Elizabeth Burgess Dowdell, PhD, RN
Professor
Area of Expertise:
- Child Internet Safety
- Health Risk Behaviors in Children and Adolescents
- Violence and Victimology
Summary
Child Internet victimization is a growing concern in the U.S. and worldwide. Dr. Dowdell is an expert on children and internet risk behaviors relating to pedophiles. She was recently part of a research team, a joint effort among the Justice Resource Institute, Villanova University and Boston College-studying Internet-related techniques used by offenders in crimes against children, and can share her findings on the topic. She can also discuss advancements in investigating, prosecuting, and treating online child sexual offenders, as well as ways parents can protect their child against them.
Education
- Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
- M.S., Boston College
- B.S., Vanderbilt University
Selected Publications
- Dowdell, E.B., Cavanaugh, D.J., Burgess, A.W., and Prentky, R, "Children in the Foster Care System: Vulnerable Girls and Foster Care Placement Instability." MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing.
- Dowdell, E.B. (2006). "Alcohol use, smoking and feeling unsafe: Health risk behaviors of two urban seventh grade classes." Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing. 29(3). 157-171.
- Dowdell, E.B., and Santucci, M.E. (2004). "Health risk behavior assessment: Nutrition, weight and tobacco use in one urban seventh grade class." Public Health Nursing. 21 (2). 128-136
Selected Professional Experience
- U.S. Department of Justice, The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Consultant +Journal of Forensic Nursing, Editorial Review Board
Selected Research
- Primary Investigator: Robert Prentky; Co-Principle Investigator: Dowdell, E.B., "A Multi-prong Approach to Child Internet Safety", Justice Resource Institute.
- Primary Investigator: Dowdell, E.B., "Promoting Internet Child Safety: High School Students and Focus Groups" , Villanova University College of Nursing Center for Nursing Research Mini-Grant.
- Primary Investigator: Robert Prentky; Co-Principle Investigator: Dowdell, E.B., "Internet Related Techniques used by Offenders in Crimes Against Children", Justice Resource Institute.
