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Tara Richards, Ph.D.

Tara Richards, Ph.D.

  • Distinguished Professor, David Scott Diamond Professor
  • School of Criminology and Criminal Justice

email:
tararichards@unomaha.edu
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  • 218 CPACS | 6001 Dodge Street
  • Omaha, NE 68182-0149
office phone:
402.554.2092
area of focus:
  • Co-Director, Victimology and Victim Services Research Lab

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Tara N. Richards is the David Scott Diamond Alumni Professor of Public Affairs and Community Service in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska Omaha.

Her research and teaching focuses on prevention, intervention, and system responses to sexual assault, intimate partner violence, and child abuse and neglect.

Her work has been published in outlets such as Law & Human Behavior, Criminology & Public Policy, and Justice Quarterly, and has been featured in The New York Times, Mother Jones, and The Boston Globe. Richards is an Associate Editor for the journal Victims & Offenders and a member of the editorial boards for the Journal of Experimental Criminology, Journal of Women and Criminal Justice, and Journal of Crime and Justice.

Richards is the Co-Director of SCCJ’s Victimology and Victim Studies Research Lab (VVSRL) – a student-faculty research lab dedicated to researching crime victims and crime victimization, informing policy and practice, and helping shape prevention and intervention efforts.

In this role, Richards has led/co-led numerous researcher-practitioner partnerships funded by the National Institute of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women, and National Institutes of Health, among other funders. Richards serves on the Douglas County (NE) Sexual Assault Response Team and Domestic Violence Community Response Team as well as Nebraska’s State Standards Working Group for Domestic Violence Intervention Programs.

She serves as the evaluator for Nebraska’s Rape Prevention Education project and coordinates Nebraska's Victim Assistance Academy - the state’s 40-hour training for victim advocates and allied professionals.

Dr. Tara Richards CV

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Research Expertise

Tara N. Richards is the David Scott Diamond Alumni Professor of Public Affairs and Community Service in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska Omaha.

Her research and teaching focuses on prevention, intervention, and system responses to sexual assault, intimate partner violence, and child abuse and neglect.

Her work has been published in outlets such as Law & Human Behavior, Criminology & Public Policy, and Justice Quarterly, and has been featured in The New York Times, Mother Jones, and The Boston Globe. Richards is an Associate Editor for the journal Victims & Offenders and a member of the editorial boards for the Journal of Experimental Criminology, Journal of Women and Criminal Justice, and Journal of Crime and Justice.

Richards is the Co-Director of SCCJ’s Victimology and Victim Studies Research Lab (VVSRL) – a student-faculty research lab dedicated to researching crime victims and crime victimization, informing policy and practice, and helping shape prevention and intervention efforts.

In this role, Richards has led/co-led numerous researcher-practitioner partnerships funded by the National Institute of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women, and National Institutes of Health, among other funders. Richards serves on the Douglas County (NE) Sexual Assault Response Team and Domestic Violence Community Response Team as well as Nebraska’s State Standards Working Group for Domestic Violence Intervention Programs.

She serves as the evaluator for Nebraska’s Rape Prevention Education project and coordinates Nebraska's Victim Assistance Academy - the state’s 40-hour training for victim advocates and allied professionals.

Dr. Tara Richards CV

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Research Expertise

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