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Center on Children, Families, and the Law: Faculty Publications
2023
Contextual determinants of re-reporting for families receiving alternative response: A survival analysis in a Midwestern State, Jianchao Lai, Michelle Graef, Todd Franke, and Toby Burnham
2021
“Born Under My Heart”: Adoptive Parents’ Use of Metaphors to Make Sense of Their Past, Present, and Future, Lucas Hackenburg, Toni Morgan, and Eve Brank
2020
Mandatory, Fast, and Fair: Case Outcomes and Procedural Justice in a Family Drug Court, Melanie Fessinger, Katherine Hazen, Jamie Bahm, Jennie Cole-Mossman, Roger Heideman, and Eve Brank
Evaluating the Facilitating Attuned Interactions (FAN) Approach: Vicarious Trauma, Professional Burnout, and Reflective Practice, Katherine Hazen, Matthew W. Carlson, Holly Hatton-Bowers, Melanie Fessinger, Jennie Cole-Mossman, Jamie Bahm, Kelli Hauptman J.D., Eve Brank, and Linda Gilkerson
2019
Outcomes of the Iowa Parent Partner program evaluation: Stability of reunification and re-entry into foster care, Jeff M. Chambers, Sandy Lint, Maggie G. Thompson, Matthew W. Carlson, and Michelle Graef
Police surveillance of cell phone location data: Supreme Court versus public opinion, Emma W. Marshall, Jennifer L. Groscup, Eve Brank, Analay Perez, and Lori A. Hoetger
Case Closure Among the Lancaster County’s Family Treatment Drug Court: The Role of Personal Relationships, Chelsey Wisehart, Katherine Hazen, and Matthew W. Carlson
2017
Public health framing and attribution: Analysis of the first lady’s remarks and news coverage on childhood obesity, Jennifer A. Andersen, Lindsey E. Wylie, and Eve M. Brank
Structure and Service Delivery Approach of the Children’s Bureau’s Resource Centers and Implementation Centers, Tammy Richards, Michelle Graef, Kathy Deserly, Peter Watson, and Mark Ells
Parental Blame Frame: An Empirical Examination of the Media's Portrayal of Parents and Their Delinquent Juveniles, Ashley Wellman, Eve Brank, and Katherine Hazen
2016
Differing Perspectives on Older Adult Caregiving, Eve M. Brank and Lindsey E. Wylie
Measuring Older Adult Confidence in the Courts and Law Enforcement, Joseph A. Hamm, Lindsey E. Wylie, and Eve M. Brank
2015
All in the Family: A Retrospective Study Comparing Sibling Bullying and Peer Bullying, Lori A. Hoetger, Katherine P. Hazen, and Eve M. Brank
2014
Development and Initial Findings of an Implementation Process Measure for Child Welfare System Change, Mary I. Armstrong, Julie S. McCrae, Michelle Graef, Tammy Richards, David Lambert, Charlotte Lyn Bright, and Cathy Sowell
2013
Let’s discuss: Teaching students about discussions, Eve Brank and Lindsey Wylie
2012
Potential for Self-reporting of Older Adult Maltreatment: An Empirical Examination, Eve M. Brank, Lindsey E. Wylie, and Joseph A. Hamm
American Indian Women and Sexual Assault: Challenges and New Opportunities, Angela R. Gebhardt and Jane D. Woody
Best Outcomes for Indian Children, Loa L. Porter, Patina Park Zink, Angela R. Gebhardt, Mark Ells, and Michelle Graef
2011
Family Structure as a Social Context for Family Conflict: Unjust Strain and Serious Delinquency, Ryan Spohn and Don L. Kurtz
2010
Ohio Regional Forum Report Findings from the Survey and Small Small-Group Participation, Ryan Spohn
Emotional Abuse and Controlling Behaviors in Heterosexual Relationships: The Role of Employment and Alcohol Use for Women and Their Partners, Egbert Zavala and Ryan Spohn
2009
Recruiting and Selecting Child Welfare Staff, Michelle Graef, Megan Paul, and Tara L. Myers
Managing Performance [in Child Welfare Supervision], Megan E. Paul, Michelle Graef, Erika J. Robinson, and Kristin Saathoff
Protecting Well-Being While Pursuing Justice, Barbara Sturgis
2008
Punishing My Parents: Juveniles’ Perspectives on Parental Responsibility, Eve M. Brank and Jodi Lane
An Experimental Juvenile Probation Program: Effects on Parent and Peer Relationships, Eve M. Brank, Jodi Lane, Susan Turner, Terry Fain, and Amber Sehgal
Investigating Racial Disparity at the Detention Decision: The Role of Respectability, Don L. Kurtz, Tavis Linnemann, and Ryan Spohn
Is There Such a Thing as “Defended Community Homicide”?: The Necessity of Methods Triangulation, Ryan Spohn
An Assessment of Cross-National Variation in Rates of Incarceration, Ryan Spohn and Travis Linnemann
Procedural Justice in Family Conflict Resolution and Deviant Peer Group Involvement Among Adolescents: The Mediating Influence of Peer Conflict, Jennifer Stuart, Mark Fondarco, Scott A. Miller, Veda Brown, and Eve M. Brank
2007
Elder Research: Filling an Important Gap in Psychology and Law, Eve M. Brank
Will They Tell? Weapons Reporting by Middle-School Youth, Eve M. Brank, Jennifer L. Woolard, Veda E. Brown, Mark Fondacaro, Jennifer L. Luescher, Ramona G. Chinn, and Scott A. Miller
Development and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Community Norms of Child Neglect Scale, Rebecca Goodvin, David R. Johnson, Sam A. Hardy, Michelle Graef, and Jeff M. Chambers
A Specialized Domestic Violence Court in South Carolina: An Example of Procedural Justice for Victims and Defendants, Angela R. Gover, Eve M. Brank, and John M. MacDonald
Pathways and Turning Points: Child Maltreatment, Adolescent Outcomes, and Delinquency, Ryan Spohn
Review of Juvenile Delinquency: Causes and Control (2nd edition) by Robert Agnew, Ryan Spohn
2006
All Parents Are to Blame (Except This One): Global Versus Specific Attitudes Related to Parental Responsibility Laws, Eve M. Brank, Stephanie A. Hays, and Victoria Weisz
Classroom-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention to Prevent Aggression: Efficacy and Social Validity, Ann P. Daunic, Stephen W. Smith, Eve M. Brank, and Randall D. Penfield
Identity Orientation, Voice, and Judgments of Procedural Justice During Late Adolescence, Mark R. Fondacaro, Eve M. Brank, Jennifer Stuart, Sara Villanueva-Abraham, Jennifer Luescher, and Penny S. McNatt
Gun Related Youth Violence: Fear of Victimization versus the Influence of Significant Others, Ryan Spohn and Samantha Lane
2005
Parental Responsibility Statutes: An Organization and Policy Implications, Eve M. Brank, Stephanie Carsten Kucera, and Stephanie A. Hays
Pulpits and Platforms: The Role of the Church in Determining Protest among Black Americans, Scott T. Fitzgerald and Ryan Spohn
Regulation, Subsidy Receipt and Provider Characteristics: What Predicts Quality in Child Care Homes?, Abbie Raikes, Helen Raikes, and Brian Wilcox
Delinquency and Gun Violence: The Intervening Role of Values toward Guns, Ryan Spohn
2004
Paying for the Crimes of Their Children: Public Support of Parental Responsibility, Eve M. Brank and Victoria Weisz
Unraveling the Labyrinth: A Proposed Revision of the Nebraska Juvenile Code, Mark Ells, Robert B. O'Neal, Victoria Weisz, and Jennifer Conner
2003
Community Correlates of Rural Youth Violence, D. Wayne Osgood and Jeff M. Chambers
2001
Parental Compliance: Its Role in Terimination of Parental Rights Cases, Eve M. Brank, Angela L. Williams, Victoria Weisz, and Robert E. Ray
Parental Compliance: Its Role in Termination of Parental Rights Cases, Eve M. Brank, Angie L. Williams, Victoria Weisz, and Robert E. Ray
2000
Costing Child Protective Services Staff Turnover, Michelle Graef and Erick L. Hill
Social Disorganization Outside the Metropolis: An Analysis of Rural Youth Violence, D. Wayne Osgood and Jeff M. Chambers
1995
Facilitated Communication: Novel Scientific Evidence or Novel Communication?, Charles A. Phipps and Mark L. Ells
1994
BATTERED WOMAN SYNDROME, EXPERT TESTIMONY, AND THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN JUSTIFICATION AND EXCUSE, Robert F. Schopp, Barbara J. Sturgis, and Megan Sullivan
1985
Job Satisfaction and Job Performance: A Meta-Analysis, Michelle Iaffaldano [Graef] and Paul M. Muchinsky