Publications
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Monographs
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Horvath, M., Davis, K., Lovell, R. E., & Stevens, L. (Eds). (Under contract). International handbook on violence against women and girls. Routledge Press.
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Articles and Chapters
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Lovell, R. E. & Overman, L. (In Press). How the United States’ Sexual Assault Kit Initiative advances our understanding of the dark figure of rape and versatility of sexual offending. Invited Chapter in The Practice of behavioural crime linkages in Davies, K., Tonkin, Matthew, Weeks, M., and Winter, J. (Eds). Routledge Press.
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Crivatu, I., Lewis, C.A., Lovell, R.E., Davies, K. (In press). Working with large, cross-national and cross-cultural crime data on sexual violence: Implications for behavioural crime linkage. Chapter in The Practice of behavioural crime linkages in Davies, K., Tonkin, Matthew, Weeks, M., and Winter, J. (Eds). Routledge Press.
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Lovell, R. E., Regoeczi, W., Lewis, C., & Huang, D. (2026). Just one more sentence: Challenges in identifying nonfatal Strangulation in rape reports. Policing: An International Journal. Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. DOI: 10.1108/PIJPSM-09-2025-0170
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Lovell, R. E., Caporale, L., & Du, J. (2025). Decoding disbelief: Using natural language processing’s sentiment analysis to assess 24 years of unfounded rape report narratives. Behavioral Sciences & Law: 1-16. DOI: 10.1002/bsl.70020
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Lovell, R. E., Lorincz-Comi, N., Curtis, J., Curtis, A., Jayakumar, J., Caporale, L. (2025). Neighborhood level predictors of rape: A novel spatial regression approach. Journal of Criminal Justice, 98, 102419. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2025.102419
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Lovell, R. E., Widanaralalage, K. B. (2025). Examining male sexual violence and victimization using previously untested sexual assault kits (via the SAK Initiative): Part 2, Journal of Criminal Psychology DOI: 10.1108/JCP-12-2024-0143
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Lovell, R. E., Widanaralalage, K. B., & Sabo, D. N. (2025). Examining male sexual violence and victimization using previously untested sexual assault kits (via the SAK Initiative): Part 1, male victims. Journal of Criminal Psychology DOI: 10.1108/JCP-12-2024-0142
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Lovell, R. E., Sabo, D. N., & McGuire, M. J. (2025). “There’s gotta’ be a better way … There was nothing empowering about any of it”: Survivors’ and stakeholders’ narratives on the barriers and facilitators of getting a sexual assault kit. Violence Against Women, 32(2). DOI: 10.1177/10778012251319303
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Karakurt, G., Lovell, R. E., McGuire, M., & Çetinsaya, E. E., & Mouncey, K. (2024). Individual and group therapy experiences of rape crisis center clients. Women and Therapy, 1-26. DOI:10.1080/02703149.2024.2370741
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Lovell, R. E., Williamson, A., Keel, T., Dover, T., & Weston, M. C. (2023). Advancing our understanding of sexual assault offenders. In R. E. Lovell & Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (Eds). Sexual assault kits and reforming the response to rape. Routledge Press.
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Lovell, R. E., Crawford Fletcher, A.M., Sabo, D., Overman, L., & Flannery, D. J. (2023). What an examination of previously untested sexual assault kits tells us about the patterns of victimization and case outcomes for Black women and girls. In E.M. Ahlin, O. Mitchell, & C.A. Atkin-Plunk. (Eds). Handbook on inequalities in sentencing and corrections among marginalized populations. (1st). Routledge Press.
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Lovell, R. E., Klingenstein, J., Du, J., Overman, L., Sabo, D., Ye, X., & Flannery, D. J. (2023). Using natural language processing to assess rape reports: Sentiment analysis detection of officers’ “signaling” about victims’ credibility. Journal of Criminal Justice, 88, 102106. DOI:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2023.102106
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Lovell, R. E., Klingenstein, J., Du, J., Overman, L., Sabo, D., Ye, X., & Flannery, D. J. (2023). Using natural language processing to assess rape reports: “Signaling” words about victims’ credibility that predict investigative and prosecutorial outcomes. Journal of Criminal Justice, 88, 102107 DOI:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2023.102107
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Lovell, R. E. (2022). Detailing the process of identifying and the outcomes of efforts to address lawfully “owed” DNA. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 67(6), 2321-2333. DOI:10.1111/1556-4029.15142 (Open access)
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Lovell, R. E., Klingenstein, J., Du, J., Overman, L.T., Sabo, D. N., Flannery, D. J., and Ye, X. (2022). Using sentiment analysis and topic modeling in assessing the impact of police “signaling” on investigative and prosecutorial outcomes in sexual assault reports. Final research report. National Institute of Justice (2018-VA-CX-0002). (Open Access)
Archived Data: Lovell, R. E., & Flannery, D. J. Using Sentiment Analysis and Topic Modeling in Assessing the Impact of Police “Signaling” on Investigative and Prosecutorial Outcomes in Sexual Assault Reports, Cleveland, Ohio, 1993-2011. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-12-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR38644.v1
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Lovell, R. E., McGuire, M., Lorincz-Comi, N., Overman, L., Dover, T., Sabo, D., & Flannery, D. J. (2022). Examining walking-waiting sexual assaults from previously untested sexual assault kits: The intersection of stranger and outdoor sexual assaults. Victims & Offenders. DOI:10.1080/15564886.2022.2100544
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Widanaralalage, B. K., Reed, S. M., Antunes, M. J. L., DeJong, C., Pinchevsky, G., Lovell, R. E., & Cummings, C. E. (2022). Distorted reality: A commentary on DiMarco et al. (2022) and the question of male sexual victimization. Sexuality & Culture: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 26, 2122-2137. DOI:1007/s12119-022-09988-0 (Open access)
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Lovell, R. E., Sabo, D., & Dissell, R. (2022). Understanding the geography of rape through the integration of data: Case study of a prolific, mobile serial stranger rapist identified through rape kits. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, 681. DOI:10.3390/ ijerph19116810 (Open access)
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Lorincz-Comi, N., Ajayakumar, J., Curtis, J., Zhang, J., Curtis, A., & Lovell, R. (2021). Addressing uncertainty in census estimates. Spatial Statistics, 45, DOI: 10.1016/j.spasta.2021.100523
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Lovell, R. E., Singer, M., Flannery, D. J., & McGuire, M. J. (2021). The case for “investigate all”: Assessing the cost-effectiveness of investigating no CODIS hit cases in a sexual assault kit initiative. Journal of Forensic Sciences. DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.14686
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Anthology: Luminais, M. & Lovell, R. E. (2021). A safe harbor is a temporary shelter, not a pathway forward: How court-mandated sex trafficking intervention fails to help girls quit the sex trade. In A. Horning (Ed). Quitting the sex trade: Why and how pimps and sex workers leave the business. Routledge Press.
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Luminais, M., Collins, C. & Lovell, E. (2021). Speaking the previously unspeakable: How the codification of spousal rape into law affects how intimate partner sexual assaults are reported. In M.G. Torres & K. Yllö (Eds), Sexual violence in intimacy: Implications for research and policy in global health (1st ed., pp. 101-118). Routledge Press. ISBN: 9780429322037
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Lovell, R. & Dissell, R. (2021). Dissemination and impact amplified: How a researcher-reporter collaboration helped improve the criminal justice response to victims with untested sexual assault kits. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 37(2), 257–275. DOI:10.1177/1043986221999880
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Lovell, R., Overman, L., Huang, D., & Flannery, D. J. (2021). The bureaucratic burden of identifying your rapist and remaining “cooperative”: What the sexual assault kit initiative tells us about sexual assault case attrition and outcomes. American Journal of Criminal Justice 46, 528-553. doi:10.1007/s12103-020-09573-x
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Lovell, R. E., Williamson, A., Dover, T., Keel, T., & Flannery, D. J. (2020). Identifying serial sexual offenders through cold cases. Law Enforcement Bulletin (official publication of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation), May. (Open Access)
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Lovell, R., Huang, W., Overman, L., Flannery, D. J., & Klingenstein, J. (2020). Offending histories and typologies of suspected sexual offenders identified via untested sexual assault kits. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 47(4), 470-486.DOI:10.1177/0093854819896385
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Luminais, M. & Lovell, R. E. (2019). A safe harbor is temporary shelter, not a pathway forward: How court-mandated sex trafficking intervention fails to help girls quit the sex trade. Victims & Offenders, 14(5), 540-560. DOI:1080/15564886.2019.1628145
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Lovell, R. E., Collins, C. C., McGuire, M. J., Overman, L.T., Luminais, M.N., & Flannery, D. J. (2019). Understanding intimate partner sexual assaults: Findings from sexual assault kits. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 28(1), 2-7. DOI:1080/10926771.2018.1494234
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Lovell, R., Yang, L. & Klingenstein, J. (2019). Testing sexual assault kits saves money and prevents sexual assaults. Translational Criminology (special issue, Translating research to policy: Improving justice for women and girls) Winter. (Open Access)
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Lovell, R., Luminais, M., Flannery, D. J., Bell, R. B., & Kyker, B. (2018). Describing the process and quantifying the outcomes of the Cuyahoga County sexual assault kit initiative. Journal of Criminal Justice, 57:106-115. DOI:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2018.05.012
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Clark, D. R. & Lovell, R. (2018). Collaborative partnerships and the DNA testing of unsubmitted sexual assault kits. The Police Chief (official publication of the International Association of Chiefs of Police), March. (Open Access)
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Lovell, R., Flannery, D. J. & Luminais, M. (2018). Serial sexual offenders identified from backlogged sexual assault kits (SAKs). In A.T Vazsonyi, D. J. Flannery, & M. DeLisi (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of violent behavior and aggression (2nd, pp. 399-417). Cambridge University Press Publishers.
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Lovell, R., Luminais, M. & Flynn, K. (2018). Structural misgendering of transgender sex workers in Chicago via mug shots?: A case study of practicing in the social sciences. Practicing Anthropology, 40(1), 48-52. DOI:17730/0888-4552.40.1.48
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Lovell, R., Luminais, M., Flannery, D. J., Overman, L., Huang, D., Walker, T., & Clark, D.R. (2017). Offending patterns for serial sex offenders identified via the DNA testing of previously unsubmitted sexual assault kits. Journal of Criminal Justice, 52, 68-78. DOI: 1016/j.jcrimjus.2017.08.002
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Scott, G., & Lovell, R. (2015). Rural pastor initiative: Addressing isolation and burnout in rural Ministry. Pastoral Psychology 64:71-97. DOI: 1007/s11089-013-0591-z (Open access)
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Falcone, T., Janigro, D., Lovell, R., Simon, B., Brown, C.A., Herrera, M., Mynt, A.M., & Anand, A. (2014). S100B blood levels and childhood trauma in adolescent inpatients. Journal of Psychiatric Research. DOI:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.12.002.
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Scott, G., Garner, R., Korhonen, S. & Lovell, R. (2012). Software for qualitative analysis. In G. Scott & R. Garner (Eds.), Doing qualitative research: Designs, methods, and techniques (1st, pp. 348-374). Prentice-Hall.
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Lovell, R. (2008). Przerwy w karierach zawodowych: zroznicowanie wedlug plci, wieku i wyksztalcenia (Interruptions in occupational careers: Differentiation according to gender, age, and education). In K.M. Slomczynski. (Ed.), Kariera i sukces: Analizy socjologiczne (Career and success: Sociological analyses) (1st). Zielona Gora University Press.
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Lovell, R. E. (2007). Gender differences in the determinants and consequences of long-term illness in Sweden and Poland. International Journal of Sociology 37(2):94-112. DOI:2753/IJS0020-7659370205
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Lovell, R. (2007). Occupational-career interruptions: Differences in patterns and impacts on occupational status in a transitional economy: An analysis of the Polish case. In Slomczynski, K.M. and S. Marquart-Pyatt (Eds.), Continuity and change in social life: Structural and psychological adjustment in Poland (1st). IFiS Publishers.
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Lovell, R. (2007). Gender differences in the effects of long-term illness on income attainment. In Slomczynski, K.M. & S. Marquart-Pyatt (Eds.), Continuity and change in social life: Structural and psychological adjustment in Poland (1st). IFiS Publishers.
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Lovell, R. E. (2006). Long-term illness as an occupational-career interruption: Gender differences in the determinants and outcomes in Sweden. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research 8(2-3):132-149. DOI:1080/15017410600796668