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April Zeoli, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Criminal Justice

436 Baker Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
517-353-9554 phone
517-432-1787 fax
zeoli@msu.edu


About

Dr. Zeoli is an Assistant Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University. Broadly, Dr. Zeoli’s research examines public policy as a tool through which to reduce intimate partner violence and homicide. One of Dr. Zeoli’s main research goals is to increase the safety of mothers separating from intimate partner abusing fathers. Her primary line of research, therefore, is to investigate the connections between family court processes, custody determinations, and safety outcomes for female survivors of intimate partner violence and their children. Through this research, she seeks to identify modifiable factors at the critical juncture of child custody cases in family court that facilitate or deter the continuation of violence. Dr. Zeoli is also specifically interested in the role of firearms and alcohol in intimate partner violence and homicide, as well as the criminal and civil justice system responses to intimate partner violence. Additionally, Dr. Zeoli also researches the effects of laws mandating arrest for domestic violence incidents and laws designed to reduce known domestic violence perpetrators’ access to firearms on intimate partner homicide.

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Rivera E, Zeoli AM, Sullivan C. (2012).
Abused mothers’ safety concerns and court mediators’ custody recommendations.
Journal of Family Violence. May 2012; 27(4): 21-332.
Zeoli AM, Norris A, Brenner H. (2011).
A summary and analysis of warrantless arrest statutes for domestic violence in the United States.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Sept 2011; 26(14): 2811-2833.
Zeoli AM, Norris A, Brenner H. (2011).
Mandatory, preferred or discretionary: How the classification of domestic violence warrantless arrest laws impacts their estimated effects on intimate partner homicide.
Evaluation Review. April 2011; 35(2): 129-152.
Zeoli AM, Webster DW. (2010).
Effects of domestic violence policies, alcohol taxes and police staffing levels on intimate partner homicide in large U.S. cities.
Injury Prevention. Apr 2010; 16(2): 90-95. PMID: 20363814 [PubMed - in process]
Webster DW, Vernick JS, Zeoli AM, Manganello JA. (2004).
Association between youth-focused firearm laws and youth suicides.
JAMA. Aug 2004; 292(5): 594-601.