Selected Publications - Articles & Papers
Pattavina, A., Morabito, M.S., & Williams, L.M. (forthcoming) Examining Connections Between the Police and Prosecution in Sexual Assault Case Processing: Does the Use of Exceptional Clearance Facilitate a Downstream Orientation? Victims and Offenders: Journal of evidence-based policies and practices.
Williams, L.M. & Walfield, S. (in press) Rape and Sexual Assault. H. Friedman (ed.) Encyclopedia of Mental Health, 2nd edition. San Diego: Elsevier. 10 pgs.
Cares, A.C., Banyard, V.L., Moynihan, M.M., Williams, L.M., Potter, S.J., & Stapleton, J.G. (2015). Changing attitudes about being a bystander to violence: Translating an in-person sexual violence prevention program to a new campus. Violence Against Women, 21, (2); 165-187.
Williams, L.M. & Weeks, E. (2014). Defining and Measuring Child Maltreatment. In J. R. Conte (ed.) Child Abuse and Neglect Worldwide: Vol I Understanding, Defining and Measuring Child Maltreatment. (pp 9-36). Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.
Moynihan, M. M., Banyard, V. L., Cares, A. C., Potter, S. J., Williams, L. M., & Stapleton, J. G. (2014). Encouraging responses in sexual and relationship violence prevention: What program effects remain 1 year later? Journal of Interpersonal Violence, doi:10.1177/0886260514532719
Cares, A.C., Hirschel, D., & Williams, L.M. (2014) Teaching about victimization in an online environment: Translating in person empathy and support to the internet. The Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 25: 405-420.
Post-Secondary Education: Integrating Crime Victims' Issues into University and College Curricula. (Co-Principal Investigator): U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime. Grant # 009-VF-GX-K006. October 1, 2009 – March 31, 2013. Curriculum for Integrating Crime Victim Issues into the College and University Curricula
Williams, L.M. (2013) Adolescence and Commercial Sexual Exploitation: Prostituted Girls in the US. In Bromberg, D.S. and O’Donohue, W.T. (eds.) Handbook of Child and Adolescent Sexuality. Oxford: Academic Press, 2013, pp. 449-468.
Williams, L.M. (2011) "Community Responsibility for Runaway and Thrownaway Youth--Commentary," Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk: Vol. 2: Iss. 1, Article 11.
Williams, L.M. (2010). Harm and resilience among prostituted teens: Broadening our understanding of victimisation and survival. Social Policy and Society, 9,2: 243-254.
Williams, L.M. (2009). Provide Justice For Prostituted Teens: Stop Arresting And Prosecuting Girls. In Natasha A. Frost, Joshua D. Freilich, and Todd R. Clear (Eds.), Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice Policy: Policy Proposals from the American Society of Criminology Conference. (pp. 297-306). Belmont, CA: Cengage/Wadsworth.
Williams, L.M. & Frederick, M.E. (2009). Pathways into and out of commercial sexual victimization of children: Understanding and responding to sexually exploited teens. Lowell, MA: University of Massachusetts Lowell.