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. & Theriot, M.T. (2009). Misperceptions of sex offender perpetration: Considering the impact of sex offender registration. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 24, 2057-2072.

Theriot, M.T., Craun, S.W., & Dupper, D. R. (in press). Multilevel evaluation of factors predicting school exclusion among middle and high school students. Children and Youth Services Review.

Kernsmith, P.D., Craun, S.W., & Foster, J. (2009). Public attitudes towards sexual offenders and sex offender registration. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 18, 290-301.

Marshall, H.L., Craun, S.W., & Theriot, M.T. (2009). The big picture: How social work can effectively utilize photographs. Social Work, 54, 317-325.

Kernsmith, P.D., Comartin, E., Craun, S.W., & Kernsmith, R. (2009). The relationship between sex offender registry utilization and awareness. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Treatment and Research, 21, 181-193.

Craun, S.W. & Freisthler, B. (2008). Using tax parcels to select a location-based sample: An illustration that examines residents’ awareness of sex offenders in neighborhoods. Evaluation Review, 35, 315-334.

Kernsmith, P.D. & Craun, S.W. (2008). Predictors of weapon use in domestic violence incidents reported to law enforcement. Journal of Family Violence, 23, 589-596.

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