AEC Fellows: Lynette Feder

Lynette Feder Portland State University Email: lfeder@pdx.edu

Lynette Feder is Professor at Portland State University in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. She received her Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from the State University of New York at Albany. Her earlier work evaluated the effectiveness of a wide array of criminal justice interventions implemented within a variety of settings (police, courts, corrections and social service agencies). This work led to her belief that preventive efforts are more effective than intervention programs. Her recent focus has been on conducting applied research on specific interventions that are methodologically rigorous (using experimental research) so as to address both policy questions ("evidence-based policy") as well as underlying theoretical issues. In this way, Dr. Feder’s more recent research endeavors attempt to build the knowledge base to aid in the development of future programs and policies while simultaneously answering to specific questions about the effectiveness of a particular program. Two recent examples include the Broward Experiment which was a community-based experimental study testing the effectiveness of court-mandated batterer intervention programs (BIPs) for men convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence. More recently, the Enhanced Nurse Family Partnership Experiment is a five-year research grant developing, implementing and evaluating an intimate partner violence preventive component which is attached to Olds’ Nurse Family Partnership program. She has also served as a guest editor for a special issue on domestic violence (Women and Criminal Justice) and co-guest editor (with Robert Boruch) for a special issue on the need for experimental research to guide evidence-based decision-making in criminal justice (Crime & Delinquency). Her work has also appeared in the Justice Quarterly, Violence & Victims, Law and Human Behavior, Experimental Criminology, Journal of Family Violence, Criminal Justice & Behavior, American Journal of Criminal Justice, Professional Ethics Report, Professional Psychology: Research and Practice and Journal of Psychiatry & the Law.

 

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