BLOCK RESEARCH TEAM
Selected Publications
Block, S. D., Johnson, H. M., Gonzales, J. E., Winstead, A. P., Ramsey, M. G., Shockley, K. L., & Williams, L. M. (2024). Finding justice? Recommendations beyond prosecution in 500 cases of child sexual abuse. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law. https://doi.org/10.1037/law0000438
Johnson, H. M., Block, S. D., Gonzales, J. E., Ramsey, M. G., Shockley, K. L., & Williams, L. M. (2024). Predictors of non-offending caregiver support in cases of child sexual abuse. Child Abuse & Neglect, 149, 106650. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106650
Johnson, H. M., Block, S. D., Shestowsky, D., Gonzales, J. E., Shockley, K. L., & Goodman, G. S. (2024). Discernment of Children’s True and False Memory Reports: Police Officers and Laypersons. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 39(9-10), 2238-2260. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605231220022
Winstead, A. P., Stevenson, M. C., & Block, S. D. (2023). Intimate Partner Violence: Effects of Race on Protective Orders. In C. R. Bennett (Ed.), Domestic and Sexual Violence and Abuse (Ser. Domestic Violence and Abuse, pp. 87–104). Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Cross, T. P., Block, S. D., & Vandervort, F. E. (2023). Commentary: The legal system response to child maltreatment. Child maltreatment, 28(3), 399-402. https://doi.org/10.1177/10775595231176447
Williams, L. M., Block, S. D., Johnson, H. M., Ramsey, M. G., & Winstead, A. P. (2022, April).
Prosecution of Child Sexual Abuse: Challenges in Achieving Justice. Wellesley, MA: Wellesley
Centers for Women. wcwonline.org/jgbvr
Block, S. D., Johnson, H. M., Shockley, K. L., Wang, E., Widaman, K.F., & Williams, L. M. (2022). Predictors of prosecutorial decisions in reports of child sexual abuse. Child Maltreatment, 28(3), 488-499. https://doi.org/10.1177/10775595221074375
Block, S. D., Poplin, A. B., Wang, E. S., Widaman, K. F., & Runyan, D. K. (2016). Variation in acceptable child discipline practices by child age: Perceptions of community norms by medical and legal professionals. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 34(1), 95–112. https://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2237
Harris, L. S., Block, S. D., Ogle, C. M., Goodman, G. S., Augusti, E.-M., Larson, R. P., Culver, M. A., Pineda, A. R., Timmer, S. G., & Urquiza, A. (2015). Coping style and memory specificity in adolescents and adults with histories of child sexual abuse. Memory, 24(8), 1078–1090. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2015.1068812
Villodas, M. T., Litrownik, A. J., Thompson, R., Jones, D., Roesch, S. C., Hussey, J. M., Block, S., English, D. J., & Dubowitz, H. (2014). Developmental transitions in presentations of externalizing problems among boys and girls at risk for child maltreatment. Development and Psychopathology, 27(1), 205–219. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954579414000728
Hobbs, S. D., Goodman, G. S., Block, S. D., Oran, D., Quas, J. A., Park, A., Widaman, K. F., & Baumrind, N. (2014). Child maltreatment victims' attitudes about appearing in dependency and criminal courts. Children and Youth Services Review, 44, 407–416. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.07.001
McWilliams, K., Augusti, E-M., Dion, J., Block, S. D., Melinder, A., Cashmore, J., & Goodman, G. S. (2014). Children as witnesses. In G. Melton, A. Ben-Arieh, J. Cashmore, G. Goodman, & N. Worley (Eds.) Sage handbook of child research (pp. 285-300). Sage.
Block, S. D., Foster, E. M., Pierce, M. W., Berkoff, M. C., & Runyan, D. K. (2013). Multiple forensic interviews during investigations of Child sexual abuse: A cost-effectiveness analysis. Applied Developmental Science, 17(4), 174–183. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888691.2013.836033
Ogle, C. M., Block, S. D., Harris, L. S., Goodman, G. S., Pineda, A., Timmer, S., Urquiza, A., & Saywitz, K. J. (2013). Autobiographical memory specificity in child sexual abuse victims. Development and Psychopathology, 25(2), 321–332. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954579412001083
Block, S. D., Shestowsky, D., Segovia, D. A., Goodman, G. S., Schaaf, J. M., & Alexander, K. W. (2012). “That never happened”: Adults' discernment of children's true and false memory reports. Law and Human Behavior, 36(5), 365–374. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0093920
Thompson, R., Wiley, T. R., Lewis, T., English, D. J., Dubowitz, H., Litrownik, A. J., Isbell, P., & Block, S. (2012). Links between traumatic experiences and expectations about the future in high risk youth. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 4(3), 293–302. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023867
Goodman, G. S., Ogle, C. M., Block, S. D., Harris, L. S., Larson, R. P., Augusti, E.-M., Cho, Y. I., Beber, J., Timmer, S., & Urquiza, A. (2011). False memory for trauma-related Deese–Roediger–McDermott lists in adolescents and adults with histories of child sexual abuse. Development and Psychopathology, 23(2), 423–438. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954579411000150
Lewis, T. L., Kotch, J., Wiley, T. R. A., Litrownik, A. J., English, D. J., Thompson, R., Zolotor, A. J., Block, S. D., & Dubowitz, H. (2011). Internalizing problems: A potential pathway from childhood maltreatment to adolescent smoking. Journal of Adolescent Health, 48(3), 247–252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.07.004
Block, S. D., Oran, H., Oran, D., Baumrind, N., & Goodman, G. S. (2010). Abused and neglected children in court: Knowledge and attitudes. Child Abuse & Neglect, 34(9), 659–670. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2010.02.003
Block, S. D., Greenberg, S. N., & Goodman, G. S. (2009). Remembrance of eyewitness testimony: Effects of emotional content, self-relevance, and emotional tone1. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 39(12), 2859–2878.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2009.00553.x
Ogle, C. M., Block, S. D., Harris, L. S., Culver, M., Augusti, E.-M., Timmer, S., Urquiza, A., & Goodman, G. S. (2008). Accuracy and specificity of autobiographical memory in childhood trauma victims. Stress, Trauma, and Children's Memory Development, 171–203. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195308457.003.0006
Malloy, L. C., Mitchell, E., Block, S., Quas, J. A., & Goodman, G. S. (2007). Children’s eyewitness memory: Balancing children’s needs and defendants’ rights when seeking the truth. In M. P. Toglia, J. D. Read, D. F. Ross, & R. C. L. Lindsay (Eds.), The handbook of eyewitness psychology, Vol I: Memory for events. (pp. 545–574). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers.