Most of Dr. Belknap's research is on gender-based abuse (violence against women and girls) and incarcerated girls and women. She is one of the first scholars who researched pathways theory--- the link between trauma (including victimization) and offending. Her most recent area of research is on jail-to-community reentry.
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violence against women and girls, incarcerated girls and women, intimate partner homicide, intimate partner abuse, sexual abuse, women in jail, pathways, pathways theory, the link between trauma and offending, jail-to-community reentry
