7). Telemedicine Technology: Innovations in Home Health Nursing for Cardio-respiratory Problems. Presented during the Nursing and Technology Session at the 35th Biennial Convention Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society, Diego, CA.
Kaysen, D., Weaver, T.L., Nishith, P., & Resick, P.A. (1999, November). Depression, PTSD, and Cigarette Consumption in Victims of Domestic Violence. Poster presented at the 15th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Miami, FL.
Kaysen, D., Morris, M., & Resick, P.A. (1999, November). Factor Analytic Study of Within-Assault reactions and Distress in Female Crime Victims. Poster presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Toronto, Canada
Mechanic, M. B., Weaver, T. L., & Resick, P. A. (1999, November). Intimate Partner Violence and Stalking Behavior: Exploration of Patterns and Correlates in a Sample of Acutely Battered Women. In M. B. Mechanic (chair), Intimate Partner Violence. Paper presented at the 15th annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Miami, FL.
McCall, George J. (2000, April). Cross-Cultural Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Presented at Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL.
Miller, J. (2000, February). Drug Use, Drug Sales and Violence Among Gang Girls. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Society of Criminology, Kona, Hawaii.
Miller, J. (2000, February). Drugs, Violence and Victimization among Gang Girls. Youth Gang Consortium Meeting, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Washington D.C.
Morris, M., Kaysen, D., & Resick, P. (November, 1999). The Role of Perceived Threat in Female Victims' Within-Trauma Responses. Poster presented at the 15th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Miami, FL.
Nishith, P., Feuer, C.A., & Resick, P.A. (1999, November). The Influence of Dependent Personality Disorder and Histrionic Personality Disorder on Treatment Outcome Among Female Rape Victims, in M.Cloitre (Chair), The role of personality disorders in the assessment and treatment of PTSD. Symposium conducted at the 33rd Annual Convention of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Toronto, Canada.
Nishith, P., Resick, P.A., Griffin, M.G., & Weaver, T.L. (1999, November). Mechanism of Change in Prolonged Exposure and Cognitive Processing Therapy. Poster presented at the15th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Miami, FL.
Nishith, P. (2000, February). Sleep Disorders in Adult Victims of Violence. Paper presented at the Hampton University Research Forum 2000. Theme: Research Development in the 21st Century, Hampton, VA.
Nishith, P., Kaysen, D.L., Kimball, L.A., & Resick, P.A. (March 16-19, 2000). Childhood Sexual and Physical Abuse as Predictors of Adult Sexual and Physical Revictimization in a Sample of female rape victims: Replication in a treatment seeking sample. Paper presented at the 3rd World Congress for the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Melbourne, Australia.
Nishith, P., Duntley, S., Smith, B., & Uhles, M. (March 16-19, 2000). PTSD and Sleep Polysomnography in a Sample of Treatment Seeking Female Rape Victims. Poster presented at the 3rd World Congress for the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Melbourne, Australia.
Pierce, L. & R. September (1999, July). Reconceptualizing Child Maltreatment. Presented at the Inter-University Consortium for International Social Development 11th International Symposium, Cape Town, South Africa.
Resick, P.A. (1999, May). Approche Cognitive Comportementale Des Etats De Stress Post-traumatiques. Symposium presented for les etats de stress post traumatiques: mieux dianostiquer et mieux traiter, Montreal, Quebec.
Resick, P.A. (1999, May). Treatment of Sexual Trauma. Seminar presented at the Readjustment Counseling Service Training, St. Louis, MO.
Resick, P.A. (1999, June). Preliminary Findings of a Controlled Trial Comparing Cognitive Processing Therapy and Prolonged Exposure for PTSD. In "Psychotherapeutic Approaches to the Treatment of Trauma" (N. Tarrier, Chair), symposium presented at the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies 6th European Conference on Traumatic Stress, Istanbul, Turkey.
Resick, P.A. (1999, September). Treating PTSD with Cognitive Processing Therapy. Seminar presented at the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers 18th Annual 1999 Research and Treatment Conference, Orlando, FL.
Resick, P.A., Nishith, P., & Weaver, T.L. (1999, November). Predictors of Cognitive Processing Therapy and Prolonged Exposure: Demographics and Initial Distress. Paper presented at the 15th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Miami, FL.
Resick, P.A. (1999, November). Gender Issues in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. In "Gender Issues in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder" (R. Kimerling and P.A. Resick Chair and Discussant), symposium presented for the 15th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Miami, FL.
Resick, P.A., Nishith, P., & Weaver, T.L. (March 16-19, 2000). Reported Amnesia Among Treatment Seeking Rape Victims and Effects on Treatment Outcome. Paper presented at the 3rd World Congress for the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Melbourne, Australia.
Resick, P.A., Nishith, P., Griffin, M., Mechanic, M., & Weaver, T.L. (March 16-19, 2000). PTSD and Depression Comorbidity: Prospective Study and Treatment Outcome Results. Paper presented at the 3rd World Congress for the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Melbourne, Australia.
Resick, P.A. (March 25, 2000). Empirically Based Cognitive-Behavioral Treatments for PTSD: An Overview. In "Recent Developments in Understanding and Treating PTSD" (R. Yehuda Chair), symposium presented for the 20th National Conference of the Anxiety Disorders
Association of America, Washington D.C.Rosenfeld, R. (1999, July 20). Violence Across Time and Space: NCOVR’s Research Program. Presented at the meeting of the National Institute of Justice Evaluation conference.
Rosenfeld, R. (1999, August 7). Violence Across Time and Space: NCOVR’s Research Program. Presented at the meeting of the American Sociological Association.
Rosenfeld, R. (1999, September 10). Neighborhood Effects on Low-Income Families. Conference sponsored by the Joint Center for Poverty Research, Northwestern University and University of Chicago.
Rosenfeld, R., Messner, S.F., & Baumer, E. (1999, November). Estimating the Reciprocal Effects of Homicide and Social Capital (Messner presented). Presented at the meeting of the American Society of Criminology.
Rosenfeld, R & Rudell, R. (1999, November). Crime is Part of the Problem: The Effect of Property Crime Rates on Lethal Violence (Rudell presented). Presented at the meeting of the American Society of Criminology.
Rosenfeld, R. (2000, February 21). Patterns in Adult Homicide: Effects of Rising Incarceration Rates and Declining Marriage Rates. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington D.C.
Schulz, P., Weaver, T. L., Kraidy, A., & Ovcina, S. (1999, November). The War Trauma Recovery Program: Outreach and Psychotherapy Project. Workshop presented at the 15th annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Miami, FL.
Thompson, V.L. Sanders (1999, May). The Experience of Discrimination: Psychological Impact and Racial Identity Influences. Presented at Race, Culture, Family Life and Mental Health Services, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Charlottesville, VA.
Weaver, T.L. (1999, November). The Psychological Impact of Violence-related Injury. In T. Weaver (chair), Physical Injury and PTSD. Paper presented at the 15th annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Miami, FL.
Weaver, T.L., & Resick, P.A. (1999, November). Intimate Partner Violence. In "Intimate Partner Violence" (M. Mechanic and L. Williams Chair and Discussant), symposium presented for the 15th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Miami, FL.
Invited Addresses
Miller, J. (March 2000). Victimization and Resistance Among Commercial Sex Workers in Sri Lanka. Center for Trauma Recovery Colloquium Series, University of Missouri-St. Louis. (with Dheeshana Jayasundera)
Miller, J. (March 2000). Beach Boys and Brothels: The Sex Industry in Sri Lanka. Center for Humanities Monday Noon Series, University of Missouri-St. Louis, co-sponsored by the Institute for Women’s and Gender Studies. (with Dheeshana Jayasundera).
Miller, J. (August 1999). The Commercial Sex Industry in Sri Lanka: Some Preliminary Observations. International Centre for Ethnic Studies Lecture Series, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Patricia A. Resick (1999, June). Trauma, PTSD, and Substance Abuse: Implications for Treatment. Colloquia presented at the 3rd Annual Conference for Psychology Special Interest Group in Addictions, Combe Park, England.
Patricia A. Resick (1999, October). Cognitive Processing Treatment of Victims of Rape and Domestic Violence. Invited address presented at "Trauma, Violence, Mental Illness and Substance Abuse", sponsored by the Mid-Florida Center, Biloxi, Mississippi.
Patricia A. Resick (1999, October). Cognitive Processing Therapy for Trauma Survivors. Invited address presented at "Trauma, Violence, Mental Illness and Substance Abuse", sponsored by the Mid-Florida Center, Biloxi, Mississippi.
Patricia A. Resick (1999, October). Co-Morbid Treatment Issues. Invited address presented at "Trauma, Violence, Mental Illness and Substance Abuse", sponsored by the Mid-Florida Center, Biloxi, Mississippi.
Patricia A. Resick (2000, May). Treatment of Sexual Trauma. Invited address presented at "The Readjustment Counseling Service, Central Region Counselor Training," sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Hines, Illinois.
Richard Rosenfeld (1999, December 14). Using Crime Rates as Performance Criteria in Law Enforcement. Plenary address at "Meeting the challenges of a New Millennium," conference sponsored by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Executive Office of the President.
Richard Rosenfeld with Laura Dugan and Daniel Nagin. (2000, January 13). The Declining Rate of Intimate Partner Homicide. Invited address presented at the National Institute of Justice Research in Progress Seminar, Washington, DC.
Richard Rosenfeld (January 21, 2000). Trends in Intimate Partner Homicide, Brown bag presentation: Weinman Centre, University of Missouri, St. Louis.
Richard Rosenfeld (February 3, 2000). Crime Rates as Measures of Drug Enforcement Effectiveness, National Drug Intelligence Center, Johnstown, PA.
Richard Rosenfeld (September 7, 1999) The Crime Rate as a Performance Standard. Presentation to a meeting of the command Staff, Illinois State Police.
Jeffrey Wherry (March 2000). A Conceptual Model for Understanding the Effects of Sexual Abuse. St. Louis Council on Child Abuse and Neglect (COCAN), St. Louis, MO.
Jeffrey Wherry (April 2000). Ethical Conflicts in Suspected Child Abuse. Covenant Seminary, St. Louis, MO.
Jeffrey Wherry (May 2000). To Treat or Not to Treat That is the 1st Question: Assessment and Therapy of Sexually Abused Children. St. Joseph (MO) Children's Advocacy Center, St. Joseph, MO.
SERVICE
National / International
Michael Griffin
Reviewed manuscripts for:
Journal of Traumatic Stress
American Journal of Psychiatry
Served on Program Committee for International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Annual Convention.
National Crime Victims Rights Week
Samuel J. Marwit
Reviewed manuscripts for:
American Behavioral Scientist (special edition), (ad hoc reviewer)
Psychological Reports
Editorial Boards:
Omega: Journal of Death and Dying - invitation extended 3/2000
Death Studies — invitation extended for 2001
Executive Committee, Bereavement Center for Young Children,1999-present
George J. McCall
Consultant, Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Mindy Mechanic
Grant consultation, St. Louis County Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment Demonstration Collaboration (HHS/DOJ) (April 2000, under review).
Grant consultation, Stalking: A Multimedia Self-Directed Learning Package for Judges and Prosecutors, State Justice Institute (1999, not funded).
VA Merit Grant Reviewer
Reviewed manuscript for:
Journal of Traumatic Stress
Psychological Assessment
Jody Miller
National Advisory Board, Victims of Gang Violence Project, funded by the Office of Victims of Crime, Department of Justice, 1997-present.
National Advisory Board on Youth Gangs and Delinquency, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, 1998-present.
Resource Faculty Member, Post Graduate Course of Victimology, Victim Assistance, and Criminal Justice, World Society of Victimology
Editorial Board: Justice Quarterly
Editorial Associate: Theory and Society
Reviewed manuscripts for: Gender & Society, International Review of Victimology, Teaching Sociology, Roxbury Publishing, Temple University Press, Wadsworth Publishing, Westview Press
Program Committee (Victimless Crime Section Chair), 2000 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology.
Program Committee (Women and Crime Section Chair), Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences 1999 Annual Meeting.
Organizer, Research on Gangs and Gender Panel, 1999 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
Pallavi Nishith
Reviewed manuscripts for:
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Journal of Traumatic Stress
Patricia A. Resick
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies:
Program Committee, 2000
Nominating Committee, 1999
Board of Directors, 1997 — 2001
Secretary, 1999 - 2000Co-Director, National Violence Against Women Prevention Center,1998 — 2002
Chair, Data Monitoring Board Cooperative Study #420 "Group Treatment of
PTSD," Department of Veterans Affairs, Boston, MA, 1997-2000.
Planning Committee, Cooperative Study #494, "A Randomized Clinical Trial of Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for PTSD in Women, Department of Veterans.
Treatment Guidelines Committee for PTSD, Cognitive-Behavioral subcommittee, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, 1998-2000.
Editorial Board, Journal of Traumatic Stress (1995 — 1999) (4 Reviews)
Editorial Board, Behavioral Interventions (1998 — 1999) (1 Review)
Editorial Board, Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma (1997 — 1999)
Editorial Board, Cognitive and Behavioral Practice (1998 — Present) (1 Review)
Editorial Board, Trauma, Abuse, & Violence: A Journal of Reviews (1999 — Present)
Editorial Board, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (2000 — Present) (3
Reviews)
Reviewed manuscripts for:
Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology Psychology of Women Quarterly
Violence & Victims
Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapy
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Psychological Assessment
Pre-publication review of book, Post-Traumatic and Acute Stress Disorders by Matthew Friedman. To be published by Compact Clinicals (Kansas City, MO).
Reviewer for AABT Disaster & Trauma special interest group student researcher award.
Ad Hoc Reviewer for National Institute of Mental Health (2 grant proposals).
Richard Rosenfeld
Served as an American Sociological Association council member, Crime, Law and Deviance Section, and was a member of the section’s Reiss Award Committee.
Member of the American Society of Criminology Fellows Committee and program committee for the 2000 meeting.
Summarized researched on intimate partner homicide in "Explaining the Decline in Intimate-Partner Homicide." Her Story: A Newsletter From the Institute of Women’s and Gender Studies, 17 (Spring 2000): 4.
Reviewed grant proposals for NSF, NCOVR, and the Guggenheim Foundation, and book manuscripts for Cambridge Press and Roxbury Press.
Reviewed manuscripts for:
CriminologyAmerican Sociological Review
American Journal of Sociology
Justice Quarterly
Journal of the American medical Association
Journal of Quantitative Criminology
Homicide Studies
Journal of research in Crime and Delinquency
Urban Affairs Review
Violence Against Women
Vetta L. Sanders Thompson
Aid for Victims of Crime, provided supervision and consultation to the counselor hired to provide crisis counseling until licensure obtained, May 1999 - December 1999.
Reviewed manuscripts for:
Journal of Child Maltreatment (ad hoc review)
Terri L. Weaver
January 26 and January 28, 2000&endash;copresented with Dr. Mindy Mechanic a talk on Domestic Violence: The Relationship to Child Abuse and Neglect for the Missouri Juvenile Court Improvement Project.
Reviewed manuscripts for:Journal of Traumatic Stress, (Reviewer and Member of Editorial Board)
Child Abuse and Neglect, (Ad hoc Reviewer)
Violence and Victims, (Ad hoc Reviewer)
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, (Program Committee)
Medical University of South Carolina Internship Paper Competition (Panel Reviewer)
Community / Regional Services:
Michael Griffin
Assistant Director, Center for Trauma Recovery
YWCA Week Without Violence
Ruth Jenkins
Served as House Delegate voting member representing University of Missouri-St. Louis Chapter, Nu Chi for the 35th Biennial Convention Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society.
Served on the International Protocol Committee for the 35th Biennial Convention Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society.
Debra Kaysen
Featured Speaker, University of Missouri-St. Louis, Take Back The Night March (April, 2000).
Mindy Mechanic
Provided expert consultation and testimony in child custody case involving domestic violence (January 2000).
Served on Board of Directors, Aid for Victim’s of Crime (2000 — 2003).
Consulted with Aid for Vicitms of Crime’s program evaluation.
Consulted with Women in Transition’s program evalulation.
Member of St. Louis Regional Missouri Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
Consulted with Battered Women's Clemency Project.
Jody Miller
Advisory Committee, St. Louis Safe Futures Conference on Urban Girls, 1998-1999.
Patricia A. Resick
Director, Center for Trauma Recovery
Local speeches:
Community Advisory Committee of the St. Louis Regional Sexual Assault Center .
"Assessing the Caregiver’s Level of PTSD" for the Council on Child Abuse and Neglect (COCAN), 12/4/98. Featured speaker at Saint Louis Psychology Internship Consortium, Recent Trends in Treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, (November 19, 1999).
Richard Rosenfeld
Attended meeting of planning group for developing a St. Louis area youth violence initiative (January 19, 2000).
Consulted with the United Way on the St. Louis Regional Report Card Initiative.
Vetta L. Sanders Thompson
Education on dating violence to high school juniors and seniors at two St. Louis public high schools via the Role Models Program.
Terri L. Weaver
March 7, 2000 — The War Trauma Recovery Project: Outreach and Psychotherapy Services: Webster University.
May 1999 — In service consultation on the conduct of Evaluation Research: Legal Advocates for Abused Women.
May 26, 1999 — Ad hoc Consultation: Kathy J. Weinman Shelter, Pam Meyers re: Extant Research on Domestic Violence.
Member, Missouri Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
Member, Battered Women’s Economic Task Force.
Consultant and Advisory Board Member, War Trauma Recovery Project League.
Jeffrey N. Wherry
Reviewed manuscripts for Child Maltreatment
Editorial Board for Journal of Child Sexual Abuse
MEDIA LINKS
Ruth Jenkins
Interviewed by NurseWeek (Texas) and Healthweek (California) for the published article of crisis in home health care nursing (November 1999).
Mindy Mechanic
Interview with AP Wire Service — Why Men Rape (February 2000).
Interview with TV 5: GHB, Date Rape Drug (February 2000).
Interview with St. Louis Post Dispatch: Relationship Pressure (January 2000).
Interview with KMOX radio: Rape (January 2000).
Interview with Salon Magazine: Familial Homicide (October 1999).
Pallavi Nishith
CPS T.V. (Video 3; Series 1): Responding to Acquaintance or Date Rape.
Richard Rosenfeld
Quoted in "Newark Mourns Young Victim of the Gun Plague," by Nikita Stewart. Newark Star-Ledger (April 26, 2000).
Interviewed by Greg Freeman on radio KWMU’s program "St. Louis on the Air" about crime rate trends (April 6, 2000).
Quoted in "Heavy Fire From NRA Alienates Allies," by Jonathan Weisman. Baltimore Sun (March 19, 2000).
Quoted in "Sisterhood is Powerless," by Jennifer Foote Sweeney and Alisa Smith. Salon (March 14, 2000).
Feature interview about the adult homicide decline on the "Adler on Line" show of radio CJOB, Winnipeg, Manitoba (February 24, 2000).
Interviewed by Bill Reker of KMOX radio about declining adult homicide rates (February 23, 2000).
Interviewed by Markina Brown of KPLR television about declining adult homicide rates (February 21, 2000).
Interviewed by Laurie Waters of KMOV television about declining adult homicide rates (February 21, 2000).
Interviewed on channel 30 (local ABC affiliate) about study showing decline in adult homicide rates (February 21, 2000).
Quoted in "Murder, Marriage Rates Are Related, UMSL Professor Says" by John G. Carlton. St. Louis Post-Dispatch (February 21, 2000)
Quoted in "Finding the Right Mix of Ingredients to Keep Crime Rates Declining," by Valerie Schremp and Kevin Robbins. St. Louis Post- Dispatch (February 13, 2000).
Quoted in "FBI needs month to profile killer" by Jayne Matthews. BELLEVILLE NEWS-DEMOCRAT (January 12, 2000).
Feature interview for a story on my intimate partner homicide research by Serese Cole of Fox 4 News, Kansas City (interview date: November 2, 1999).
Quoted in "Gun Buy Back Program Benefits Questioned," by John Hoffmann. Law and Order Magazine (October 1999).
Interviewed by Michael Breslin of KPLR television about increase in St. Louis homicides (October 29, 1999).
Interviewed as part of KPLR television news story about an internet service assessing crime risk by zip code (October 6, 1999).
Quoted in "Effectiveness of Gun Buybacks Questioned" by Chris Mondics. Philadelphia Inquirer (September 19, 1999).
Quoted in "Trading Guns for Cash," by Ellen Gamerman. Baltimore Sun (August 25, 1999).
Interviewed by Charles Brennan on KMOX radio’s "Morning Meeting" program about the link between abortion policy and crime rates (August 18, 1999).
Interviewed by Charles Jako on KMOX radio about St. Louis crime rates (June 4, 1999).
Jeffery Wherry
Interviewed by Bob Duffy & Paul Hampel on KMOV-TV about child sexual abuse on April 12, 2000.