Discussion List for campus-based and allied personnel working to end gender-based violence on campus.

["Irvine, Mahri" <>]

Dear All,

 

(Apologies for cross-posting!)

 

For those of you who attended the Prevent-Connect webinar yesterday, featuring several researchers discussing much-hyped research claims about serial and one-time rapists, you might be interested in checking out the response from David Lisak, Jim Hopper, and Allison Tracy.

 

I found their response to be immensely helpful, and I truly appreciate them taking the time to not only carefully and methodically explore the data sets, but to also make sure that they explained their concerns in language that is easy to understand.

 

Because the Swartout et. al. research claims have been so heavily promoted by various news sources and organizations lately, I hope that everyone will have the opportunity to also learn about the response from Lisak, Hopper, and Tracy. (I know that I will be sharing this response very, very widely.) In fact, it seems to me that we should have a national webinar featuring their response in the very near future, so that as many people as possible are able to hear about their concerns and interpretations of the data. And, after Lisak, Hopper, and Tracy finish their peer-reviewed publication, I hope that NSVRC will publish a “research translation” report of their work, just like the one that NSVRC produced for the Swartout, et. al. article.

 

Sincerely,

Mahri

 

Mahri Irvine, PhD

IU Statewide Sexual Assault Education and Prevention Specialist

Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis

Walker Plaza 220

719 Indiana Avenue

Indianapolis, IN 46202

317-274-2501 (office)

317-278-0948 (fax)