In this podcast, Dr. Carter-Snell provides an overview of dating violence, in particular within the post-secondary context. Risks for victimization and perpetration are discussed, as well as current approaches to prevention and intervention. Implications for further research are also identified.
Dr. Cathy Carter-Snell is a Professor in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Mount Royal University in Calgary. She has worked with victims of trauma since 1977, including Emergency, Intensive Care, flight teams, and has worked with sexual assault and domestic violence teams since 1998. Cathy is internationally certified as a sexual assault nurse examiner of adolescents and adults (SANE-A) and as a Distinguished Fellow of the Academy of Forensic Nursing (DF-AFN). She developed Mount Royal’s distance courses and curricular for both the Emergency nursing and Forensic studies programs and continues to teach both SANE courses and a rural sexual assault program (Enhanced Emergency Sexual Assault Services-EESAS) across Canada. Cathy also teaches an interdisciplinary undergraduate course on violence across the lifespan. Her program of research is focused on prevention of violence or its’ consequences. She created the injury identification system called BALD STEP which is in the new RCMP sexual assault kit and in the international forensic core curriculum. Cathy has been recognized nationally and internationally for her work improving sexual assault services and forensic nursing. In addition to her research on injuries with interpersonal violence and rural sexual assault programs, she has also conducted research on prevention of sexual assault in disasters and pandemics, male victims of intimate partner violence, effectiveness of a university based dating violence prevention program (Stepping Up), and the impact of mental illness after sexual assault and intimate partner violence. Cathy also serves as a recognized expert in court on sexual assault and injury identification.
Resources:
Bennett, E. R., Snyder, S., Cusano, J., McMahon, S., Zijdel, M., Camerer, K., & Howley, C. (2021). Supporting survivors of campus dating and sexual violence during COVID-19.https://doi.org/10.1080/00981389.2021.1885566
Carter-Snell, C. (2022) Enhanced Emergency Sexual Assault Services (EESAS). www.forensiceducation.ca/courses/EESAS
Conroy, N. E., & Crowley, C. G. (2021). Extending Johnson's Typology. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605211005149
DeKeseredy, W. S., Nolan, J., Hall-Sanchez, A., & Messinger, A. M. (2019). Intimate Partner Violence Victimization among Heterosexual, Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual College Students. http://libproxy.mtroyal.ca/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,url,cookie,uid&db=a9h&AN=138988338&site=ehost-live
Echevarria, S. G., Peterson, R., & Woerner, J. (2022). College Students' Experiences of Dating App Facilitated Sexual Violence and Associations with Mental Health Symptoms and Well-Being. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2022.2130858
Kostouros, P., Warthe, D. G., & Carter-Snell, C. B., C. (2016). Stepping Up: A Focus on Facilitator Development. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 53(2), 1-12.
Lysova, A., & Dim, E. E. (2022). Severity of Victimization and Formal Help Seeking Among Men Who Experienced Intimate Partner Violence in Their Ongoing Relationships. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260520922352
Piolanti, A., & Foran, H. M. (2022). Psychological violence in dating relationships among adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prevention programs. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107053
Varlioglu, R., & Hayes, B. E. (2022). Gender differences in the victim-offender overlap for dating violence: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105428
Watkins, L. E., Benedicto, R. C., Brockdorf, A., & DiLillo, D. (2022). Physical and Sexual Intimate Partner Aggression Among College Students.https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260520912593
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