Curriculum Vitae

Larry W. Bennett, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.

• Education
• Employment History
• Professional Activities
• Research Support
• Publications
• Juried Papers

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., 1990 University of Illinois at Chicago
• M.S.W., 1983 University of Illinois at Chicago
• M.A., 1976 Governors State University
• B.A., 1969 Southern Illinois University

EMPLOYMENT

Academic

• Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, Jane Addams College of Social Work, Chicago, IL [1999-present]
• Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, Jane Addams College of Social Work, Chicago, IL [1993-1999]
• Assistant Professor, Carthage College, Department of Sociology and Social Work, Kenosha, WI [1992-1993]
• Lecturer, University of Illinois at Chicago, Jane Addams College of Social Work, Chicago, IL [1988 - 1992]


Professional 


• Independent practice of social work  [1985 - present]
• Executive Director, Barrington Youth Services, Barrington, IL [1985 - 1988]
• Therapist/Supervisor, Family Service and Community Mental Health Center for McHenry County, McHenry, IL [Staff therapist, 1979-1982; Supervisor, Emergency Services Program, 1982-1985]
• Family Therapist,  Lake County Youth Service Bureau, Lake Villa, IL [1977-1979; Supervisor, Crisis Counseling Program, 1978-1979]
• Researcher, Southern Illinois University, Peer-Oriented Drug Abuse Educational Network, Carbondale, IL [1974-1975]
• Staff Counselor, Aeon Alternatives Program, Carbondale, IL [1973-1976]
 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (Since 1993)

Licensure and Certification
 
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) 1990-present [IL Lic. No. 149-000846]
• Certified Social Worker, State of Illinois [1983-1990]

 
Professional and Learned Societies
 
• Society for Social Work and Research,  [1995-present]
• Council on Social Work Education [1986-present]
• Academy of Certified Social Workers [1985-present]
• National Association of Social Workers [1980-present]

International
 
• United States Information Agency, Scholar Exchange, The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Department of Social Work [July-August, 1995]

 
Federal/National
 
• National Institute of Justice, Washington DC; Review panel: Increasing the Understanding and Control of Battering and Batterers
  
• Men of Color Fatherhood Education and Violence Prevention Project (MOCFEVPP), Boston Public Health Commission, National Advisory Panel [2001-present]
• VERA Institute of Justice/NIJ, New York, NY; Associate, Judicial Oversight National Demonstration Project [2000-present]
• United States Supreme Court, Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education (97-843), Amicus Curae, joined in briefs by (1) the National Partnership for Women and Families and (2) the National Organization of Women to insure the application and interpretation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 regarding the responsibility of schools to provide an environment protected from sexual harassment by peers [1998]
• United States Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. Consensus panel member and work group leader, Substance Abuse Treatment and Domestic Violence, published as Treatment Improvement Protocol Series No. 25 [1996]
• National Institute of Mental Health, External Grant Reviewer [1995]

 
State and Local Government  


• Office of the Mayor of Chicago, Domestic Violence Advocacy Coordinating Council  [2006- present]
  
• Illinois Department of Human Services, Domestic Violence Advisory Council [1994-present]; Domestic Violence-Substance Abuse Interdisciplinary Task Force [1997-present; Chair 1997-2003]
• Illinois Violence Prevention Authority, Safe Illinois Project [1998-2002]
• Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, Domestic Violence Advisory Committee [1997 - 1998]; Advisory Committee, Child Endangerment Risk Assessment Protocol revision [2001]
• Circuit Court of Cook County, Domestic Violence Coordinating Council [1999]
• Evaluation Resource Institute, Advisory Committee [1999]
• Chicago Department of Public Health, Violence Prevention Strategic Planning Council [1996-1998]


University of Illinois at Chicago  


• Faculty Advisory Committee, 2005 - present  
• Honors College Fellow, 1994 - 2005
• Advisory Board, 1996-1997
• UIC Violence Against Women Research Group, 1996-1997; Planning Committee, Conference on Collaboration between Researchers and Advocates, March 21, 1997

 
Jane Addams College of Social Work
 
• Courses Taught, 1993-present:
• Practice with Family Violence
• Mental Health Practice with Adults
  
• Advanced Family Practice
• Integrated Seminar in Mental Health
• Integrated Seminar in Child/Family
• Research
• Single Systems Design
• Statistics
  

• Educational Policy Committee, 1998-2005
• Doctoral Committee, 1995-present
• Human Subjects Surveillance Committee, 2000-present
• Mental Health Committee, 1993-present; Chair 2004-2005
• Research Committee, 1993- present; Chair, 1998 - 2005
  
• Educational Resources Committee, 1993-present; Chair, 1994 - 1999, 2002-2005
• Executive Committee, 1998-2000, 2004-2006
  

 
Manuscript Review for Refereed Journals   

• Addiction Research and Theory
• Basic and Applied Social Psychology
• Families In Society
• Human Organization
• International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
• Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services
• Journal of Interpersonal Violence
• Journal of Social Work Education
• Law and Policy
• Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
• Violence & Victims
• Violence Against Women

Consultation to Publishers
 
• Review of Statistics for Social Workers, for Sage Press, 2002
• Review of The Batterer As Parent: Addressing the Impact of Domestic Violence on Family Dynamics for Sage Press, 1999
• Review of Family Violence for Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1995

Awards
 
• Silver Circle Award for Teaching, University of Illinois at Chicago, Nominee, 1990, 1992
• Council on Social Work Education, Feminist Scholarship Award, 2002
• UIC Award for Excellence in Teaching, Nominee, 2004
  

 

RESEARCH SUPPORT

• Interdisciplinary Center for Research on Violence, University of Illinois at Chicago. Role: Co-Principal Investigator, 2005-2007

• Great Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center, U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration/CSAT. Co-Principal Investigator, 1999- 2007

• Outcomes of the Social Services  Department of the Circuit Court of Cook County Domestic Violence Intervention Program. Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.  Role: Principal Investigator, 2003-2004.  

• Jane Addams Substance Abuse Research Collaboration. National Institute on Drug Abuse. Role: Principal Investigator, 2003-2008.

• Improving Intervention with Batterers: Attrition and Reliability of Measures.  UIC Campus Research Board.   Role: Principal Investigator, 2002-2005.

• Chicago Practice Improvement Collaborative (CPIC). Center for Substance Abuse Treatment/Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities.   Role: Evaluator, 2000 - 2002

• Development of an assessment tool for batterers intervention. Cook County Board. Role: Principal Investigator, 1999 - 2004

• Development of Performance Measures for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Programs in Illinois. Illinois Department of Human Services. Role: Co-Investigator, 1998-2001

• Evaluation of the Illinois Protocol for Domestic Abuse Batterers Programs and Its Early Utilization By Judges, Batterers Programs, and the Domestic Violence Community. Illinois Department of Human Services. Role: PI, 1997-2001

• Effectiveness of a Court-based Victim Information and Case Management Program. Chicago Bar Foundation. Role: PI, 1997-1999

• Evaluation of a Factory-based Domestic Violence Prevention Program. Red Tab Foundation. Role: PI, 1997-1999

• Developing the West-Side Domestic Abuse Program. UIC Great Cities Program, Haymarket Center. Role: PI, 1997-2000

• Effects of Substance Abuse Recovery on Domestic Violence. UIC Campus Research Board. Role: PI, 1994-1995

PUBLICATIONS

• Bennett, L.W. (In Press). Batterer treatment: Approaches and effectiveness. In J. Edleson & C. Renzetti (Eds). Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

• Bennett, L.W. (In Press). Batterers. In J. Edleson & C. Renzetti (Eds). Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

• Bennett, L.W. (In Press). Recent advances in understanding the link between substance abuse and intimate partner violence. Paradigm.

• Bennett, L.W. (In Press). Substance abuse by men in batterer intervention programs: Current state and promising trends. Violence and Victims.

• Bennett, L.W., Stoops, C., Call, C., Flett, H. (In Press).  Effects of program completion on re-arrest in a batterer intervention system.  Research on Social Work Practice.

• Bennett, L.W. & O’Brien, P. (In Press). Effects of coordinated services for drug-abusing women who are victims of intimate partner violence. Violence Against Women

• Williams, O.J., Griffin, L.W., Davis, Y., Bennett, L.W. (2006). Domestic violence, substance abuse, and child welfare: a need for collaborative, culturally competent service delivery. In R. Fong, R. McRoy, & C.O. Hendricks (Eds.) Intersecting child welfare, substance abuse, and family violence: Culturally competent approaches.(pp. 52-78). Alexandria,VA: CSWE Press.

• Kennedy, A.C. & Bennett, L.W. (2006). Urban adolescent mothers exposed to community, family, and partner violence: Is cumulative violence exposure a barrier to school performance and participation? Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 21, 750-773.

• Bennett, L.W., Riger, S., Schewe, P., Howard, A., Wasco, S. (2004).     Effectiveness of hotline, advocacy, counseling, and shelter services for victims of domestic violence: A statewide evaluation.  Journal of Interpersonal Violence,  19, 815-829.

• Bennett, L. (2003). Review of Programs for Men Who Batter (2002) by Etiony Aldarondo and Fernando Mederos (Editors) and Batterer Intervention Systems (2002) by Edward W. Gondolf; Violence Against Women, 9, 1395-1401

• Fineran, S., Bennett, L., & Sacco, T. (2003). Peer sexual harassment and peer violence among adolescents in Johannesburg and Chicago. Journal of International Social Work, 46, 391-405.

• Bennett, L.W., & Williams, O.J. (2003).  Substance abuse and men who batter:  issues in theory and practice.  Violence Against Women, 9, 558-575.

• Riger, S., Bennett, L., Wasco, S., Schewe, P.,  Frohmann, L., Camacho, J., &  Campbell, R. (2002). Evaluation of services for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

• Schewe, P. A., & Bennett, L.W. (2002). Evaluating prevention programs: Challenges and benefits of measuring outcomes. In P.A. Schewe (Ed), Preventing violence in relationships: Developmentally appropriate interventions across the life span. [pp. 247-261] American Psychological Association Press.

• Bennett, L.W., & Vincent, N. (2001). Standards for batterer programs: A formative evaluation of the Illinois protocol. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma, 5, 181-197.  This article was reproduced in a book: R.A. Geffner & A. Rosenbaum (Eds.) Domestic violence offenders: Current Interventions, research and implications for policies and standards.  New York, NY: Hayworth Press.

• Bennett, L. & Williams, O. (2001). Batterer intervention programs. In C.M. Renzetti, J.L. Edleson, & R.K. Bergen (Eds.) Sourcebook on Violence Against Women. [pp. 261-277]. Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications

• Bennett, L. & Williams, O. (2001). Controversies and recent studies of batterer intervention program effectiveness. VAWnet: National Resource Center on Domestic Violence

• Fineran, S., Bennett, L., & Sacco, T. (2001). Peer sexual harassment and peer violence: South African youth at risk.  Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk  37, 211-221. (South Africa)

• Bennett, L. (2000). Review of What causes men's violence against women?, by M. Harway & J. O'Neil (Eds.), reviewed in Violence Against Women, 6, 1170-1178

• Bennett, L. & Piet, M. (1999). Standards for batterer intervention programs: In whose interest? Journal of Violence Against Women, 5, 6-24.

• Bennett, L. & Williams, O. (1999). Men who batter. In R. Hampton et al. (Eds.) Family Violence: Prevention and Treatment (2nd Edition, pp. 227-259). Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications Inc.

• Fineran, S. & Bennett, L. (1999). Gender and power issues of peer sexual harassment among teenagers. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 14, 626-641.

• Fineran, S. & Bennett, L. (1999). Peer sexual harassment and the social worker's response. In R. Constable, J.P. Flynn, & S. McDonald (Eds.), School Social Work: Practice and Research Perspectives (4th Edition, pp. 459-477).  Chicago: Lyceum Books, Inc.

• Tolman, R. & Bennett, L. (1999). Group work with men who batter. In C. W. LeCroy (Ed). Case Studies in Social Work Practice (2nd Edition, pp. 229-235). Belmont CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co.

• Urban, B.Y. & Bennett, L.W. (1999). When the community punches a time clock: evaluating a collaborative workplace domestic abuse prevention program. Journal of Violence Against Women, 5, 1177-1192.

• Bennett, L. (1998). In defense of batterer-program standards. Families In Society, 79, 93-97.

• Bennett, L., Cardone, S., & Jarczyk, J. (1998). Effects of a therapeutic camping program on addiction recovery: The Algonquin-Haymarket relapse prevention program. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 15, 469-474.

• Bennett, L. & Coe, S. (1998). Social work field instructor satisfaction with faculty field liaisons. Journal of Social Work Education, 34, 345-352.

• Bennett, L. & Fineran, S. (1998). Sexual and severe physical violence of high school students: power beliefs, gender, and relationship. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 68, 645-652.

• Fineran, S. & Bennett, L. (1998). Teen peer sexual harassment: Research and practice issues. Social Work, 43, 55-64.

• Weisz, A., Tolman, R. & Bennett, L. (1998). Effects of services to battered women on completed prosecutions and levels of police intervention. Journal of Family Violence, 13, 395-415.

• Bennett, L. (1997). Substance abuse and woman abuse by male partners. VAWnet: National Resource Center on Domestic Violence  (This article has been reprinted as "Alcohol abuse does not cause domestic violence" in TL Roleff (Ed) Domestic violence: Opposing viewpoints" [pp. 63-70]. SanDiego CA: Greenhaven Press, 2000.

• Bennett, L. (1995). Substance abuse and the domestic assault of women. Social Work, 40, 760-771.

• Bennett, L. & Lawson, M. (1994). Barriers to cooperation between domestic violence and substance abuse programs. Families In Society, 75, 277-286.

• Bennett, L., Tolman, R., Rogalski, C. & Srinivasaraghavan J. (1994). Domestic abuse by male alcohol and drug addicts. Violence and Victims, 9, 359-368.

• Bennett, L. (1992). Linking domestic assault and addictions. The Counselor, 10(1), 18-20.

• Bennett, L. (1992). Review of Alcohol in Human Violence, by K. Pernanen, reviewed in Violence Update, August, p.2.

• Bennett, L. (1991). Review of Ending men's violence against their partners by R. Stordeur & R. Stille, reviewed in Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 6, 259-260.

• Tolman, R. & Bennett, L. (1990). A review of quantitative research on men who batter. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 5, 87-118.

JURIED PAPER PRESENTATIONS (Since 1993)

• 1/06   Bennett, L.W., Stoops, C., Call, C., & Flett, H. Program completion and re-arrest in a county batterer intervention system. Annual Conference, Society for Social Work and Research, San Antonio, TX.

• 1/06  Bennett, L.W. & O’Brien, P. Do acuity of violence, abstinence, and door to service predict outcomes of coordinated services for substance abusing women who are victims of domestic violence? Annual Conference, Society for Social Work and Research, San Antonio, TX.

•  9/05 Bennett, L.W., Stoops, C., Call, C., & Flett, H. Program completion and re-arrest in a county batterer intervention system. National Association of Social Workers-IL Chapter. 5^th Statewide Conference.

• 8/05   Bennett, L.W. Substance abuse by men in batterer intervention programs. Domestic violence offender treatment protocol symposium, U.S. Department of Defense, Alexandria, VA, August

• 7/05   Bennett , L.W., Stoops, C., Flett, H., Call, C.  Program completion and re-arrest in a batterer intervention system. Paper Presented at the Ninth International Conference on Family Violence Research, Portsmouth, NH

• 1/04  Bennett, L.  Characteristics of substance abusing and non-substance abusing male batterers. Annual Conference, Society for Social Work and Research, New Orleans, LA 
  

• 3/03 Bennett, L. & Fineran, S. Social worker beliefs about intimate partner violence.  49^th Annual Program Meeting, Council on Social Work Education, Atlanta, GA

• 2/02 Bennett, L. & O'Brien, P. Safety and sobriety: coordinated/integrated domestic violence and substance abuse practice with women, 48^th Annual Program Meeting, Council on Social Work Education, Nashville, TN

• 9/01 Bennett, L. & Weathers, L. Suggested standards of practice when substance abuse and intimate partner violence co-occur. IL-NASW Chapter Conference, Lisle, IL.

• 8/01 Howard, A., Wasco, S.M., Riger, S., Bennett, L., Campbell, R., Frohmann,L., Schewe, P. Evaluation of community-based domestic violence counseling for women. Poster session at 109th Annual Conference of the American Psychological Association, San Fransciso, CA.

• 7/01 Bennett, L., Riger, S., Campbell, R., Frohmann, L., Schewe, P., Wasco, S., & Howard, A. Outcomes of Illinois domestic violence programs. Seventh International Conference on Family Violence Research,Portsmouth, NH.

• 11/00 Wasco, S., Camacho, J., Riger, S., Bennett, L., Campbell, R. Schewe, P., Evaluating victim service programs in Illinois. American Evaluation Association. Honolulu, HI

• 9/00 Fineran, S., Bennett, L., Sacco, T. A cross-cultural comparison of peer sexual harassment and peer violence in the United States and South Africa. 13^th International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect, Durban, South Africa

• 7/99 Bennett,L. & Vincent, N. Standards for batterer programs: A formative evaluation of the Illinois Protocol. Sixth International Conference on Family Violence Research, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.

• 7/99 Fineran,S. Bennett,L., Sacco, T. Peer sexual harassment and peer violence among South African high school students. Sixth International Conference on Family Violence Research, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.

• 1/99 Fineran, S., Bennett, L., Sacco, T. Adolescent Peer Sexual Harassment and Peer Violence in Chicago and Johannesburg. Conference on Research for Social Work Practice, Austin TX

• 8/98 Fineran, S. & Bennett, L. A cross-cultural comparison of peer sexual harassment in the United States and South Africa. Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, San Francisco, CA.

• 7/98 Younger-Urban, B. & Bennett, L. Evaluating a factory-based domestic abuse prevention program. Program Evaluation and Family Violence Research: An International Conference, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.

• 3/98 Bennett, L., Reed, B.G., & Williams, O. Substance abuse and domestic violence: Recommendations from the CSAT Consensus Panel. Annual Program Meeting, Council on Social Work Education, Orlando, FL.

• 3/98 Fineran, S. & Bennett, L. Using Internet discussion groups to broaden skills in practice and research. Annual Program Meeting, Council on Social Work Education, Orlando, FL.

• 1/98 Bennett, L. & Jarczyk, J. Effects of a therapeutic camping program on addiction recovery. Conference on Research for Social Work Practice. Florida International University, North Miami, FL.

• 1/98 Fineran, S. & Bennett, L. Social work practice implications of peer sexual harassment between same sex teens. Conference on Research for Social Work Practice. Florida International University, North Miami, FL.

• 7/97 Bennett, L. & Fineran, S. Sexual and severe physical violence of high school students: Power beliefs, gender, and relationship.Fifth International Conference on Family Violence Research, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.

• 3/97 Bennett, L. & Coe, S. Field instructor satisfaction with university liaisons. Annual Program Meeting, Council on Social Work Education, Chicago, IL.

• 3/97 Bennett, L. & Fineran, S. Sexual and severe physical violence of high school students: Power beliefs, gender, and relationship. 74th Annual Meeting, American Orthopsychiatric Association, Toronto, ON.

• 3/97 Fineran, S. & Bennett, L. Gender and power issues of peer sexual harassment among teenagers. 74th Annual Meeting, American Orthopsychiatric Association, Toronto, ON.

• 10/95 Fineran, S. & Bennett, L. Gender issues of teen peer sexual harassment. Annual Meeting, National Association of Social Workers, Philadelphia, PA.

• 7/95 Bennett, L. Correlates of domestic abuse by alcoholics and addicts. 4th International Family Violence Research Conference, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.

• 7/95 Fineran, S. & Bennett, L. Teen peer sexual harassment: A preliminary study of high school students. 4th International Family Violence Research Conference, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.

• 7/94 Bennett, L. Substance abuse and the domestic assault of women. National Conference on Family Violence Research and Practice, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE.

• 7/94 Bennett, L. Barriers to cooperation between domestic violence and substance abuse programs. National Conference on Family Violence Research and Practice, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE.

• 4/94 Bennett, L. Both sides now: Teaching students the inseparability of practice and practice evaluation. Biennial Symposium of the Midwest Council on Social Work Education, St. Paul, MN.

• 10/93 Bennett, L. Batterers are not just men, and batterers groups are not just men's groups. Annual Symposium, Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups, New York, NY.