Sarah Craun, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Courses Taught:

Social Work Research (SW 310)
Social Work Practice III (SW 410)
Integrative Seminar (SW 460)

Research Interests:

Policies to prevent sexual violence, focusing mainly on sex offender registries; domestic violence; use of mapping in social work.

Selected Publications:

Craun, S. W. (in press). Awareness of registered sex offenders in the neighborhood. Crime and Delinquency.

Craun, S.W. & Freisthler, B. (in press). Using tax parcels to select a location- based sample: An illustration that examines residents’ awareness of sex offenders in neighborhoods. Evaluation Review.

Kernsmith, P.D. & Craun, S.W. (in press). Predictors of weapon use in domestic violence incidents reported to law enforcement among heterosexual couples. Journal of Family Violence.

Kernsmith, P.D., Craun, S.W., & Foster, J. (in press). Public Attitudes Towards Sexual Offenders and Sex Offender Registration. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse.

Craun, S. W. & Kernsmith, P. (2006). Juvenile offenders and sex offender registries: examining the data behind the debate. Federal Probation. 70, 45-49

Welchans, S. (2005). Megan’s law: evaluations of sexual offender registries. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 16, 123-140.

 

301 Henson Hall
1618 Cumberland Ave.
Knoxville, TN 37996-3333
Phone: (865) 974-3164
scraun@utk.edu

B.A., University of Michigan
M.S.W., University of California, Los Angeles
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles