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Creighton Hosts Summit on Violence Study

Creighton University announced an enhanced program of study concerning violence and its effects on all ages — from infants to the elderly — at a luncheon summit on March 25.

Creighton President the Rev. John P. Schlegel, S.J., invited community leaders to the summit to review the nationally recognized research being conducted by Patricia Sullivan, Ph.D., and Timothy Dickel, Ed.D., co-directors of the new “Creighton Study of Violence Across the Lifespan.” Sullivan is a professor of psychiatry and psychology at Creighton and director of the Center for the Study of Children’s Issues. Dickel is a professor of education and psychiatry.

Since 1990, Creighton researchers have focused on children and youth, both with and without disabilities, who have been victims and perpetrators of physical and sexual violence. The research encompasses child maltreatment, domestic violence and community violence.

The entire summit presentation can be found online at:

www.creightonmagazine.org/CurrentIssue
/ViolenceStudy