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Lynn Monahan

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University of New Haven: Faculty Lynn Monahan
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Title: Professor
Coordinator, Juvenile and Family Justice and Corrections Programs
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College: Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences
Dept: Criminal Justice
Phone: 203.932.7489
Email: lmonahan@newhaven.edu
Office: 300 Boston Post Road
West Haven, CT 06516

Education

Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1971
M.A., University of Oregon, 1968
B.A., McGill University, 1965


Published Books and Articles

Monahan, L., Monahan, J., Gaboury, M. & Niesyn, P. (2004) Victims’ voices in the correctional setting: cognitive knowledge in an offender education program. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, Vol 39 (3), 16-38.

Parker, L., Meier, R. & Monahan, L. (1989) Interpersonal Psychology in Criminal Justice, 2nd Ed.  West Publishing Co., 1989.

Recent Presentations

  • "Revisiting the Groth/FBI Rapist Typologies: What do Empirical Studies Have to Add?"  Paper presented at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, February 2007.
  • Children in crisis. Training workshop presented for the Connecticut Alliance to Benefit Law Enforcement, Inc., Crisis Intervention Training, March 2006.
  • Victims’ voices in correctional settings: a preliminary report & discussion. Presented at the American Correctional Association Conference, August, 2003.
  • "Victims Voices in Correctional Settings.” Paper presented to the American Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, March 2003.

Courses Taught

CJ 100 Introduction to Criminal Justice
CJ 205 Forensic Psychology
CJ 210 Ethnic and Gender Issues in Criminal Justice
CJ 221 Juvenile Justice System
CJ 315 Domestic Violence
CJ 452 Police Psychology
CJ 601 Mental Health, Law and Criminal Justice


Other

Dr. Monahan was a licensed Clinical Psychologist in Connecticut and for a number of years she conducted a private practice in Psychology with a variety of forensic applications. These included child custody and abuse evaluations, expert testimony, employment screening for law enforcement and armed nuclear security positions and critical incident counseling with police and emergency workers.