Publications:

Monographs

Lovell, R.E. & Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (2023). Sexual Assault Kits and Reforming the Response to Rape.(Eds.) Routledge Press.  

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Lovell, R.E., Klingenstein, J., Du, J., Overman, L., Sabo, D., Ye, X. & Flannery, D.J. (2023). Using natural language processing to assess rape reports: "Signaling" words about victims' credibility that predict investigative and prosecutorial outcomes. Journal of Criminal Justice. Advanced online publication.

Lovell, R.E., Klingenstein, J., Du, J., Overman, L., Sabo, D., Ye, X. & Flannery, D.J. (2023). Using natural language processing to assess rape reports: Sentiment analysis detection of officers' "signaling" about victims' credibility. Journal of Criminal Justice. Advanced online publication.

Lovell, R.E. (2022). Detailing the process of identifying and the outcomes of efforts to address lawfully "owed" DNA. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 67(6), 2321-2333. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.15142

Lovell, R.E., McGuire, M., Lorincz-Comi, N., Overman, L., Dover, T., Sabo, D. & Flannery, D.J. (2022). Examining walking-waiting sexual assaults from previously untested sexual assault kits: The intersection of stranger and outdoor sexual assaults. Victims & Offenders. 10.1080/15564886.2022.2100544

Widanaralalage, K.B., Reed, S.M., Antunes, M.J.L., DeJong, C., Pinchevsky, G., Lovell, R.E., & Cummings, C.E. (2022). Distorted reality: A commentary on DiMarco et al., (2022) and the question of male sexual victimization. Sexuality & Culture, 26, 2122-2137. DOI:10.1007/s12119-022-09988-0

Lovell, R.E., Sabo, D. & Dissell, R. (2022). Understanding the geography of rape through the integration of data: Case study of a prolific, mobile serial stranger rapist identified through rape kits. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, 681, https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph19116810

Lorincz-Comi, N., Ajayakumar, J., Curtis, J., Zhang, J., Curtis, A., & Lovell, R. (2021). Addressing uncertainty in census estimates. Spatial Statistics, 45, 100523 10.1016/j.spasta.2021.100523

Lovell, R.E., Singer, M., Flannery, D.J. & McGuire, M.J. (2021). The case for 'investigate all': Assessing the cost-effectiveness of investigating no CODIS hit cases in a sexual assault kit initiative. Journal of Forensic Science. https://10.1111/1556-4029.14686

Lovell, R. & Dissell, R. (2021). Dissemination and impact amplified: How a researcher-reporter collaboration helped improve the criminal justice response to victims with untested sexual assault kits. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 37(2), 257¿275. https://10.1177/1043986221999880

Lovell, R., Overman, L., Huang, D., & Flannery, D.J. (2021). The bureaucratic burden of identifying your rapist and remaining ¿cooperative¿: What the sexual assault kit initiative tells us about sexual assault case attrition and outcomes. American Journal of Criminal Justice 46 (528-553). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12103-020-09573-x

Lovell, R., Huang, W., Overman, L., Flannery, D.J., & Klingenstein, J. (2020). Offending histories and typologies of suspected sexual offenders identified via untested sexual assault kits. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 47(4), 470-486. DOI: 10.1177/0093854819896385

Luminais, M. & Lovell, R.E. (2019). A safe harbor is temporary shelter, not a pathway forward: How court mandated sex trafficking intervention fails to help girls quit the sex trade. Victims & Offenders, 14(5), 540-560. DOI: 10.1080/15564886.2019.1628145

Lovell, R.E., Collins, C.C., McGuire, M.J., Overman, L.T., Luminais, M.N. & Flannery, D.J. (2019). Understanding intimate partner sexual assaults: Findings from sexual assault kits. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 28(1), 2-7. DOI: 10.1080/10926771.2018.1494234

Lovell, R., Luminais, M. Flannery, D.J., Bell, R.B., & Kyker, B. (2018). Describing the process and quantifying the outcomes of the Cuyahoga County sexual assault kit initiative. Journal of Criminal Justice, 57:106-115. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2018.05.012

Lovell, R., Luminais, M. & Flynn, K. (2018). Structural misgendering of transgender sex workers in Chicago via mug shots?: A case study of practicing in the social sciences. Practicing Anthropology, 40(1), 48-52. DOI: 10.17730/0888-4552.40.1.48

Lovell, R., Luminais, M., Flannery, D.J., Overman, L., Huang, D., Walker, T., & Clark, D.R. (2017). Offending patterns for serial sex offenders identified via the DNA testing of previously unsubmitted sexual assault kits. Journal of Criminal Justice, 52, 68-78. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2017.08.002

Scott, G., & Lovell, R. (2015). Rural pastor initiative: Addressing isolation and burnout in rural Ministry. Pastoral Psychology 64:71-97. DOI: 10.1007/s11089-013-0591-z

Falcone, T., Janigro, D., Lovell, R., Simon, B., Brown, C.A., Herrera, M., Mynt, A.M. & Anand, A. (2014). S100B blood levels and childhood trauma in adolescent inpatients. Journal of Psychiatric Research. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.12.002.

Lovell, R.E. (2007). Gender differences in the determinants and consequences of long-term illness in Sweden and Poland. International Journal of Sociology 37(2):94-112. DOI: 10.2753/IJS0020-7659370205

Lovell, R.E. (2007). Career and occupational-career interruptions. Guest editor's introduction. International Journal of Sociology 37(2):3-8. DOI: 10.2753/IJS0020-7659370200

Lovell, R.E. (2006). Long-term illness as an occupational-career interruption: Gender differences in the determinants and outcomes in Sweden. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research 8(2-3):132-149. DOI: 10.1080/15017410600796668

Editor-Reviewed Book Chapters

Lovell, R.E., Williamson, A., Keel, T., Dover, T., & Weston, M.C. (2023). Advancing our understanding of sexual assault offenders. In R.E. Lovell & Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J.  (Eds). Sexual Assault Kits and Reforming the Response to Rape. Routledge Press.

Lovell, R.E., Crawford Fletcher, A.M., Sabo, D., Overman, L. & Flannery, D.J. (2023). What an examination of previously untested sexual assault kits tells us about the patterns of victimization and case outcomes for Black women and girls. In E.M. Ahlin, O. Mitchell., & C.A. Atkin-Plunk. (Eds). Handbook on Inequalities in Sentencing and Corrections among Marginalized Populations. (1st ed.).

Luminais, M., Collins, C. & Lovell, R.E. (2021). Speaking the previously unspeakable: How the codification of spousal rape into law affects how intimate partner sexual assaults are reported. In M.G. Torres & K. Yllö (Eds), Sexual Violence in Intimacy: Implications for Research and Policy in Global Health (1st ed., pp. 101-118). Routledge Press. ISBN: 9780429322037

Lovell, R., Flannery, D.J. & Luminais, M. (2018). Serial sexual offenders identified from backlogged sexual assault kits (SAKs). In A.T Vazsonyi, D.J. Flannery, & M. DeLisi (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Violent Behavior and Aggression (2nd ed., pp. 399-417). Cambridge University Press.

Scott, G., Garner, R., Korhonen, S. & Lovell, R. (2012). Software for qualitative analysis. In G. Scott & R. Garner (Eds.), Doing Qualitative Research: Designs, Methods, and Techniques (1st ed., pp. 348-374). Prentice-Hall.

Lovell, R. (2008). Przerwy w karierach zawodowych: zroznicowanie wedlug plci, wieku i wyksztalcenia (Interruptions in occupational careers: Differentiation according to gender, age, and education). In K.M. Slomczynski. (Ed.), Kariera i Sukces: Analizy Socjologiczne (Career and success: Sociological analyses) (1st ed.). Zielona Gora University Press.

Lovell, R. (2007). Occupational-career interruptions: Differences in patterns and impacts on occupational status in a transitional economy: An analysis of the Polish case. In Slomczynski, K.M. and  S. Marquart-Pyatt (Eds.), Continuity and Change in Social Life: Structural and Ppsychological Adjustment in Poland (1st ed.). IFiS Publishers.

Lovell, R. (2007). Long term illness as an occupational-career interruption: Gender differences in the consequences for illness in Poland. In Slomczynski, K.M. & S. Marquart-Pyatt (Eds.), Continuity and Change in Social Life: Structural and Psychological Adjustment in Poland (1st ed.). IFiS Publishers.

Peer- or Editor-Reviewed Magazine Articles ¿ Researcher-Practitioner Outlets

Lovell, R.E., Williamson, A., Dover, T., Keel, T., & Flannery, D.J. (2020). Identifying serial sexual offenders through cold cases. Law Enforcement Bulletin (official publication of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation), May.

Lovell, R., Yang, L & Klingenstein, J. (2019). Testing sexual assault kits saves money and prevents sexual assaults. Translational Criminology (special issue, Translating research to policy: Improving justice for women and girls) Winter.

Clark, D.R. & Lovell, R. (2018). Collaborative partnerships and the DNA testing of unsubmitted sexual assault kits. The Police Chief (official publication of the International Association of Chiefs of Police), March.