Stalking Victimization: Results of a National Study of Victims
April 14, 2022 from 12:00PM to 1:00PM
UCF’s Center for the Study of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery and UCF’s Violence Against Women Cluster present a webinar on stalking victimization. Representatives from the US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics will provide an overview of a recent study on stalking victimization. Topics will include findings on victim-offender relationships and the role of technology.
Guest Speakers:
Dr. Rachel E. Morgan is a statistician in the Victimization Statistics Unit at the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). BJS is the primary statistical agency within the U.S. Department of Justice and collects, analyzes, publishes, and disseminates information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of the justice system at all levels of government. Dr. Morgan’s research interests and work focus on criminal victimization, stalking, financial fraud, and the intersection of race and crime using data from the National Crime Victimization Survey. During her tenure at BJS, Dr. Morgan has presented on criminal victimization at the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology, American Society of Criminology, Coalition for Public Safety, and American Educational Research Association. She has authored many BJS statistical reports including, Criminal Victimization, 2020, Services for Crime Victims, 2019, Race and Hispanic Origin of Victims and Offenders, 2012-2015, and Financial Fraud in the United States, 2017. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Central Florida.
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