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Dr. David Lisak on non-stranger sexual assault

11-Nov-09 10:43 | anonymous
Dr. Lisak is a leader in research on sexual assault, specializing over the past 20 years on perpetrator psychology. WISE recognizes him as one of the primer experts in the field of sexual assault. Dr. Lisak was one of the first presenters for the WISE Law Enforcement Annual Trainings.


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From the UMass Boston website: Dr. Lisak is a clinical psychologist who specializes in the study of the causes and consequences of interpersonal violence. His research focuses on the motives and behaviors of rapists and murderers, the impact of childhood abuse on adult men, and relationship between child abuse and later violence. He consults nationally with law enforcement, prosecutors, judges and the U.S. military, and he was the founding editor of the journal, Psychology of Men and Masculinity.
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