February 16, 2023
Many findings from the audit are relevant to police departments across the country, according to Senior Research Scientist Linda Williams, Ph.D.
In a Q&A, Kate Price, Ph.D., shares what she鈥檚 been working on since being featured in the Boston Globe. Warning: This story deals with child sexual abuse.
A new white paper investigates the response to reports of child sexual abuse and the characteristics of cases that drop out of the criminal justice system.
April 26, 2022
The white paper from the Justice and Gender-Based Violence Research Initiative offers policy and practice recommendations to achieve justice for victims, families, and communities.
Linda Williams, Ph.D., stressed the importance of implementing research-informed policies to support survivors of sexual violence on college campuses.
Hon. Cynthia Lynn Blandford, Founder and President of the UCL, (left) and WCW Executive Director Layli Maparyan (right) partnered to address human trafficking in Liberia.With funding from the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, WCW and partners are addressing human trafficking in Liberia.
In a Q&A, Visiting Scholar Kate Price, Ph.D., discusses the importance of including survivors in research on commercial sexual exploitation of children.
A WCW research team developed a checklist to aid institutions in designing and maintaining user-friendly website content related to the prevention of and response to sexual violence.
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. by from Peoria, AZ, under license.
Our Justice and Gender- Based Violence Research Initiative examined the many different ways colleges and universities approach Title IX sexual assault investigations.
May 26, 2020
A report on campus sexual assault by our Justice and Gender-Based Violence Research Initiative was published days before new Title IX rules were issued by the Department of Education.
A recent study from our Justice and Gender-Based Violence Research Initiative details challenges related to the prosecution of child sexual abuse cases.
Assumptions about a potential jury鈥檚 social biases are tied to sexual assault cases dropping out of the criminal justice system.
Scholars from WCW investigate how Black women and girls cope with sexual violence and whether #MeToo reflects their experiences.
March 21, 2019
A DOJ-funded study from our Justice and Gender-Based Violence Research Initiative highlights the striking number of sexual assault cases that never lead to an arrest or trial.
Linda Williams, Ph.D., WCW senior research scientist and director of the Justice and Gender-Based Violence Research Initiative, presented with Melissa Morabito, Ph.D., associate professor at University Massachusetts annual report 2018 Lowell (UMass-Lowell), and April Pattavina, Ph.D., WCW senior scholar and professor at UMass-Lowell, 鈥淪exual Assault Case attrition: Key findings from the UML-WCW NIJfunded Research鈥� at the American Society of Criminology (ASC) Annual Meeting
Dr. Linda Williams is an expert contributor on a podcast about how often cases of sexual violence are reported to police and do not go to trial.
Dr. Linda Williams discusses the ways that perceived lack of credibility influences justice system outcomes for survivors of sexual violence.
Dr. Linda Williams explains why victims of sexual violence don't always come forward right away.
Drs. Linda Williams and Nan Stein share findings on the prosecution of sexual violence and sexual harassment in schools, respectively.
October 30, 2017
Linda Williams, Ph.D., offered a written testimony for a public hearing on domestic violence as a public health issue hosted by the Joint Committee on Public Health and Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators.
Research & Action Report, Fall/Winter 2015
By April Pattavina, Ph.D. and Linda M. Williams, Ph.D.
The Justice and Gender-Based Violence Research Initiative
The Justice and Gender-Based Violence Research Initiative, led by Co-Directors Linda M. Williams, Ph.D., and April Pattavina, Ph.D., senior research scientists, was recently launched at the 妻友社区 (WCW). Longtime followers of the Centers may recognize Williams, who was director of research at the Stone Center at WCW from 1996 to 2005. In that role, she led the Navy Family Study, a comprehensive approach to understanding the factors that affect successful and unsuccessful outcomes for Navy families involved with the family advocacy office, as well as the outcomes for adults and children exposed to domestic violence, child physical abuse, or child sexual abuse. Williams co-directed the National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center and continued her research on the long-term consequences and memories of child sexual abuse. Pattavina comes to WCW from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, where she collaborated with Williams and colleague Melissa S. Morabito, Ph.D., associate professor, on the national multi-site study of sexual assault case attrition through the criminal justice system that is described in the following interview. She brings an interest in applying advances in information and computer technology to the study of social problems. She has been invited to give presentations and workshops on the use of administrative data for policy analysis and received an award from The Boston Foundation for using data to drive community change.
妻友社区-Cabo Verde Convening
The Centre for Research and Training in (CIGEF) and the 妻友社区 (WCW) held a joint conference, Gender, Social Justice, and Women鈥檚 Empowerment, in Cabo Verde in February. Vanessa Britto, M.D., 妻友社区 College Medical Director; LaShawnda Lindsay, Ph.D., WCW research scientist; Layli Maparyan, Ph.D., the Katherine Stone Kaufmann 鈥�67 Executive Director of WCW; and Linda M. Williams, Ph.D., WCW senior research scientist, were among the presenters. Attended by government officials, UN officers, academics, students, and representatives of numerous community organizations and NGOs, the conference symbolized the cementing of a partnership that has been growing since 2013. 鈥淥ur joint conference reflected an important effort to work across the language barrier to share research and best practices related to issues facing women and girls worldwide,鈥� Maparyan said. 鈥淩esearchers, practitioners, and policymakers from Cabo Verde, the U.S., and other countries came together to learn together, converse about strategies, and build new working relationships.鈥�
In fall 2015, the 妻友社区 (WCW) launched the Justice and Gender- Based Violence Research (JGBVR) Initiative to build on its work advancing the role that research plays in improving the lives of women and girls, families and communities. Led by Senior Research Scientist Linda M. Williams, Ph.D., and an interdisciplinary group of collaborators, the JGBVR team conducts and disseminates research that meaningfully addresses the causes and consequences of gender-based violence and the social, health, and justice system responses to violent crime and victimization. To do this work, the initiative builds relationships with partners in the community, the criminal justice system, governmental and non-governmental organizations, international partners, and other researchers and institutes. Nine months later, the team has made great strides in linking its high-quality, gender-informed research with real action to improve the lives of women and girls in all roles of the criminal justice system鈥攙ictims, offenders, workers, and policymakers.
February 7, 2005
Linda Williams, Ph.D., explains that memories of child sexual abuse are not always continuous.
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