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VITA: KIRK R. WILLIAMS
Contact Information
Office Address: Department of Criminology, Law & Society
3309 Social Ecology II
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697
Phone: (949) 677-1202
Email: [email protected]
Education
Undergraduate: Bachelor of Arts in Sociology/Journalism,
Texas Christian University; Fort Worth,
Texas: 1971.
Graduate: Master of Arts in Sociology, Texas Christian University; Fort Worth,
Texas: 1973.
Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology,
The University of Arizona, Tucson,
Arizona: 1977.
Areas of Interest Intimate Partner and Youth Violence,
Family and Youth Violence Risk
Assessment, Violence Prevention, Homicide
Research
Faculty and Administrative Positions
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Work, Memphis State
University (1976-1981)
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Sociology of Social Control, Department of Sociology, Yale
University (1981-1982), funded by the National Institute of Mental Health
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Work, Memphis State
University (1982-1984)
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of New
Hampshire (1984-1990, Professor 2004-2005)
Research Associate, Family Research Laboratory, University of New Hampshire (1986-
1990, 2004-2005)
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Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado (1990 to 1999)
Professional Staff, Research Program on Problem Behavior, Institute of Behavioral
Science, University of Colorado (1991 to 1999)
Founding Associate Director, Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence,
University of Colorado (1992 to 1999)
Professor, Department of Sociology, University of California at Riverside (1998 to 2011)
Faculty Fellow (1998-2004), Interim Director (2005-2006), Co-Director (2006 to 2011),
Robert Presley Center for Crime and Justice Studies, University of California at
Riverside
Co-Director (2000-2011), Southern California Academic Center of Excellence in Youth
Violence Prevention, University of California at Riverside
Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice, University of
Delaware (2011 to 2016)
Professor, Department of Criminology, Law & Society, University of California, Irvine
(2016 to present)
Graduate Director, Social Ecology Ph.D. Core Program, University of California, Irvine
(2018 to present)
Articles and Chapters
Google Scholar Link:
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=nt1QVukAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Hammond, Phillip E. and Kirk R. Williams (1976). "The Protestant ethic thesis: A social-
psychological assessment." Social Forces (March): 579-589.
Hammond, Phillip E. and Kirk R. Williams (1979). "Moral climates of nations:
Measurement and classification." In Robert Wuthnow (Ed.), The Religious
Dimension: New Directions in Quantitative Research. New York: Academic
Press.
Williams, Kirk R., Jack P. Gibbs, and Maynard L. Erickson (1980). "Public knowledge of
statutory penalties: The extent and basis of accurate perception." Pacific
Sociological Review 23: 105-128.
Williams, Kirk R. and Susan Drake (1980). "Social structure, crime, and criminalization:
An empirical examination of the conflict perspective." The Sociological Quarterly
21: 563-575.
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Williams, Kirk R. and Maynard L. Erickson (1981). "Potential for crime and knowledge
of legal sanctions." Deviant Behavior 2: 287-304.
Williams, Kirk R. and Jack P. Gibbs (1981). "Deterrence and knowledge of statutory
penalties." The Sociological Quarterly 22: 591-606.
Williams, Kirk R. and Michael F. Timberlake (1984). "Structured inequality, conflict,
and control: A cross-national test of the threat hypothesis." Social Forces 63:
414-432.
Timberlake, Michael F. and Kirk R. Williams (1984). "Dependence, political exclusion,
and government repression: A cross-national study." American Sociological
Review 49: 141-146.
Williams, Kirk R. (1984). "Economic sources of homicide: Reestimating the effects of
poverty and inequality." American Sociological Review 49: 283-289.
Williams, Kirk R. and Richard Hawkins (1986). "Perceptual research on general
deterrence: A critical review." Law and Society Review 20: 545-572.
Williams, Kirk R. and Michael F. Timberlake (1987). " Structural position in the world-
system, inequality, and political violence." Journal of Political and Military
Sociology 15: 1-5.
Carmody, Dianne Cyr and Kirk R. Williams (1987). "Wife assault and perceptions of
sanctions." Violence and Victims 2: 25-38.
Williams, Kirk R. and Robert Flewelling (1987). "Family, acquaintance, and stranger
homicide: An Alternative procedures for rate calculations." Criminology 25: 543-
560.
Williams, Kirk R. and Robert Flewelling (1988). "The social production of criminal
homicide: A comparative study of disaggregated homicide rates in American
cities." American Sociological Review 53: 421-431.
Williams, Kirk R. and Richard Hawkins (1989). "The meaning of arrest for wife assault.”
Criminology 27: 163-181.
Browne, Angela and Kirk R. Williams (1989). "Resource availability for women at risk
and partner homicide." Law and Society Review 23: 75-94.
Williams, Kirk R. and Richard Hawkins (1989). "Controlling male aggression in intimate
relationships." Law and Society Review 23: 591-612.
Ward Sally K., Kathy Chapman, Ellen Cohn, Susan White, and Kirk R. Williams (1991).
"Acquaintance rape and the college social scene." Family Relations 40: 65-71.
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Dutton, Donald G., Stephan G. Hart, Leslie G. Kennedy, and Kirk R. Wiliams (1992).
"Arrest and the reduction of repeat wife assault." In Buzawa, Eve, and Carl
Buzawa (Eds.), Domestic Violence: The Changing Criminal Justice Response.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Williams, Kirk R. and Richard Hawkins (1992). "Wife assault, costs of arrest, and the
deterrence process." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 29: 292-310.
Williams, Kirk R. (1992). "Social sources of marital violence and deterrence: Testing an
integrated theory of assaults between partners." Journal of Marriage and the
Family 54: 620-629.
Browne, Angela and Kirk R. Williams (1993). "Gender, intimacy, and lethal violence:
Trends from 1976 – 1987." Gender and Society 7:78-98.
Lackey, Chad and Kirk R. Williams (1995). "Social bonding and the cessation of
violence over the life course." Journal of Marriage and the Family 57: 295-305.
Murray, Mary, Nancy G. Guerra, and Kirk R. Williams (1997). "Violence prevention for
the 21st
century." In Weissberg, Roger, Thomas P. Gullotta, Robert L. Hampton, Bruce A. Ryan, and Gerald R. Adams (Eds.) Enhancing Children’s Wellness. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Elliott, Delbert S., Beatrix Hamburg, and Kirk R. Williams (1998). "Violence in
American schools: An overview." In Elliott, Delbert S., Beatrix Hamburg, and
Kirk R. Williams (Eds.) Violence in American Schools. Cambridge University
Press.
Elliott, Delbert S., Kirk R. Williams, and Beatrix Hamburg (1998). "An integrated
approach to violence prevention." In Elliott, Delbert S., Beatrix Hamburg, and
Kirk R. Williams (Eds.) Violence in American Schools. Cambridge University
Press.
Flewelling, Robert and Kirk R. Williams (1999). "Categorizing homicides: The use of
disaggregated data in homicide research." In Smith, Dwayne and Margaret Zahn
(Eds.) Homicide: A Sourcebook of Social Research. Thousand Oaks: Sage
Publications.
Browne, Angela, Kirk R. Williams, and Donald G. Dutton (1999). "Homicide between
intimate partners: A 20-year review." In Dwayne Smith and Margaret Zahn (Eds.)
Homicide: A Sourcebook of Social Research. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
Browne, Angela, Kirk R. Williams, and Donald G. Dutton (1999). "Homicide between
intimate partners." In Dwayne Smith and Margaret Zahn (Eds.) Studying and
Preventing Homicide. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
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Pampel, Fred and Kirk R. Williams (2000). “Intimacy and homicide: Compensating for
missing data in the SHR.” Criminology 38: 661-680.
Guerra, Nancy G. and Kirk R. Williams (2003). “Implementation of school-based
Wellness Centers.” Psychology in the Schools 40: 473-487.
Williams, Kirk R. and Amy Barry Houghton (2004). “Assessing the risk of domestic
violence re-offending: A validation study.” Law and Human Behavior 28: 437-
455.
Williams, Kirk R. (2005). “Arrest and intimate partner violence: Toward a more
complete application of deterrence theory.” Aggression and Violent Behavior: A
Review Journal 10: 660-679.
Guerra, Nancy G. and Kirk R. Williams (2006). “Ethnicity, youth violence, and the
ecology of development.” In Guerra, Nancy G. and Emilie Phillips Smith (Eds.)
Preventing Youth Violence in a Multi-Cultural Society, American Psychological
Association.
Williams, Kirk R. and Sabrina Arredondo-Mattson (2006). “Lessons learned from a
community-based project to reduce youth handgun violence in Colorado.” New
Directions for Evaluation 110: 5-17.
Williams, Kirk R. and Stephen R. Grant (2006). “Empirically examining the risk of
intimate partner violence: The Revised Domestic Violence Screening Instrument
(DVSI-R).” Public Health Reports 121:400-408.
Williams, Kirk R. and Nancy G. Guerra (2007).“Prevalence and predictors of cyber-
bullying.” Journal of Adolescent Health 41: 514-521.
Cook, Clayton R., Kirk R. Williams, Nancy G. Guerra, and Louis Tuthill (2007).
“Cyberbullying: What is it and what can we do about it.” Communique 36: 1-5.
Williams, Kirk R. (2007). “The Domestic Violence Screening Instrument (DVSI and
DVSI-R).” In Cutler, B. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law. Sage
Publications.
Williams, Kirk R., Louis Tuthill, and Shoon Lio (2008). “A portrait of juvenile offending
in the United States.” In Hoge, Bob, Nancy G. Guerra, and Paul Boxer (Eds.)
Treating the Juvenile Offender. Guilford Press.
Guerra, Nancy G., Kirk R. Williams, Patrick H. Tolan, and Kathy Modecki (2008).
“Theoretical and research advances in understanding the causes of juvenile
offending.” In Hoge, Bob, Nancy G. Guerra, and Paul Boxer (Eds.) Treating the
Juvenile Offender. Guilford Press.
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Payne, Pedro and Kirk R. Williams (2008). “Building social capital through
neighborhood mobilization: Challenges and lessons learned.” Journal of
Preventive Medicine 34: S42-S47.
Kim, Tia, Nancy G. Guerra, and Kirk R. Williams (2008). “Preventing youth problem
behaviors and enhancing physical health by promoting core competencies.”
Journal of Adolescent Health 43:401-407.
Cook, Clayton R., Kirk R. Williams, Nancy G. Guerra, and Tia E. Kim (2010).
“Variation in the prevalence of bullying and victimization: A cross-national and
methodological analysis.” In Jimerson, Shane R., Susan Swearer, and Dorothy
Espelage (Eds.) The International Handbook of School Bullying. New York:
Routledge.
Guerra, Nancy G. and Kirk R. Williams (2010). “Implementing bullying prevention in
diverse settings: Geographic, economic, and cultural influences.” In Vernberg,
Eric M. and Bridget K. Biggs (Eds.) Preventing and Treating Bullying and
Victimization. Oxford University Press.
D’Auria, Stephanie and Kirk R. Williams (2010). “A reconceptualization of general and
specific deterrence: Stafford and Warr’s deterrence theory.” In Cullen, Francis T.
and Pamela Wilcox (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Criminological Theory. Sage.
Cook, Clayton R., Kirk R. Williams, Nancy G. Guerra, Tia E. Kim, and Shelly Sadek
(2010). “Predictors of bullying and victimization in children and adolescents: A
meta-analytic review.” School Psychology Quarterly 25: 65-83.
Guerra, Nancy G., Kirk R. Williams, Julie Meeks-Gardner, and Ian Walker (2010). “The
Kingston Y.M.C.A. Youth Development Programme: An effective violence
prevention programme for inner city youth.” In Hoffman, Joan, Robert McMahon,
and Lyndee Knox (Eds.) Beyond Supression. Praeger International Press.
Guerra, Nancy G. and Kirk R. Williams (2011). “Bullying and victimization from
childhood to adolescence: Developmental changes and implications for
prevention.” Child Development 82: 295-310.
Knox, Lyndee, Nancy G. Guerra, and Kirk R. Williams (January, 2011). “Preventing
children’s aggression in immigrant Latino families: A mixed methods evaluation
of the Families and Schools Together (FAST) program.” American Journal of
Community Psychology. DOI 10.1007/s10464-010-9441-0.
Williams, Kirk R. and Nancy G. Guerra (2011). “Perceptions of collective efficacy and
bullying perpetration in schools.” Social Problems 58: 126-143.
Gendron, Brian, Kirk R. Williams, and Nancy G. Guerra (2011). “Individual
characteristics and contextual perceptions in the prediction of bullying behavior.”
Journal of School Violence 10: 150-164.
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Meeks Gardner, Julie, Kirk R. Williams, Nancy G. Guerra, and Ian Walker (2011). “The
Jamaican Youth Survey: Assessing core competencies and risk for aggression
among Jamaican youth.” Caribbean Quarterly 57 (1): 35-53.
Parker, Robert Nash, Kirk R. Williams, Kevin McCaffrey, Emily K. Asencio, Angela
Browne, Kevin J. Strom, and Kelle Barrick (2011). “Alcohol availability and
youth homicide in the 91 largest US cities, 1984-2006.” Drug and Alcohol Review
30: 505-514.
Williams, Kirk R. (2012). “Family violence risk assessment: A predictive validation
study of the Domestic Violence Screening Instrument (DVSI-R).” Law and
Human Behavior 36: 120-129. DOI 10.1007/s10979-011-9272-6.
Guerra, Nancy G. and Kirk R. Williams (2012). “Implementing evidence based practices
(EBPs) for juvenile justice prevention and treatment communities.” Pp. 297-308
In Elena Grigorenko (Ed.) Handbook of Juvenile Forensic Psychology and
Psychiatry. New York: Springer
Browne, Angela, Kirk R. Williams, Robert Nash Parker, Kevin Strom, and Kelle Barrick.
“Factors and Trends in Youth Homicide Perpetration in the United States: 1984-
2006.” (2013). Weisburd and Bruinsma (Eds) Encyclopedia of Criminology and
Criminal Justice. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer.
Bell, Caryn and Kirk R. Williams (2013). “Gender and partner violence: Does dual
arrests reveal gender symmetry or asymmetry?” Journal of Interpersonal
Violence 28: 1561-1578. DOI 10.1177/0886260512468325.
Nieri, Tanya, Jennifer L. Matjasko, Kirk R. Williams, and Nancy G. Guerra (2013).
“Youth violence prevention: Public health intervention and high risk
populations.” Pp. 225-238 In Sanders, Bill, F., Yonette F. Thomas and Bethany
Reeds (Eds.) Crime, HIV and Health: Intersections of Criminal Justice and
Public Health Concerns. Springer Press.
Stansfield, Richard and Kirk R. Williams (2014). “Predicting family violence recidivism
using the DVSI-R: Integrating survival analysis and perpetrator characteristics.”
Criminal Justice and Behavior 41: 163-180.
Williamson, Ariel, Lyndee Knox, Nancy G. Guerra, and Kirk R. Williams (2014). “A
pilot randomized trial of community-based parent training for immigrant Latina
mothers.” American Journal of Community Psychology 53: 47-59.
Stansfield, Richard, Kirk R. Williams, and Karen F. Parker (2017). “Economic
disadvantage and homicide: Accounting for temporal trends across cities by age
groups.” Homicide Studies 21: 59-81. DOI 10.1177/1088767916647990.
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Williams, Kirk R. and Richard Stansfield (2017). “Disentangling the risk assessment and
intimate partner violence relation: Estimating mediating and moderating effects.”
Law and Human Behavior 41: 344-353.
Campbell, Jacquelyn C., Jill Theresa Messing, and Kirk R. Williams (2017). “Prediction
of homicide of and by battered women.” Pp. 107-138 In Campbell, Jacquelyn C.
and Jill Theresa Messing (Eds.) Assessing Dangerousness: Domestic Violence
Offenders and Child Abusers, 3rd Edition, New York: Springer Publishing
Company.
Mancik, Ashley M., Karen F. Parker, and Kirk R. Williams (2018). “Neighborhood
context and homicide clearance: Estimating the effects of collective efficacy.”
Homicide Studies 22:188-213.
Stansfield, Richard and Kirk R. Williams (2018). “Coercive control between intimate
partners: An application to nonfatal strangulation.” Journal of Interpersonal
Violence DOI: 10.1177/0886260518795175.
Gerstenberger, Caryn, Richard Stansfield, and Kirk R. Williams (2019). “Intimate partner
violence in same-sex relationships.” Criminal Justice and Behavior DOI:
1177/0093854819871984.
Nevarez Martinez, Deyanira, Matt Barno, and Kirk R. Williams (2019). “Bail reform,
pretrial assessment and supervision in California.” Perspectives 43: 30-35.
Barno, Matt, Deyanira Nevarez Martinez, and Kirk R. Williams (2019). “Exploring
alternatives to cash bond: An evaluation of Orange County’s pretrial assessment
and release supervision (PARS) program.” American Journal of Criminal Justice
DOI: 10.1007/s12103-019-09506-3.
Lane, David C., Kirk R. Williams, and Jacob Foster (2020). “Businesses, places, and
homicide: A preliminary empirical examination.” DOI:
10.1080/01639625.2020.1743137.
Williams, Kirk R. Richard Stansfield, and Jacquelyn C. Campbell (under review).
“Persistence and potential lethality in intimate partner violence: Evaluating the
concurrent and predictive validity of a dual assessment protocol.
Books
Elliott, Delbert S., Beatrix Hamburg, and Kirk R. Williams (Eds.). (1998). Violence in
American Schools. Cambridge University Press
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Technical Reports
Williams, Kirk R., Brian A. Mattson, Delbert S. Elliott, Deborah Haack, and Lane Cook
(1993). Violence in Colorado, 1976-91: A Focus on homicide. Center for the
Study and Prevention of Violence, University of Colorado and The Colorado
Department of Public Health and Environment.
Williams, Kirk R., Brian Mattson, and Delbert Elliott (1994). Violence in Colorado:
Trends and Resources. A resource manual produced by the Violence Prevention
Advisory Committee, the Colorado Department of Public Health and
Environment, and the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence.
Jackson, Kristi, Kirk R. Williams, and Delbert S. Elliott (1996). Program evaluation
overview. Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, University of
Colorado, Boulder, CO.
Guerra, Nancy G. and Kirk R. Williams (1996). Building effective strategies to address
youth violence in your community: A program planning guide for a risk-focused
approach. Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, University of
Colorado, Boulder.
Williams, Kirk R., Nancy G. Guerra, and Delbert S. Elliott (1996). Human development
and violence prevention. Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence,
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
Arredondo, Sabrina, Tonya Aultman-Bettridge, Tenah Johnson, and Kirk R. Williams
(1999). A study of youth handgun violence. Center for the Study and Prevention of
Violence, University of Colorado, Boulder.
Williams, Kirk R., Nancy G. Guerra, and Delbert S. Elliott (1999). Supporting youth by
strengthening communities: Helping children grow and preventing problem
behaviors. Center for the study and Prevention of Violence, University of
Colorado, Boulder.
Williams, Kirk R. and Nancy Guerra (2000). A Review of the Senate Bill 91-94
Evaluation. Report to the Division of Youth Corrections, Research and Evaluation
Office, Denver, CO
Williams, Kirk R. and Lyndee Knox (2001). Approaches to Grantmaking. Final report to
The Colorado Trust, Denver, CO.
Williams, Kirk R. and Elizabeth Conniff (2002). Legal sanctions and the violent
victimization of women. Commissioned paper presented at “Expanding the
Federal Research Agenda on Violence Against Women: A Workshop of The
Committee on Law and Justice and The National Research Council’s Division on
Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, D.C.
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Williams, Kirk R. (2004). Results of the exit interviews for the Palliative Care Initiative.
Commissioned report to The Colorado Trust, Denver, CO.
Williams, Kirk R. (2004). Results of The Colorado Trust Grantee Survey. Commissioned
report to The Colorado Trust, Denver, CO.
Williams, Kirk R. and Nancy G. Guerra (2005). Improving the Quality, Expanding the
Reach and Unleashing the Potential of After-School Programming in Colorado.
Commissioned report to The Colorado Trust, Denver, CO.
Strom, Kevin, Kelle Barrick, Angela Browne, Kirk R. Williams, and Robert Nash Parker
(2010). Anticipating the future based on analysis of the past: Intercity variation in
youth homicide, 1984-2006. A final report to the National Institute of Justice.
Washington DC.
Guerra, Nancy G., Kirk R. Williams, Ian Walker, and Julie Meeks-Gardner (2010).
Building an ecology of peace in Jamaica: New approaches to understanding
youth crime and violence and evaluating prevention strategies. Final report to The
World Bank, Washington, DC.
Barno, Matt, Deyanira Nevarez Martinez, and Kirk R.Williams (Supervisor) (2019a).
Orange County Superior Court Pretrial Assessment and Release Supervision
(PARS) Assessment Tool Validation. Final report to the Superior Court.
Barno, Matt, Kirk R. Williams, and Deyanira Nevarez Martinez (2019b). Orange County
Superior Court Pretrial Assessment and Release Supervision (PARS) Assessment
Tool Validation. Report on testing for potential bias in the assessments by race,
ethnicity, and gender.
Barno, Matt and Kirk R. Williams (2019c). Orange County Superior Court Pretrial
Assessment and Release Supervision (PARS) Assessment Tool Validation. Report
on testing whether the assessment instrument (VPRAI) can be improved in
predicting failure to appear in court.
Major Federal and Foundation Grants
Williams, Kirk R. (PI) and Murray A. Straus (Co-PI). Justifiable and Criminal Homicide
of Family Members, Acquaintances, and Strangers: Regional, Cultural, and
Environmental Factors. National Institute of Justice (1985-1987, $126,594)
Williams, Kirk R. (PI) and Murray A. Straus (Co-PI). Panel Survey of Deterrence
Processes. National Science Foundation (1986-1989, $253,892)
Williams, Kirk R. (PI). Supplemental Homicide Report Study. subcontract from the
National Study of the Incidence of Missing Children (Gerald Hotaling and David
Finkelhor, PIs), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (1987-
1988, $56,035)
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Elliott, Delbert (Founding Director) and Kirk R. Williams (Founding Associate Director).
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence. The Carnegie Corporation of
New York (1992-1994, $600,000)
Elliott, Delbert (Founding Director) and Kirk R. Williams (Founding Associate Director).
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence. The Carnegie Corporation of
New York (1994-1996, $700,000)
Elliott, Delbert (PI) and Kirk R. Williams (Co-PI). Schools and Violence. The W. T.
Grant Foundation (1994-1996, $202,214)
Williams, Kirk R. (PI) and Delbert Elliott (Co-PI). Technical Assistance Grant to Provide
Violence-Related and Evaluation Assistance for The Colorado Trust's Violence
Prevention Initiative. The Colorado Trust (1995-2000, $430,000)
Elliott, Delbert (Founding Director) and Kirk R. Williams (Founding Associate Director).
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence. The Carnegie Corporation of
New York (1996-1998, $600,000)
Williams, Kirk R. (PI), Delbert Elliott (Co-PI), and Nancy G. Guerra (Co-PI). Human
Development and Violence Prevention. The Annie E. Casey Foundation (1995-
1996, $50,000; 1996-1997, $200,000)
Fagan, Jeffrey (PI) and Kirk R. Williams (Co-PI). Lethal and Non-Lethal Adolescent
Violence: Social, Economic, and Neighborhood Risk Factors. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (1996-1999, $749,982)
Williams, Kirk R. (PI) and Fred Pampel (Co-PI), Colorado Domestic Violence Risk
Reduction Project. Violence Against Women Grants Office, Office of Justice
Programs, U. S. Department of Justice: Subcontract from the Office of Probation
Services, State Court Administrator’s Office, State of Colorado (1997– 2000,
$282,237)
Williams, Kirk R. (PI). Preventing Youth Handgun Violence in Colorado. The Colorado
Trust (1999–2002, $350,000)
Guerra, Nancy G. (PI), Kirk R. Williams (Co-PI), and Robert Nash Parker (Co-PI).
Healthy Schools/Healthy Places. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA) (1999–2002, $814,743)
Guerra, Nancy G. (PI), Kirk R. Williams (Co-PI), Robert Nash Parker (Co-PI), and
Lyndee Knox (Co-PI). Southern California Center of Academic Excellence in
Youth Violence Prevention (ACE-UCR). Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (2000–2003, $1,200,000)
Guerra, Nancy G. (PI), Kirk R. Williams (Co-PI), Robert Nash Parker (Co-PI), and
Lyndee Knox (Co-PI). Southern California Center of Academic Excellence in
Youth Violence Prevention (ACE-UCR). Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (2003-2005, $774,000)
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Guerra, Nancy G. (PI), Kirk R. Williams (Co-PI), Robert Nash Parker (Co-PI), and
Lyndee Knox (Co-PI). Southern California Center of Academic Excellence in
Youth Violence Prevention (ACE-UCR). Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (2005-2010, $4,300,000)
Williams, Kirk R. (PI) and Angela Browne (PI), and Kevin Strom (Co-PI). Anticipating
the future based on analysis of the past: Intercity variation in youth homicide,
1984-2006. National Institute of Justice (2007–2010, subcontract from RTI
International, $89,250)
Guerra, Nancy (PI), Kirk R. Williams (Co-PI), and Jessie Borelli (Co-PI). A
Comprehensive Parent-Child Prevention Program for Youth Violence: The
YEA/MADRES Program. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2017-
2020, $995,000).
Other Grants and Contracts
Williams, Kirk R. (PI). Equipment grant from the Office of Research Administration. The
University of New Hampshire (in support of the Justifiable and Criminal
Homicide Project, 1986, $3,500)
White, Susan (PI), Ellen Cohn, Sally Ward, and Kirk R. Williams (Co-PI). Physical and
Sexual Aggression on Campus." The University of New Hampshire (1987-1988,
$11,005)
White, Susan (PI), Ellen Cohn, Sally Ward, and Kirk R. Williams (Co-PI). Reducing the
Incidence of Unwanted Sexual Experiences on the UNH Campus. The University
of New Hampshire (1987-1988, $6,950)
Williams Kirk R. (PI). Predicting the Risk of Interpersonal Violence: A Cross-Sectional
and Longitudinal Analysis. The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation (1991,
$23,222)
Williams, Kirk R. (PI) and Delbert Elliott (Co-PI). Monitoring Violence in Colorado.
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (1993, $20,000)
Williams, Kirk R. (PI) and Delbert Elliott (Co-PI). Documenting the Violence Problem in
Colorado. Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (1994,
$12,000)
Mattson, Brian A. (PI) and Kirk R. Williams (Co-PI). Validation of the Colorado Youth
Offender Level of Supervision Inventory (CYO-LSI). Office of Youth Services,
Department of Human Services, State of Colorado (1995-1996, $80,608; 1996-
1997, $104,488)
Williams, Kirk R. (PI). A Study of Youth Handgun Violence. The Colorado Trust (1997-
1998, $100,000)
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Williams, Kirk R. (PI) and Robert Nash Parker (Co-PI). Youth gang prevention project.
Supplement to the Presley Center for Crime and Justice Studies budget from the
University of California Office of the President (2008-2010, $200,000)
Guerra, Nancy G. (PI) and Kirk R. Williams (Co-PI). Cure Violence: Improving
Childhood and neighborhood outcomes through reductions in violence.
Subcontract from the University of Illinois at Chicago (2017-2019, $150,000).
Williams, Kirk R. (PI). Evaluation of the Orange County Superior Court Pre-Trial
Release and Supervision Program (PARS). Orange County Superior Court
(2016, $7.000).
Burton, Candace W. (PI) and Kirk R. Williams (Co-PI) Reporting Intimate Violence:
Expectations and Experiences among Women of Color. Initiative to End Family
Violence, University of California, Irvine (2017-2018, $30,965).
Williams, Kirk R. (PI) and Candace W. Burton (Co-PI) Predicting Lethal Intimate
Partner Violence (IPV): A Comparison of Lethal and Nonlethal IPV in
California and Connecticut. Initiative to End Family Violence, University of
California, Irvine (2018-2019, $12,000).
Williams, Kirk R. (PI) Predicting and Preventing Lethal Intimate Partner Violence
(IPV): An Analysis of Gun-Involved IPV. University of California Firearm
Violence Center (Small Grants Program), University of California, Irvine
(2019-2020, $10,00).
Selected Consultations
Williams, Kirk R. Violence and Threats of Violence Against Men and Women. Center for
Policy Research, Denver, CO (1993-1996)
Williams, Kirk R. Educare Colorado. Facilitation, clarification of outcome objectives,
and selection of an independent evaluator (1999–2000)
Williams, Kirk R. and Lyndee Knox (Co-PI). Best Practices in Philanthropy. Preparation
of a background report for The Colorado Trust’s Strategic Planning Process,
Denver, CO (2000)
Williams, Kirk R. Qualistar Early Learning. Managing the RAND Corporation
evaluation (2000–2007)
Williams, Kirk R. Connecticut’s Family Violence Risk Assessment Project. Implementing
and evaluating the Domestic Violence Screening Instrument-Revised (2002 -
present)
Williams, Kirk R. Palliative Care Funding Initiative: An Assessment. The Colorado Trust
(2003-2004)
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Williams, Kirk R. Grantee Satisfaction Survey. The Colorado Trust (2004)
Williams, Kirk R. and Nancy G. Guerra. After-School Assessment Survey. The Colorado
Trust (2004)
Williams, Kirk R. and Nancy G. Guerra. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Interventions to
Promote Positive Bystander Behavior in Bullying Episodes. The Colorado Trust
(2005-2009)
Williams, Kirk R. Cleveland Municipal Court Family Violence Risk Assessment Project.
Training on the DVSI-R (2011)
Williams, Kirk R. Delaware’s Family Violence Risk Assessment Project. Implementing
and evaluating the Domestic Violence Screening Instrument-Revised (2013)
Williams, Kirk R. Vermont’s Family Violence Risk Assessment Project. Training on the
DVSI-R (2013)
Williams, Kirk R. Massachusetts’s Family Violence Risk Assessment Project. Training
on the DVSI-R (2016)
Williams, Kirk R. Erie County, New York Family Violence Risk Assessment Project.
Training on the DVSI-R (2017)
Williams, Kirk R. Wyoming’s Family Violence Risk Assessment Project. Training on
the DVSI-R (2018)
Williams, Kirk R. New York’s Family Violence Risk Assessment Project. Training on
the DVSI-R (2018)
Williams, Kirk R. South Dakota’s Family Violence Risk Assessment Project. Training
on the DVSI-R (2019)
University and Administrative Service (last five years)
Member Master of Advanced Study in Criminology, Law & Society Advisory Committee
(2016) University of California, Irvine
Member Graduate Student Interview Committee (2016) University of California, Irvine
Member Steering Committee of the Initiative to End Family Violence (2016 to present)
University of California, Irvine
Member Comprehensive Examination Committee, University of California, Irvine
(2018)
Member Ad Hoc Committee on Undergraduate Learning, University of California,
Irvine (2016-2017).
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Member Ad Hoc Committee on Graduate Learning, University of California, Irvine
(2017-2018)
Chair, Personnel Committee, University of California, Irvine (2018)
Member, Personnel Committee, University of California, Irvine (2019)
Member, Social Ecology Curriculum Committee, University of California, Irvine (2019
to present)
Selected Community Outreach and Other Professional Activities
Connecticut Family Violence Risk Assessment Project, Invited presentation to the
Connecticut Family Court Judges (2006)
Connecticut Family Violence Risk Assessment Project, Invited presentation to the
Connecticut Department of Corrections (2006)
Connecticut Family Violence Risk Assessment Project, Invited presentation to
Connecticut Probation Officers (2007)
Findings on Bullying in Colorado Schools, Invited Keynote Speaker for the Bullying
Prevention Initiative Conference, Colorado Springs, CO (2008)
Member Review Panel, Injury Research Grant Review Committee, National Center for
Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA, (2008)
Connecticut Family Violence Risk Assessment Project, Invited presentation to Family
Services, Court Support Services Division, State of Connecticut (2008)
Promoting evidence based practice among California County Departments of Probation,
Governor’s Office of Gangs and Youth Violence Policy (January of 2009 to 2011)
Member Orange County Domestic Violence Death Review Team (2016 to present)
Manuscript Reviewer: Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Journal of Conflict
Resolution, Deviant Behavior, Social Forces, American Sociological Review,
Sociology and Social Research, Criminology, Journal of Research in Crime and
Delinquency, Law and Society Review, Social Science Quarterly, Violence and
Victims (founding editorial board member), Science, The Sociological Quarterly,
American Journal of Sociology, Social Problems, Journal of Comparative Family
Studies, Sociological Perspectives, American Journal of Public Health, Journal of
Quantitative Criminology, Justice Quarterly, Journal of Preventive Medicine,
Sociological Theory, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Homicide Studies,
Aggressive Behavior
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Proposal Reviewer: National Science Foundation, National Institute of Justice, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation,
W. T. Grant Foundation, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, The Colorado Trust
Courses Taught
Undergraduate: Criminology, Deviant Behavior, Field Problems in Social Research,
Honors Seminar: The Death Penalty, Juvenile Delinquency, Research Methods,
Statistical Analysis, Social Problems, Sociology of Crime and Justice, Family Violence,
Special Topics: Men and Violence against Women, Violence in America, Social Control
Graduate Seminars: Collective Behavior and Political Violence, Criminology, Deviant
Behavior, Juvenile Delinquency, Law and Society, Punishment and Corrections,
Domestic and Sexual Violence, Special Topics in Criminology, Research Seminar in
Criminology, Contemporary Theory and Research in Criminology and Socio-Legal
Studies, Research Design, Criminological Theory and Empirical Tests, Research to
Practice, Seminar in Social Ecology