Leading International Conference On Family Violence July 11 - July 13
By Lori Wright, Media Relations
July 7, 2010
UNH will welcome hundreds of leading researchers from around the world to discuss
their groundbreaking research at the annual International Family Violence and
Child Victimization Research Conference on, July 11 - July 13, 2010, at
the Sheraton Harborside Hotel and Conference Center in Portsmouth.
The conference is sponsored by the UNH Family Research Laboratory (FRL) and the
Crimes against Children Research Center (CCRC), with this year’s conference
co-sponsored by the Institute on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma (IVAT, San Diego,
California. In the tradition of conferences dating back to 1981, this conference
will provide ample opportunities for hundreds of researchers and scientist/practitioners
to meet and discuss a broad range of topics, including child maltreatment, intimate
partner violence, sexual assault, as well as parenting and prevention of family
violence.
“Every year, many excellent conferences on child victimization and family
violence take place around the country, and in several different regions of the
world. Our conference differs because of its research focus. There
is an opportunity for researchers and practitioners from many disciplines to
come together for the purpose of sharing knowledge on family violence,” says
Glenda Kaufman Kantor, conference chair and Research Association Professor of
Sociology at the FRL and CCRC.
New to the conference series this year are pre-conference workshops on “The
VIGOR: A New Risk Management Tool for Victims of Battering” and “Structural
Equation Modeling with AMOS for Non-Statisticians: Basic Concepts and Applications.” Also
a keynote address by Victoria Banyard titled “Preventing violence: The
bystander’s role.”
U.S. Department of Justice, Deputy Associate Attorney General Karol Mason will
be addressing the conference participants on Monday, July 12, 2010, during the
lunch hour.
At previous conferences, participants have included professionals and graduate
students from psychology, sociology, psychiatry, social work, nursing, medicine,
women’s studies, law, criminology, criminal justice, anthropology, public
health, and child development. Participation in the conference is open
to all, requiring pre-registration through the FRL.
For further information, contact FRL Conference staff at frl.conference@unh.edu or
visit
http://www.unh.edu/frl/conferences/2010/.
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