Elizabeth L. Jeglic, Ph.D

Elizabeth L. Jeglic Ph.D. is a Professor of Psychology at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York. She is an internationally renowned expert on criminal justice reform, sexual violence prevention, child abuse prevention, sexual offenders and sex offender legislation as well as suicide and suicide prevention. She has published over 100 journal articles and book chapters on evidence based treatment within the criminal justice system sexual violence prevention and topics related to suicide prevention.

Dr. Jeglic is the co-author/editor of six books: Child Sexual Grooming: Integrating Research, Practice, Prevention and Policy (Springer, 2022); Handbook of Youth Suicide Prevention (Springer, 2022); Handbook of Issues of Criminal Justice Reform in the U.S. (Springer, 2021); New Frontiers in Offender Treatment: The Translation of Evidence Based Practices to Correctional Settings (Springer, 2018), Sexual Offending: Evidence Based Legislation and Prevention (Springer 2016) and Protecting your Child from Sexual Abuse: What you Need to know to Keep your Kids Safe (Skyhorse, 2018; 2022). She is the former Associate Editor of the journal Sexual Abuse and is on the editorial board of Sexual Abuse, Psychology, Public Policy and Law. Along with Dr. Cynthia Calkins, she is co-Director of the Sex Offender Research Lab (SORL). She was awarded the Fay Honey Knopp Award from the New State Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers for her contributions to the prevention of sexual violence. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and presents her work at National and International conferences.

Dr. Jeglic is the Associate Editor of the journal Sexual Abuse and sits on the editorial board of the journals Psychology, Public Policy and Law and Archives of Suicidal Behavior. She has received grants from the National Institute of Justice and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention to fund her research. She is co-director of the Sex Offender Research Lab (www.sorl.org). In 2015 she won the Fay Honey Knopp Award for her work on the Prevention of Sexual Violence. Dr. Jeglic has been quoted in the New York Times, the Huffington Post, The Guardian and on the AP newswire among others.

Sub-specialties: Criminal Justice Reform, Sexual Violence Prevention; Child Abuse Prevention, Sexual Offenders, Sexual Offender Legislation, Suicide, Suicide Prevention, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Evidence Based Practice.