Karen Terry, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Executive Officer of the Doctoral Program in Criminal Justice, CUNY. She holds a doctorate in criminology from Cambridge University. She has several publications on sex offender treatment, management and supervision,including Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification: A “Megan’s Law” Sourcebook (Civic Research Institute) and Sexual Offenses and Offenders: Theory, Practice and Policy (Wadsworth). She has been involved with numerous research projects regarding sexual offenses and offenders. Most recently, she was the principal investigator for a national study on the nature and scope of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church from 1950-2002. She is also the editor of the periodical Sex Offender Law Report, published bi-monthly by the Civic Research Institute. |
