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Nancy Wolff is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research primarily intersects the fields of psychology and social sciences, with a focus on clinical psychology and sociology and political science. The scholar's work explores multiple subfields, including general health professions, epidemiology, and gender studies.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies

Nancy Wolff has contributed to various academic journals, with frequent publications in:

  • Trauma Violence & Abuse
  • Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research
  • Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • Violence Against Women
  • International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Among their recent publications are:

  • The Prevalence of Prison-based Physical and Sexual Victimization in Males and Females: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2022, Trauma Violence & Abuse)
  • Predictors of Substance Use Among Male Prisoners in Spain: The Role of Childhood Abuse and Social Support (2020, Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research)
  • Childhood Abuse Classes for Incarcerated Men and Women: Are There Unique Gender Patterns in Abuse Classes? (2020, Journal of Interpersonal Violence)
  • Violence Against Incarcerated Women: Predicting Risk Through the Lens of Childhood Harm (2021, Violence Against Women)
  • Patterns of Childhood Adversities and Their Associations With Adult Victimization Among Incarcerated Men and Women in Spanish Prisons (2022, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology)

Their regular collaborators include Francisco Caravaca, Eva Aizpurúa, Dan Peng, Clarissa Benzarti, and Elizabeth K. Rhodus.

Best Publications

  • Physical Violence Inside Prisons: Rates of Victimization

    Nancy Wolff;Cynthia L. Blitz;Jing Shi;Jane Siegel

  • Physical victimization in prison: The role of mental illness

    Cynthia L. Blitz;Nancy Wolff;Jianyong Shi

  • Childhood and adult trauma experiences of incarcerated persons and their relationship to adult behavioral health problems and treatment

    Nancy Wolff;Jing Shi

  • Prevalence and correlates of burden among caregivers of patients with bipolar disorder enrolled in the Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder.

    Deborah A Perlick;Robert A Rosenheck;David J Miklowitz;Cheryl Chessick

  • Beyond criminalization: toward a criminologically informed framework for mental health policy and services research.

    William H. Fisher;Eric Silver;Nancy Wolff

  • Rates of sexual victimization in prison for inmates with and without mental disorders.

    Nancy Wolff;Cynthia L. Blitz;Jianyong Shi

  • Perceived stigma and depression among caregivers of patients with bipolar disorder.

    Deborah A. Perlick;Deborah A. Perlick;David J. Miklowitz;Bruce G. Link;Elmer Struening

  • Patterns of victimization among male and female inmates: evidence of an enduring legacy

    Nancy Wolff;Jing Shi;Jane A. Siegel

  • Sexual Violence Inside Prisons: Rates of Victimization

    Nancy Wolff;Cynthia L. Blitz;Jing Shi;Ronet Bachman

  • Dynamics of Social Capital of Prisoners and Community Reentry: Ties That Bind?

    Nancy Wolff;Jeffrey Draine

  • Behavioral health problems, ex-offender reentry policies, and the "Second Chance Act".

    Wendy Pogorzelski;Nancy Wolff;Ko-Yu Pan;Cynthia L. Blitz

  • Cost-effectiveness evaluation of three approaches to case management for homeless mentally ill clients

    N Wolff;T W Helminiak;G A Morse;R J Calsyn

  • Using randomized controlled trials to evaluate socially complex services: problems, challenges and recommendations.

    Nancy Wolff

  • Patterns and prevalence of arrest in a statewide cohort of mental health care consumers.

    William H. Fisher;Kristen M. Roy-Bujnowski;J.D. Albert J. Grudzinskas;Jonathan C. Clayfield

  • Caregiver burden and health in bipolar disorder: a cluster analytic approach.

    Deborah A Perlick;Robert A Rosenheck;David J Miklowitz;Richard Kaczynski

  • Treating homeless clients with severe mental illness and substance use disorders : Costs and outcomes

    Gary A. Morse;Robert J. Calsyn;W. Dean Klinkenberg;Thomas W. Helminiak

  • Envisioning the next generation of behavioral health and criminal justice interventions

    Matthew W. Epperson;Nancy Wolff;Robert D. Morgan;William H. Fisher

  • Measuring the effectiveness of mental health courts: Challenges and recommendations.

    Nancy Wolff;Wendy Pogorzelski

  • Day hospital/crisis respite care versus inpatient care, part II: Service utilization and costs

    William H. Sledge;Jacob Tebes;Nancy Wolff;Thomas W. Helminiak

  • Understanding community re-entry of former prisoners with mental illness: a conceptual model to guide new research.

    Jeffrey Draine;Nancy Wolff;Joseph E. Jacoby;Stephanie Hartwell

Frequent Co-Authors

William H. Fisher
William H. Fisher University of Massachusetts Lowell
B. Christopher Frueh
B. Christopher Frueh University of Hawaii at Hilo
Ronet Bachman
Ronet Bachman University of Delaware
David J. Miklowitz
David J. Miklowitz University of California, Los Angeles
Steven Belenko
Steven Belenko Temple University
Robert J. Calsyn
Robert J. Calsyn University of Missouri–St. Louis
Gregory J. McHugo
Gregory J. McHugo Dartmouth College
Jacob Kraemer Tebes
Jacob Kraemer Tebes Yale University
Jeffrey Draine
Jeffrey Draine Temple University
Eric Silver
Eric Silver Pennsylvania State University

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