BLOCK RESEARCH TEAM
Revolutionizing Higher Education
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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.