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Access the Experts: Tara Richards

In this installment, Richards answers: "Has the Violence Against Women Act worked in protecting women?"

  • published: 2021/12/02
Professor Tara Richards

Access the Experts is an innovative partnership between the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and News Channel Nebraska (NCN), where viewers submit their questions to be answered by UNO faculty members.

In This Installment of Access the Experts

Tara Richards, Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska at Omaha answers the question: "Has the Violence Against Women Act worked in protecting women?"



About Richards

Tara Richards is an associate professor within the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice focusing on intimate partner violence, sexual assault, campus sexual misconduct, and the role of gender in victimization and the criminal justice system processes in her research.

Richards' work has been featured in "Justice Quarterly, Crime & Delinquency," and "Law and Human Behavior." Currently, she is an active member of the American Society of Criminology's Division on Women and Crime (DWC), a member of the Editorial Board for the "Journal of Experimental Criminology" and the "Journal of Women and Criminal Justice." She also serves on the Douglas County Sexual Assault Response Team (SART), Domestic Violence Community Response Team (DV CRT), the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) Working Group, and is the site coach for Nebraska's Justice Reinvestment initiative.

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