Her primary areas of research include intimate partner violence, family violence, and the role of gender in criminal justice system processes. Her most recent empirical work has been published in Child Abuse and Neglect, Crime & Delinquency, Journal of Criminal Justice, and Violence and Victims and she is the Co-Editor of the book Sexual victimization: Then and now. Her research paper on college student-to-faculty disclosures of crime victimization is currently under consideration for the Violence Against Women 2013 article of the year.