David Finkelhor

Courses Taught
- JUST 602: Research Internship
- SOC 525: Juvenile Crime and Delinquency
- SOC 773/873: Childhood and Social Policy
- SOC 792: Internship Independent Study
Research Interests
- Applied Sociology
- At-Risk Children/Youth
- Child Abuse/Neglect
- Child/Youth Health Services
- Children - Services For
- Children (Patients)
- Children/Youth
- Crime
- Emotional/Mental Health--Child/Adolescent
- Family Violence
- Infant / Child Mortality
- Internet Safety
- Psychology/Abused Children
- Sociology of the Family
- Victimization/Compensation
Selected Publications
Dubowitz, H., Finkelhor, D., Zolotor, A., Kleven, J., & Davis, N. (2022). Addressing Adverse Childhood Experiences in Primary Care: Challenges and Considerations.. Pediatrics, 149(4). doi:10.1542/peds.2021-052641
Mathews, B., MacMillan, H. L., Meinck, F., Finkelhor, D., Haslam, D., Tonmyr, L., . . . Walsh, K. (2022). The ethics of child maltreatment surveys in relation to participant distress: Implications of social science evidence, ethical guidelines, and law. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT, 123. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105424
Bright, M. A., Huq, M. S., Patel, S., Miller, M. D., & Finkelhor, D. (2022). Child Safety Matters: Randomized Control Trial of a School-Based, Child Victimization Prevention Curriculum. JOURNAL OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE, 37(1-2), 538-556. doi:10.1177/0886260520909185
O'Brien, J., Finkelhor, D., & Jones, L. (2022). Improving services for youth survivors of commercial sexual exploitation: Insights from interventions with other high-risk youth. CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW, 132. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106313
Tucker, C. J., Finkelhor, D., & Turner, H. (2021). Exposure to parent assault on a sibling as a childhood adversity. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT, 122. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105310
Straus, M. A., Hamby, S. L., Finkelhor, D., Moore, D. W., & Runyan, D. (1998). Identification of child maltreatment with the parent-child Conflict Tactics Scales: Development and psychometric data for a national sample of American parents. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT, 22(4), 249-270. doi:10.1016/S0145-2134(97)00174-9
KENDALLTACKETT, K. A., WILLIAMS, L. M., & FINKELHOR, D. (1993). IMPACT OF SEXUAL ABUSE ON CHILDREN - A REVIEW AND SYNTHESIS OF RECENT EMPIRICAL-STUDIES. PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN, 113(1), 164-180. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.113.1.164
FINKELHOR, D., HOTALING, G., LEWIS, I. A., & SMITH, C. (1990). SEXUAL ABUSE IN A NATIONAL SURVEY OF ADULT MEN AND WOMEN - PREVALENCE, CHARACTERISTICS, AND RISK-FACTORS. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT, 14(1), 19-28. doi:10.1016/0145-2134(90)90077-7
BROWNE, A., & FINKELHOR, D. (1986). IMPACT OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE - A REVIEW OF THE RESEARCH. PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN, 99(1), 66-77. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.99.1.66
FINKELHOR, D., & BROWNE, A. (1985). THE TRAUMATIC IMPACT OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE - A CONCEPTUALIZATION. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ORTHOPSYCHIATRY, 55(4), 530-541. doi:10.1111/j.1939-0025.1985.tb02703.x