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Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research & Education
Winter 2017
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SOLUTIONS FOR A SAFER AND HEALTHIER TOMORROW
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The Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, led by Dr. Daniel Flannery, is home to a distinguished group of applied community-based research, evaluation, training, and technical assistance specialists in operation over the past two decades.
With grants and contracts of nearly $5M annually, our center serves as a research partner to various local, state and national non-profit, foundation and government organizations to learn innovative ways to address some of society's most pressing problems.
This quarterly newsletter was created as an expedient way to update our partners and colleagues on topics such as new projects and funding, recent publications, and staff updates. We hope it helps keep you current on the good work occurring at the Begun Center.
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Begun Center Advisory Board Member
Kristina Anderson, Founder and Director of the Koshka Foundation, is a survivor of the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting and one of our distinguished board members. She started the foundation so others would never forget April 16, 2007.
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Begun Center Staff Member
Jeff Kretschmar, PhD is a Research Assistant Professor, Senior Research Associate and now the new Managing Director of the Begun Center.
Jeff's area of expertise include juvenile behavioral health, domestic violence, child trauma and community based research.
Learn more
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Poly-Victimization Across Social Contexts
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Senior Research Associate Fred Butcher and colleagues recently published an article examining childhood exposure to violence across social contexts.
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Sexual Assault Kit Research Gets National Attention and Funding
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The Begun Center is partnering with the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office on two recently awarded BJA grants to test more backlogged sexual assault kits and initiate research into DNA testing on perpetrators.
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Congratulations and Welcome!!
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Patrick Kanary, M.Ed., has agreed to join the Begun Center Advisory Board. Patrick recently retired as the Director of the Center for Innovative Practices at the Begun Center, and brings with him decades of valuable experience in community-based, inter-system policy and program development, with particular focus on youth and family issues. Patrick serves on the Board of the Georgetown Children’s Mental Health National Technical Assistance Center and is a program reviewer for SAMSHA’s National Registry of Evidence Based Programs and Practices (NREPP).
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Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
Daniel J. Flannery, PhD, Director
Jeff Kretschmar, PhD, Managing Director
Center for Innovative Practices
Richard Shepler, PhD, Director
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