I received a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and a Masters of Legal Studies (MLS) from the University of Nebraska's Law-Psychology program. After completing a predoctoral internship at the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute in Tampa, FL, where I collaborated with members of the Department of Mental Health, Law, and Policy, I took a postdoctoral position in Melbourne, Australia where I taught courses in forensic psychology at Monash University and continued doing research and clinical work with sex offender populations.
My research focuses broadly on establishing empirical evidence for use in sex offender policy, management, and the law. I am currently involved in a large scale project examining sex offender treatment, civil commitment, and risk of recidivism. I am further involved in a project that uses empirical and geo-spatial data to examine the overall impact and utility of sex offender residency restrictions and community notification statutes.
Finally, I am involved with the team of researchers at John Jay who are investigating the causes and contexts of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. Specifically, I am working to develop the clinical segment of this project, which will involve careful investigation of the psychological characteristics of clergy offenders. |
