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Maribeth Rezey, PhD

Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director


Dr. Maribeth L. Rezey is Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director of Criminal Justice and Criminology at ⭐@Outlook邮箱账号 | 注册收件专用 | 二手账号 | 可用1个月+ | 网页无法登录 | 带令牌 | IMAP POP3 | 少量测试. She received her Ph.D. in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Her research focuses on the use of quantitative methodologies to understand patterns and trends in criminal victimization, especially pertaining to family violence and crimes against women and children.

Education

2017  Ph.D., Criminology & Criminal Justice

University of Missouri-St. Louis

2009  M.A., Criminology & Criminal Justice

University of Maryland, College Park

2005  B.A., Political Science and Sociology

Villanova University

Research Interests

Victimization; Family Violence; Quantitative Research Methods; Child Abuse & Neglect; Crime Trends; Substance Abuse

Courses Taught

Undergraduate
CJC 205 – Research Methods
CJC 206 – Statistics
CJC 371 – Victimology
CJC 376 – Childhood Exposure to Violence
Graduate
CJC 403 – Research Methods and Program Evaluation
CJC 431 – Criminal Victimization

Publications/Research Listings

Rezey, Maribeth L., Olson, David E., and Stemen, Don. (2025). Urban victims of nonlethal gun violence: A Chicago-centered analysis using the National Crime Victimization Survey. Crime & Delinquency 7(6-7): 2389-2416.

Vogel, Matt, McCuddy, Tim, Mathias, Brenda, Rezey, Maribeth L., and Kaser, Taylor. (2024). Assessing the acute effects of exposure to community violence among adolescents: A strategic comparison approach. Social Science Research 121: 103026.

Rezey, Maribeth L., and DiMeglio, Maria. (2024). What is known about the magnitude, trend, and risk for child sexual abuse and the commercial sexual exploitation of children in the U.S.? Journal of Child Sexual Abuse 33(6): 691-713.

Rezey, Maribeth L., and Lauritsen, Janet L. (2023). Crime reporting in Chicago: A comparison of police and victim survey data, 1996-2018. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 60(5): 664-699.

Rezey, Maribeth L. (2023). A macro-level understanding of levels and trends in the abuse and homicide of children, 1997-2020. Child Abuse & Neglect 137: 106005.

Rezey, Maribeth L. (2020). Separated women’s risk for intimate partner violence: A multiyear analysis using the National Crime Victimization Survey. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 35(5-6): 1055-1080.

Lauritsen, Janet L., and Rezey, Maribeth L. (2018). Victimization trends and correlates: Macro-and microinfluences and new directions for research. Annual Review of Criminology, 1: 103-121.

Lauritsen, Janet L., Rezey, Maribeth L., and Heimer, Karen. (2016). When choice of data matters: Analyses of U.S. crime trends, 1973-2012. Journal of Quantitative Criminology 32(3) 335–355.

Lauritsen, Janet L., Rezey, Maribeth L., and Heimer, Karen. (2014). Violence and economic conditions in the United States, 1973-2011: Gender, race, and ethnicity patterns in the National Crime Victimization Survey. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 30:7–28.

Lauritsen, Janet L., and Rezey, Maribeth L. (2013). Measuring the prevalence of crime with the National Crime Victimization Survey. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. NCJ241656.

Awards

Bureau of Justice Statistics Graduate Research Fellowship

Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice

Larry J. Siegel Graduate Fellowship for Victimology Studies

Division of Victimology, American Society of Criminology

Charles G. Huber, Jr. Dissertation Fellowship

Dept. of Criminology & Criminal Justice, University of Missouri–St. Louis