Ask a Researcher: School Victimization

Professor Jillian Turanovic answers questions about school victimization.

Jillian Turanovic is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and a fellow in the Prevention Science Program at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her research focuses on the causes and consequences of youth victimization, including school violence. She is the author of Thinking about Victimization: Context and Consequences (Routledge, 2023), Confronting School Violence: A Synthesis of Six Decades of Research (Cambridge University Press, 2022), and Revitalizing Victimization Theory: Revisions, Applications, and New Directions (Routledge, 2021). Her research has been funded by organizations such as the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office for Victims of Crime.