University of Missouri–St. Louis



April 2020Janet L. Lauritsen Janet_Lauritsen@umsl.eduOFFICECriminology and Criminal JusticeADDRESSUniversity of Missouri-St. LouisOne University BoulevardSt. Louis, MO 63121(314) 516-5427 (office)PRESENT POSITIONCurators’ Distinguished Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Missouri - St. Louis.Co-Editor, CriminologyEDUCATIONUniversity of Illinois, Urbana, Ph.D., Sociology, May, 1989. University of Illinois, Urbana; B.A., Sociology (1982), M.A., Sociology (1984).AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPSCurators’ Distinguished Professorship, University of Missouri (2013)Fellow of the American Society of Criminology (2013)Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research (2012)National Associate of the National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences (2011)Recipient of the Claude S. Fisher Award for Excellence in Contexts, Best Book Review (2010), with Richard Rosenfeld.Recipient of the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching – State of Missouri (2002)Visiting Research Fellowship, Bureau of Justice Statistics (2002-2004), (2005-2006), (2011- 2012), (2013-2014)Senior Research Scientist Award, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice (2016-2017)PUBLICATIONSBooksLauritsen, Janet L., and Daniel L. Cork, eds. (2018). Modernizing Crime Statistics – Report 2:New Systems for Measuring Crime. Panel on Modernizing the Nation’s Crime Statistics,Committee on National Statistics and Committee on Law and Justice. Washington DC:The National Academies Press (281 pages). Available for download at , Janet L., and Daniel L. Cork, eds. (2016). Modernizing Crime Statistics – Report 1:Defining and Classifying Crime. Panel on Modernizing the Nation’s Crime Statistics,Committee on National Statistics and Committee on Law and Justice. Washington DC:The National Academies Press (287 pages). Available for download at: (*indicates current or former student)Lauritsen, Janet L. and Theodore S. Lentz* (2019). “National and Local Trends in Serious Violence, Firearm Victimization, and Homicide,” Homicide Studies, Vol. 23: 243-261.Warnken, Heather and Janet L. Lauritsen (2019). “Who Experiences Violent Victimization and Who Accesses Services? Findings from the National Crime Victimization Survey for Expanding Our Reach” Center for Victim Research (an Office of Victims of Crime Center, U.S. Department of Justice). , Lynn A. and Janet L. Lauritsen (2018). “Is the Trouble Still Going On? Exploring Victims’ Accounts of Why Repeat Violent and Property Victimization Ends,” Violence and Victims, Vol. 33:1193-1208.Lauritsen, Janet L., Karen Heimer, and Joseph B. Lang (2018). “The Enduring Significance of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Male Violent Victimization, 1973-2010,” Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race, Vol. 15:69-87.Lauritsen, Janet L. and Maribeth L. Rezey* (2018). “Victimization Trends and Correlates: Macro- and Micro-Influences and New Directions for Research,” Annual Review of Criminology, Vol. 1: 103-121.Lauritsen, Janet L. and Daniel L. Cork (2017). “Expanding our Understanding of Crime: The National Academies Report on the Future of Crime Statistics and Measurement,” Criminology& Public Policy, Vol. 16: 1075-1098.Lauritsen, Janet L., Maribeth L. Rezey,* and Karen Heimer (2016). “When Choice of Data Matters:Analyses of U.S. Crime Trends, 1973-2012,” Journal of Quantitative Criminology,Vol. 32: 335-355.Berg, Mark T.* and Janet L. Lauritsen (2016). “Telling a Similar Story Twice? NCVS/UCR Convergence in Serious Violent Crime in Rural, Suburban, and Urban Places (1973-2010),” Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Vol. 32: 61-87.Lauritsen, Janet L. and Nicole White* (2014). “Seasonal Patterns in Criminal Victimization Trends.”Washington DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. NCJ245959.Lauritsen, Janet L., Marybeth L. Rezey*, and Karen Heimer (2014). “Violence and Economic Conditions in the U.S., 1973-2011: Gender, Race, and Ethnicity Patterns in the NCVS,” Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, Vol. 30: 7-28.Lauritsen, Janet L. and Maribeth L. Rezey* (2013). “Measuring the Prevalence of Crime with the National Crime Victimization Survey.” Washington DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau ofJustice Statistics. NCJ241656.Carbone-Lopez, Kristin and Janet L. Lauritsen (2013). “Seasonal Variation in Violent Victimization:Opportunity and the Annual Rhythm of the School Calendar,” Journal of QuantitativeCriminology, Vol. 29: 399-422.White, Nicole* and Janet L. Lauritsen (2012). "Violent Victimization Against Youth, 1994-2010." Washington DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. NCJ240106. Xie, Min, Janet L. Lauritsen, and Karen Heimer (2012). “Intimate Partner Violence in US Metropolitan Areas: The Contextual Influences of Police and Social Services,” Criminology,Vol. 50: 961-992.Xie, Min and Janet L. Lauritsen (2012). “Racial Context and Crime Reporting: A Test of Black’s Stratification Hypothesis,” Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Vol. 28:265-293.Xie, Min, Karen Heimer, and Janet L. Lauritsen (2012). “Violence Against Women in USMetropolitan Areas: Changes in Women’s Status and Risk, 1980-2004,” Criminology,Vol. 50:105-143.Lauritsen, Janet L., Jennifer Gatewood Owens*, Michael Planty, Michael R. Rand, and Jennifer L. Truman (2012). “Methods for Counting High-Frequency Repeat Victimizations in the National Crime Victimization Survey.” Washington DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, NCJ 237308.Lauritsen, Janet L. and Kristin Carbone-Lopez (2011). “Gender Differences in Risk Factorsfor Violent Victimization: An Examination of Individual-, Family-, and Community-LevelPredictors,” Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Vol. 48:538-565.Lauritsen, Janet L. (2010). “Advances and Challenges in Empirical Studies of Victimization,”Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Vol. 26:501-508.Lauritsen, Janet L. and Karen Heimer (2010). “Violent Victimization Among Males and Economic Conditions: The Vulnerability of Race and Ethnic Minorities,” Criminology & Public Policy, Vol. 9:665-692.Baumer, Eric P. and Janet L. Lauritsen (2010). “Reporting Crime to the Police, 1973-2005: A Multivariate Analysis of Long-Term Trends in the NCS and NCVS,” Criminology, Vol. 48:131-185.Lauritsen, Janet L., Karen Heimer, and James P. Lynch. (2009). “Trends in the Gender Gap in Violent Offending: New Evidence from the National Crime Victimization Survey,” Criminology, Vol. 47:361-400.Heimer, Karen, Janet L. Lauritsen, and James P. Lynch (2009). “The National Crime Victimization Survey and the Gender Gap in Offending: Redux,” Criminology, Vol. 47:427-438.Lauritsen, Janet L. and Ekaterina Archakova* (2008). “Advancing the Usefulness of Research for Victims of Crime,” Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, Vol. 24: 91-102. (Guest Editor of special issue.)Lauritsen, Janet L. and Karen Heimer. (2008). “Gender and Violent Victimization, 1973-2004,”Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Vol. 24: 125-147.Lauritsen, Janet L. and John H. Laub. (2007). “Understanding the Link Between Victimization and Offending: New Reflections on an Old Idea,” Crime Prevention Studies, Vol. 22, (Surveying Crime in the 21st Century): 55-76.Lauritsen, Janet L. (2006). “Problematic Research: How Can Academic Researchers Help Improve the Quality of Anticrime Program Evaluations?” Journal of Experimental Criminology, Vol. 2 (No. 3): 363-373. Lauritsen, Janet L. (2005). “Social and Scientific Influences on the Measurement of Criminal Victimization,” Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Vol. 21:245-266. (Guest Editor of special issue).Lauritsen, Janet L. (2005). “Explaining Patterns of Offending Across the Life Course: Comments on Interactional Theory and Recent Tests Based on RYDS-RIS Data,” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 602:212-228.Lauritsen, Janet L. and Robin J. Schaum* (2005). “Crime and Victimization in the Three Largest Metropolitan Areas, 1980-1998.” Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. NCJ 208075.Lauritsen, Janet L. and Robin J. Schaum* (2004). “The Social Ecology of Violence Against Women,” Criminology, Vol. 42: 323-357.Lauritsen, Janet L. (2003). “How Families and Communities Influence Youth Victimization.” Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. NCJ 201629.Baumer, Eric, Julie Horney, Richard Felson, and Janet L. Lauritsen. (2003). “Neighborhood Disadvantage and the Nature of Violence,” Criminology, Vol. 41: 39-72.Reprinted in R. Crutchfield, C. Kubrin, G. Bridges, and J. Weis (eds.) Crime Readings,Sage Publications (2008).Lauritsen, Janet L. and Norman A. White. (2001). “Putting Violence in Its Place: The Effects ofRace, Ethnicity, Gender and Place on the Risk for Violence,” Criminology & Public Policy, Vol. 1: 37-60.Lauritsen, Janet L. (2001). “Race, Gender, Place, and Risk: Patterns of Violent Victimization in the NCVS,” 2000 Proceedings of the Section on Government Statistics and Section on Social Statistics: 10-17. American Statistical Association.Lauritsen, Janet L. (2001). “The Social Ecology of Violent Victimization: Individual andContextual Effects in the NCVS,” Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Vol. 17: 3-32.Hawkins, Darnell F., John H. Laub, Janet L. Lauritsen, and Lynn Cothern. (2000). “Race,Ethnicity, and Serious and Violent Juvenile Offending,” Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. NCJ 181202.Lauritsen, Janet L. (1999). “Limitations in the Use of Longitudinal Self-Report Data: A Comment,” Criminology, Vol. 37: 687-694.Lauritsen, Janet L. (1998). “The Age-Crime Debate: Assessing the Limits of Longitudinal Self-Report Data,” Social Forces, Vol. 77: 127-155.Reprinted in David Weisburd and Shawn Bushway (eds), Quantitative Methods in Criminology, Ashgate (2005).Baumer, Eric, Janet L. Lauritsen, Richard Rosenfeld, and Richard Wright. (1998). “The Influence of Crack Cocaine on Robbery, Burglary, and Homicide Rates: A Cross-City, Longitudinal Analysis,” Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Vol. 35: 316-340.Lauritsen, Janet L. and C. Gray Swicegood. (1997).“The Consistency of Self-Reported Initiation of Sexual Activity.” Family Planning Perspectives, Vol. 29: 215-22Lauritsen, Janet L. and Kenna Davis Quinet. (1995). "Patterns of Repeat Victimization Among Adolescents and Young Adults." Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Vol. 11: 143-166.Laub, John H. and Janet L. Lauritsen. (1994). "The Precursors of Chronic Offending Across the Life Course." Federal Probation, Vol. LVIII: 51-57.Lauritsen, Janet L. (1994)."Explaining Race and Gender Differences in Adolescent SexualBehavior." Social Forces, Vol. 72: 859-884.Laub, John H. and Janet L. Lauritsen. (1993). "Developmental Aspects of Violent Behavior: A Longitudinal, Comparative Approach." Violence and Victims, Special issue entitled "Socio-cultural Aspects of Violent Behavior," Vol.8: 235-252. Reprinted in: Interpersonal Violent Behaviors: Social and Cultural Aspects, pp 43-61, R. Barry Ruback and Neil A. Weiner, eds., Springer Publishing Co. 1995.Lauritsen, Janet L. (1993). "Sibling Resemblance in Juvenile Delinquency: Findings from the National Youth Survey." Criminology, Vol. 31: 387-410.Lauritsen, Janet L., John H. Laub, and Robert J. Sampson. (1992). "Conventional and Delinquent Activities: Implications for the Prevention of Violent Victimization Among Adolescents." Violence and Victims, Vol. 7: 91-108.Lauritsen, Janet L., Robert J. Sampson, and John H. Laub. (1991). "The Link Between Offending and Victimization Among Adolescents." Criminology, Vol. 29: 265-292.Sampson, Robert J. and Janet L. Lauritsen. (1990). "Deviant Lifestyles, Proximity to Crime, and the Offender-Victim Link in Personal Violence." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Vol. 27: 110-139.Ross, Catherine and Janet L. Lauritsen (1985)."Public Opinion About Doctors' Pay." American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 75: 668-70. Book ChaptersJonson-Reid, Melissa, Janet L. Lauritsen, Tonya Edmund, and F. David Schneider. (2016). “Public Policy and Prevention of Violence Against Women,” in Prevention, Policy, and Public Health, Amy Eyler et al (eds). Oxford University Press.Lauritsen, Janet L. (2015). “The Devil is in the Details: Crime and Victimization Research with the National Crime Victimization Survey,” in Envisioning Criminology: Researchers on Research as a Process of Discovery, Michael Maltz and Stephen Rice (eds.). Springer.Lauritsen, Janet L., Ekaterina Gorislavsky* and Karen Heimer. (2013). “Economic Conditions,and Violent Victimization Trends Among Youth: Guns, Violence, and Homicide, 1973-2005,” pp. 85-120 in Economics and Youth Violence: Crime, Disadvantage, and Community, Richard Rosenfeld, Mark Edberg, Xiangming Fang, and Curtis Floyd (eds.). New York University Press.Lauritsen, Janet L. and Dena Carson* (2010). “The President’s Task Force on Victims of Crime,” pp. 659-662 in The Encyclopedia on Victimology and Crime Prevention, Sage Publications, Inc.Lauritsen, Janet L. (2009). “Muestro” (“Sampling”), pp. 62-67 in the Proceedings of the Congreso Internacional de Especialistas para el Estudio del Estado de Derecho, la Victimizacion y la Eficacia Institucional en Mexico, 16 y 17 de abril de 2009, Mexico City: Centro de Investigacion y Docencias Economicas (CIDE).Lauritsen, Janet L. (2009). “Adminstracion de la Encuesta de Victimizacion: la NCVS en los Estados Unidos” (“Administration of the Victimization Survey: The NCVS in the United States), pp. 97-101 in the Proceedings of the Congreso Internacional de Especialistas para el Estudio del Estado de Derecho, la Victimizacion y la Eficacia Institucional en Mexico, 16 y 17 de abril de 2009, Mexico City: Centro de Investigacion y Docencias Economicas (CIDE).Lauritsen, Janet L. (2009). “Criminal victimization in the United States: Trends and Patterns in Risks,” pp. 67-82 in Towards a Safer Society, L. Sabbadini, M. Muratore, and G. Tagliacozzo (eds), Roma: Istituto Nazionale de Statistica (ISTAT). Available at: , Karen and Janet L. Lauritsen. (2008). “Gender and Violence in the United States: Trends in Offending and Victimization,” pp. 45-80 in Understanding Crime Trends:Workshop Report, Committee on Understanding Crime Trends, Committee on Law and Justice, National Research Council. Washington DC: National Academies Press.Lauritsen, Janet L. and Callie M. Rennison. (2005). “The Role of Race and Ethnicity in Violence Against Women,” pp. 303-322 in Gender and Crime: Patterns of Victimization and Offending, Karen Heimer and Candace Kruttschnitt (eds.), New York: New York University Press. Lauritsen, Janet L. (2005). “Racial and Ethnic Differences in Juvenile Offending,” pp. 83-104 inOur Children, Their Children: Confronting Race and Ethnic Differences in American Criminal Justice. Darnell Hawkins and Kimberly Kempf-Leonard (eds.), University of Chicago Press.Lauritsen, Janet L. and Shannan Catalano* (2004). “The National Crime Victimization Surveys,” pp. 803-808 in The Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, Vol. 2, Elsevier Press.Lauritsen, Janet L. and Robert J. Sampson. (1998). "Minorities, Crime, and Criminal Justice," pp. 30-56 in Michael Tonry (ed.), Oxford Handbook on Crime and Punishment, Oxford University Press.Hawkins, Darnell, John H. Laub, and Janet L. Lauritsen. (1998). "Race, Ethnicity and Serious Juvenile Offenders," pp. 30-46 in Rolf Loeber and David Farrington (eds.), Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders: Risk Factors and Successful Interventions, Sage.Laub, John H. and Janet L. Lauritsen. (1998). "The Interdependence of School Violence with Neighborhood and Family Conditions," pp. 127-158 in D. Elliott, B. Hamburg, K. Williams (eds.), Violence in American Schools, Cambridge University Press.Sampson, Robert J. and Janet L. Lauritsen. (1997). "Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Crime and Criminal Justice in the United States," pp. 311-374 in Michael Tonry (ed.).,Crime and Justice: A Review of Research, Vol. 21. Special volume entitled "Ethnicity, Crime, and Immigration: Comparative and Cross-National Perspectives," University of Chicago Press.Decker, Scott and Janet L. Lauritsen. (1996). "Breaking the Bonds of Social Networks: Leaving the Gang." Pp. 103-122 in Ronald Huff, Gangs in America, Sage. (Updated for 3rd edition).Sampson, Robert J. and Janet L. Lauritsen.(1994). "Violent Victimization and Offending: Individual-, Situational-, and Community-Level Risk Factors," pp. 1-114 in Albert J. Reiss and Jeffrey A. Roth, eds. Understanding and Preventing Violence: Social Influences on Violence, Vol.3., National Research Council. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.Book Reviews, Essays, Web PublicationsLauritsen, Janet L., Brian Johnson, David McDowall, and Jody Miller (2019). “What Scholars Should Know About Self-Plagiarism,” The Criminologist, Vol. 44, No. 1: 13-14.Warnken, Heather and Janet L. Lauritsen (2018). “Insights from the NCVS Data for the Victim Assistance Field: Who Might We Be Missing?” Center for Victim Research, Webinar, May.Lynch, James P. and Janet L. Lauritsen (2015). “Modernizing the Nation’s Crime Statistics,” The Criminologist, Vol. 40, No. 2: 1-6, and Comment, Vol. 40, No. 4.Lauritsen, Janet L. (2012). “Violent Repeat Victimization: Prospects and Challenges for Research andPractice,” National Institute of Justice, US Department of Justice, Research for the Real World Seminar, Washington DC: April. Podcast of presentation archived and available at: , Richard and Janet L. Lauritsen. (2010). “The Facts About New York City’s Crime Drop,”The Crime Report (on-line resource for crime and justice reporters), February 12. , Janet L. (2010). “Rape and Sexual Assault,” Oxford Bibliography Online: Criminology. Richard Rosenfeld (Ed.), NY: Oxford University Press.Lauritsen, Janet L. (2010). “Restorative Justice,” Oxford Bibliography Online: Criminology. Richard Rosenfeld (Ed.), NY: Oxford University Press.Lauritsen, Janet L. (2010). “Victimization Patterns and Trends,” Oxford Bibliography Online: Criminology. Richard Rosenfeld (Ed.), NY: Oxford University Press.Lauritsen, Janet L. (2009). “Safeguarding and Improving the Nation’s Statistics on Crime and Justice,” The Criminologist, Vol. 34, No. 5: 1-5.Rosenfeld, Richard and Janet L. Lauritsen (2008). “The Most Dangerous Crime Rankings,” Contexts, Vol. 7, 66-67.Heimer, Karen and Janet L. Lauritsen. (2008). “The Importance of Studying Trends in Violence Against Women,” The Criminologist, Vol. 33, No. 4: 1-6.Lauritsen, Janet L. (2007). “How to Impress Your Colleagues at ASC,” The Criminologist, Vol. 32, No. 5: 11.Lauritsen, Janet L. (2004). “Searching for a Better Understanding of Race and Ethnic Differences in Violent Crime,” Review Essay of Violent Crime: Assessing Race and Ethnic Differences, D. Hawkins (ed.), Criminal Justice Ethics 23: 68-73.Lauritsen, Janet L. (2000). Review of Race to Incarcerate, Contemporary Justice Review 2: 461-464.Lauritsen, Janet L. (1995). Review of Lifelines and Risks: Pathways of Youth in Our Time, American Journal of Sociology 102:314-316.Lauritsen, Janet L. (1994). Review of The Limits of Family Influence: Genes, Experience, and Behavior, Contemporary Sociology 24(1): 89-90.Lauritsen, Janet L. (1993). Review of Overcoming the Odds: High Risk Children from Birth to Adulthood, American Journal of Sociology 98:986-988. RESEARCH GRANTSSenior Research Scientist, PI using Intergovernmental Personnel Agreement between UMSL and Bureau of Justice Statistics, (2016-2017); subject matter expert for development of Victim-Offender Overlap Survey, and Generic Area Crime Estimates based on NCVS data.Principal Investigator (2011, 2012, 2013-2014), Bureau of Justice Statistics for Visiting Research Fellow support for “Visiting Fellow: National Crime Victimization Survey, Repeat Victimization” (2010-NV-CX-K076). Supplement and continuation awards for 2013-2014 for related NCVS work on sampling limitation and victim-offender overlap assessment.Co-Principal Investigator (2011-2012), National Science Foundation, for project entitled “Collaborative Research: Violent Victimization in the U.S.: The Vulnerabilities of Minorities and Women Over Time.” Co-Principal Investigators Karen Heimer and Joseph Lang, University of Iowa (SES-1059828). Principal Investigator (2007-2009), Co-Principal Investigator Karen Heimer (University of Iowa), National Institute of Justice support for project entitled “Gender and Violent Victimization, 1973-2005” (NIJ 2007-IJ-CX-0026).Principal Investigator (2005-06), Bureau of Justice Statistics for Visiting Research Fellow support for project entitled “Evaluation of NCVS Methodology and Costs.”Principal Investigator (2002-04), Bureau of Justice Statistics for Visiting Research Fellow support for project entitled “Methodological History of the NCVS.”Principal Investigator (2002), National Center for Juvenile Justice for project entitled “Families,Communities, and Violent Victimization Among Adolescents.”Principal Investigator (2000-01), American Statistical Association, Committee on Law and Justice Statistics for project entitled “Family Structure and Violence: Individual and Contextual Effects in the NCVS”.Principal Investigator (1998-00), National Consortium on Violence Research, NSF, Carnegie Mellon University for project entitled “Multilevel Analysis of the National Crime Victimization Surveys: Phase II.”Co-Principal Investigator (1998-00), National Consortium on Violence Research, NSF, Carnegie Mellon University for project entitled “Community-level and Situational-level Effects on Violent Incidents Reported in the National Crime Victimization Surveys.” Co-Investigators are Julie Horney, Richard Felson, and Eric Baumer.Principal Investigator (1997-98), National Consortium on Violence Research, NSF, Carnegie Mellon University for project entitled “Multilevel Analysis of the National Crime Victimization Surveys.”Principal Investigator (1993-4), University of Missouri Research Board for project entitled "Explaining Repeat Victimization Among Adolescents."Principal Investigator (1992-3), University of Missouri-St. Louis Improved Research Quality Award for project entitled "Individual and Neighborhood Contributions to the Risk of Crime", co-principal investigator Timothy Hope (CCJ-UMSL). Principal Investigator (1991), University of Missouri-St. Louis Summer Research Fellowship, for project entitled "The Family Context of Juvenile Delinquency: Specifying the Effects of Parents and Siblings."Post-Doctoral Research Associate (1989-90) on project entitled "The Victimization of Juveniles and Young Adults: A Longitudinal and Repeated Cross-Section Approach," National Institute of Justice, Robert J. Sampson (Principal Investigator).NATIONAL COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTSChair, Committee on National Statistics Panel on Modernizing the Nation’s Crime Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, 2013 (member), 2014-2018 (chair).Member, Roundtable on Crime Trends, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, 2013 - 2015.Member, Committee on Law and Justice, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, 2009-2011, 2012 - 2016.Member, Survey Costs Task Force on the National Crime Victimization Survey, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce. 3/10 - 6/10.Member, Committee on National Statistics Panel to Review the Programs of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, 1/07-12/08.Member, Committee on Law and Justice, Panel on Understanding Crime Trends, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, 6/07 to 6/08. Executive Counselor (Elected), American Society of Criminology, 11/04 to 11/07. Chair, Committee on Law and Justice Statistics, American Statistical Association, 1/04 to 12/06. Committee Member, 11/00-12/03.Member, Committee on Law and Justice Panel to Review Police Policy and Practice, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, 6/00 to 6/03.SELECTED PRESENTATIONS (Last 5 years only)Heimer, Karen, and Janet L. Lauritsen (2019). “Welfare, Poverty, Politics and Violence Against Women in the United States,” American Society of Criminology meetings, San Francisco, CA: November.Lauritsen, Janet L. (2019). “Gender, Intimate Partners, and Gun Violence,” Invited plenary at the Public Policy Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City: IA, The Burden of Gun Violence, Trends and Policy Solutions, October.Lauritsen, Janet L. and Theodore S. Lentz (2019). “National and Local Trends in Serious Violence, Firearm Victimization, and Homicide,” Invited presentation at the National Institute of Statistical Sciences’ Ingram Olkin Statistics Serving Society Forum – Gun violence: The Statistical Issues. Washington, D.C.: June, and American Society of Criminology meetings, San Francisco, CA: November.Lauritsen, Janet L. (2019). “Violent Crime in the U.S.: What We Know and Don’t Know,”14th Annual Harry Frank Guggenheim Symposium on Crime in America,” Invited Plenary, New York City: February.Lauritsen, Janet L. (2019). “Modernizing Crime Statistics and the Widespread Impact on the IT Industry,” IJIS (Integrated Justice Information Systems) Institute, Invited Plenary Session, Washington, DC: January.Lauritsen, Janet L. (2018). “The Disappearing Gender Gap in Nonlethal Violent Victimization,” American Society of Criminology meetings, Presidential Plenary, Atlanta: November.Lauritsen, Janet L. and Karen Heimer (2018). “The Gender Gap in Violent Victimization Revisited, 1973-2016,” American Society of Criminology meetings, Atlanta: November.Heimer, Karen and Janet L. Lauritsen (2018). “Gendered Trends in Violent Victimization: The Closing Gender Gap and the Role of Offense-Type and Race/Ethnicity,” British Society of Criminology meetings, Birmingham, England, July.Lauritsen, Janet L. (2018). “The Declining Gender Gap in Violent Victimization,” Invited talk, Department of Criminal Justice, Loyola University-Chicago, October.Lauritsen, Janet L. (2018). “Modernizing Crime Statistics”, Invited talk, School of Criminal Justice,University at Albany, April.Warnken, Heather and Janet L. Lauritsen (2017). “Who Is At High Risk for Violent Victimization and Who Is Most Likely to Access Victim Services?” National Center for Victims of Crime, Portland: December. Extended presentation available as a webinar for practitioners at the Center for Victim Research (2018): )Lauritsen, Janet L. (2017). “Modernizing the Nation’s Crime Statistics: Beyond UCR and NCVS,” American Society of Criminology meetings, Presidential Plenary, Philadelphia: November.Heimer, Karen, Philip Levchak, and Janet L. Lauritsen (2017). “Gender and Victimization by Strangers,” American Society of Criminology meetings, Philadelphia: November.Heimer, Karen, Janet L. Lauritsen, Philip Levchak, and Joseph B. Lang (2017). “Revealing the Structural Nexuses of Race and Risk for Intimate Partner Violence in the United States,” European Society of Criminology meetings, Wales, September.Heimer, Karen and Janet L. Lauritsen (2017). “Gendered Trends in Violent Victimization in the United States: Forty-Three Years of National Crime Victimization Survey Data,” Invited address at the Symposium on New Ways of Measuring Change in Violence Against Women and Men, Violence in Society UNESCO Centre, Lancaster University, England, March.Lauritsen, Janet L. (2017). “Survey Evidence on Gun Use in Crime,” 16th Annual Youth Violence Conference, St. Louis: April (invited).Krebs, Christopher, Christine Lindquist, Shannan Catalano, Lynn Langton, and Janet Lauritsen (2017).“Victim Offender Overlap Study,” Jail Research Network meetings, Aurora, Colorado: April, and American Society of Criminology meetings, Philadelphia: November.Lauritsen, Janet L. (2016). “What Journalists and the Public Should Know About Crime Data,”11th Annual Harry Frank Guggenheim Symposium on Crime in America,” Invited Plenary, New York City: February 2016.Lauritsen, Janet L., Karen Heimer, and Joseph B. Lang (2016). “The Enduring Significance ofRace and Ethnic Disparities in Male Violent Victimization: An Analysis of U.S. NCVSMicro-Data, 1973-2010,” American Society of Criminology meetings, New Orleans: November; and at The Institute of Criminology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem: May (invited).Lauritsen, Janet L. (2016). “When Choice of Data Matters: Analyses of U.S. Crime Trends, 1973-2012,” Conferencia Internacional sobre Estadisticas de Gobernanza, Seguridad y Justicia. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 3rd International Conference on Government, Crime, Victimization and Justice (invited): Merida, Mexico (June 2016).Lauritsen, Janet L., Maribeth L. Rezey, and Karen Heimer (2015). “When Choice of Data Matters:Analyses of U.S. Crime Trends, 1973-2012,” American Society of Criminology meetings, Washington DC: November.Rosenfeld, Richard, Janet L. Lauritsen, Maribeth L. Rezey, and Aaron Levin (2014). “The Relationship Between UCR and NCVS Crime Rates Revisited (Again),” American Society of Criminology meetings, San Francisco: November.Berg, Mark and Janet L. Lauritsen (2014). “Telling a Similar Story Twice? NCVS/UCR Convergence in Serious Violent Crime in Rural, Suburban and Urban Places (1973-2010),” European Society of Criminology meetings, Prague: September.Addington, Lynn A. and Janet L. Lauritsen (2013). “Is the Trouble Still Going On? Exploring Why High Volume Repeat Victimization Ends and What It Means for Theoretical Development and Policy,” American Society of Criminology meetings, Atlanta: Georgia.Heimer, Karen, Janet L. Lauritsen, Joseph B. Lang, and Ryne VanKrevelen (2013). “Stranger Violence Against Women: Findings from the National Crime Victimization Survey, 1980-2010,” American Society of Criminology meetings, Atlanta: Georgia.PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND SERVICEProfessional MembershipsAmerican Society of Criminology Professional Editorial ResponsibilitiesCo-Editor, Criminology (2016 to present).Editorial Advisory Board, Criminology (2003 to 2016).Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, (1994 to 2016).Editorial Advisory Board, Criminology & Public Policy (2010 to 2012).Consulting Editor, American Journal of Sociology (2008 to 2011).Oxford University Press Handbook Editorial Board (2009 to 2010).Oxford Bibliographies Online Criminology Editorial Board (2009 to 2010). Associate Editor, Criminology (1997 to 2000).Editorial Advisory Board, Criminology (1993 to 1997).Ad Hoc Journal Reviewing for:Criminology & Criminal Justice; Criminology & Public Policy, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Law and Society Review, Justice Quarterly, Violence and Victims, Studies on Crime and Crime Prevention (Sweden), Journal of Criminal Justice, Western Criminology Review, Crime and Delinquency, Homicide Studies, Violence Against Women.Sociology/Other: American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, British Journal of Sociology, Social Forces, Law & Society Review, Social Problems, Sociological Quarterly, Social Science Research, Sociological Perspectives, Social Science Quarterly, Sociological Focus, Urban Affairs Review, Journal of Adolescence,Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Journal of the American Statistical Association, The American Statistician, Social Science and Medicine, Children and Youth Services Review, American Journal of Public Health.Ad Hoc Research Proposal Reviewing for: National Science Foundation, U.S. Census Bureau, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Centers forDisease Control and Injury Prevention, National Institute of Aging, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Justice, National Institutes of Mental Health, American Statistical Association, National Consortium on Violence Research, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Economic and Social Research Council (UK), Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, University of Missouri Research Board.Other Professional Service:American Society of CriminologyASC Outstanding Article Award (2019-2020).ASC Fellows Committee (2009-2010, 2014-2015, 2016-2017, Chair 2018).Edwin H. Sutherland Award Committee (2011-2012), Chair (2012-2013).ASC Collaborative Initiatives Committee, Chair (2014-2016).Ad Hoc Criminology Policy Committee (2007-2008, 2009-2010), Chair (2008-2010).Nominations Committee (2008).Executive Board (elected position) (2005-2007).Futures Committee (2005, 2006, 2007).Cavan Young Scholar Award Committee (2007).Program Committee (1996, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012).Publications Committee (2002, 2003).Constitution and By-Laws Committee Chair (1998, 1999), Chair (2000, 2001).Membership Committee (1991, 1992).American Sociological Association:Crime, Law, and Deviance Reiss Outstanding Book Award Committee (2007).Other:Subject matter expert on the Methodology Review Committee for the NCS-X NIBRS Estimation Project; BJS – FBI CJIS Partnership, US Department of Justice (November 2018 to present). National Academy of Science Board Review of the Committee on Law and Justice (CLAJ),Division on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Washington DC: March-April 2018). Presentation of findings meeting to CLAJ, May 2018.Presentation of Modernizing the Nation’s Crime Statistics NAS reports to US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) (April 2018); and to Bureau of Justice Statistics and Federal Bureau of Investigation. Scientific Advisory Committee, 3rd International Conference on Governance, Crime and Justice Statistics, United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the National Institute for Statistics and Geography of Mexico (INEGI) (2015-2016).Advisory Board, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Center for Violence and Injury Prevention, G.W. Brown School of Social Work, Washington University (2009-2014).Expert Panel Member, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Panel on the Contextual Relationship between Individual-Level Violence and Macro-Level Economic Factors (2008-2010).UNIVERSITY SERVICE DepartmentExecutive Committee (2006-2007) (2013-2016) (2019-present).Doctoral Qualifying Papers Committee (2019-present). Ad personam committee service for tenure and promotion (last 5 years)2018, 2 associate to full professors 2017, 1 assistant to associate professor 2016, 1 assistant to associate professor 2015, 1 tenure for associate professor 2014, 1 associate to full professor 2013, 1 associate to full professorChairperson (2004-2005).Director of Graduate Studies (1999-2001). Graduate Committee (2012-2016).CampusCurators’ Distinguished Teaching Professorship Peer Review (2018).Building Your Research Program Participant for Early Career Faculty, Nov (2017).Campus Review Team, Chair, Office of Research Administration Review (2015).College of Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee (2014).Campus Review Team, Department of Chemistry (2013).College of Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee, Chair (2011).College of Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee (2010).College of Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee (2009).Campus Review Team, College of Education Doctoral Program Review (2010).Institutional Review Board for Human Subjects Research (2009, 2010, 2011).Campus Task Force on Gender Issues (2007-2009).College of Arts and Sciences Scholarship Committee (2007-2009).Campus Review Team, Sociology Department 5-year Review (2007).Mathematics Department Search Committee (2006-2007).Budget and Planning, College of Arts & Sciences (2003-2004).Faculty Senate Committee on Research Dishonesty (2003-2005).Doctoral Faculty Selection Committee (2000-2002).Graduate Directors Committee (1999-2002).University of Missouri SystemUniversity of Missouri Research Board (2014 to 2016).COURSES TAUGHTUndergraduate: Criminological Theory; Statistics; Community Crime Prevention; Gender, Crime, and Justice; Victimology.Graduate: Foundations of Criminological Theory; Contemporary Criminological Theory; Victimology; Statistics I; Statistics II; Quantitative Research Methods.Dissertation Committees (Completed):Aaron Levin (Chair, Ph.D. 2018, National Geo-Spatial Intelligence Agency, St. Louis)Timothy McCuddy (Member, Ph.D. 2018, Asst. Prof., University of Memphis).Allen Shamow (Member, Ph.D. 2018).CheyOnna Sewell (Chair, Ph.D. 2018, University of Colorado-Boulder).Maribeth L. Rezey (Chair, Ph.D. 2017, Asst. Prof., Loyola University Chicago).Shytierra Gaston (Member, Ph.D. 2016, Asst. Prof., Northeastern University).Timothy Dickinson (Member, Ph.D. 2015, Asst. Prof., University of Texas-El Paso).Ekaterina Gorislavsky (Chair, Ph.D. 2014, Asst. Prof., Southern Illinois University).Jennifer Gatewood Owens (Chair, Ph.D. 2013, Asst. Prof. University of Missouri-Kansas City).Ryan Walsh (Member, Ph.D. 2011), Center for Trauma Recovery, UMSL).Nicole White (Chair, Ph.D. 2011).Dena Carson (Member, Ph.D. 2011, Asst. Prof., UIPUI-Indianapolis).Margit Averdijk (Member, Ph.D. 2010, Professor, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology).Mark Berg (Chair, Ph.D. 2009, Asst. Prof., University of Iowa).Brad Brick (Member, Ph.D. 2009, Asst. Prof., Old Dominion University).Janice Hill (Chair, Ph.D. 2008, Research Instructor, Southern Illinois University).Robin Schaum (Chair, Ph.D. 2008).Toya Like (Chair, Ph.D. 2006, Assoc. Prof., University of Missouri-Kansas City.)Stephen Schnebly (Member, Ph.D. 2005, Assoc. Prof., University of Illinois-Springfield).Shannan Catalano (Chair, Ph.D. 2004, Statistician, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice).Ann Dirks-Linhorst (Member, Ph.D. 2003, Assoc. Prof., Southern Illinois University).Elicka Peterson (Member, Ph.D. 2001, Assoc. Prof., Appalachian State University).M. Dyan McGuire (Chair, Ph.D. 2000, Assoc. Prof., Saint Louis University).OTHER AFFILIATIONSSenior Research Scientist, Intergovernmental Personnel Agreement, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice (January 2016 to June 2017).Visiting Research Fellow, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice (2002-2006, 2011-2012, 2013-2014).Visiting Scholar, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY Graduate Center. (Fall 2008).Fellow, National Consortium on Violence Research (1997 to 2008).PRIOR POSITIONSProfessor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2002-2013.Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 1996-2002.Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 1990-1996.Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Illinois (UI), 1989-1990. ................
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