RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
Reasons for attrition in arrests and prosecutions of rape and sexual assault cases.
Melissa Morabito, April Pattavina and others: $1.19 million, National Institute of Justice.
Nationwide analysis of sex offender registration and notification systems and policies.
Andrew Harris and others: $1 million, National Institute of Justice.
How sex traffickers are groomed or mentored to be traffickers, how they groom new traffickers and how they are socially networked.
Amber Horning-Ruf and others: $500,000, National Institute of Justice.
Improving identification, prevalence estimation, and earlier intervention for victims of labor and sex trafficking.
Ryan Shields, Sheldon Zhang, Kelly Socia and others: $500,000, National Institute of Justice.
Responding to sexual assault on college campuses.
April Pattavina and others: $556,000, National Institute of Justice.
Improving prisoner reentry data and tracking sex offender recidivism in Michigan.
Jason Rydberg and others: $224,000, U.S. Department of Justice.
Creation of an online public health intervention to prevent child sexual abuse by other children and teens.
Ryan Shields, Ainat Koren (nursing) and others: $100,000, RALIANCE, university seed grant and other sources.