Tara N. Richards, Ph.D.

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Dr. Tara N. Richards is a Distinguished Associate Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO) and a Faculty Lead for UNO’s Victimology and Victim Studies Research Lab. Her research focuses on prevention, intervention, and system response to sexual assault, intimate partner violence, child abuse and neglect. Her recent research is featured in Child Abuse & Neglect, Psychology of Violence, and Criminology and Public Policy. Richards serves on the Douglas County (Nebraska) Sexual Assault Response Team and Domestic Violence Community Response Team, and she coordinates the Nebraska Victim Assistance Academy. Richards also serves as a subject matter expert for the tribal training and technical assistance provider, Red Wind Consulting, Inc.