Daniel J. Flannery is the Dr. Semi J. and Ruth Begun Professor and Director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education at the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences. His research has been published in a variety of scientific outlets including The New England Journal of Medicine, Developmental Psychology, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Criminology and Public Policy. He is also author of several books including Violence in Everyday Life (2006), Wanted on Warrants: The Fugitive Safe Surrender Program (2013), and the upcoming Cambridge Handbook of Violent Behavior and Aggression (2nd edition, 2018). His primary areas of research are in youth violence prevention, the link between violence and mental health, and community-based program evaluation.
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Why I Teach
I teach because it is important to bring what is happening in the community with respect to education and awareness, practice, and policy into the classroom. Students need not only to learn about theory and principles of their discipline, but they need exposed to current events and how being in a school of social work matters in addressing some of the most complex social issues we face. This includes violence in all of its forms and related morbidities like substance use and mental health, among others.
Why I Chose this Profession
As a clinical-child psychologist by training I believe in prevention and working with children and families as a way to make a difference over the long-term. I also believe that in our profession we are in a position to bring information and evidence to those making every day decisions of best practice and policy that can change lives in the short and long-term. What better position can one be in to make a difference?
The Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education is the largest research center at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University, managing over 100 grants and contracts annually. The Begun Center has a long record of applied, community-based research, training, advocacy, and technical assistance since 1998. The Center is comprised of approximately 60 professional staff, most with master’s and doctoral degrees from a wide range of disciplines including psychology, education, social work, public health, sociology, anthropology, and criminal justice. Begun Center researchers are nationally recognized scholars whose publications are well-cited in research on exposure to violence and victimization, mental health and trauma, criminal justice system involvement, school based violence prevention, fatal and non-fatal overdose, and youth development. The team has extensive experience in county, state, and federally funded research and evaluation projects, including large-scale multi-state and multi-county designs.
Research Information
Recent Funding
Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) Local
Evaluation Principal Investigator
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
$2,900,000
2024-2028
University Hospitals and Community Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs
Evaluation Principal Investigator
U.S. Dept of Treasury (with University Hospitals)
$50,000
2024-2025
Rural and Small Department Violent Crime Reduction Program
Evaluation Principal Investigator
U.S. Department of Justice (with North Olmsted Department of Public Safety)
$99,260
2023-2026
Office of Justice Programs Community Based Violence and Prevention Initiative
Evaluation Principal Investigator
U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Assistance (with City of Cleveland)
$170,000
2023-2025
American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Violent Crime Reduction Grant
Evaluation principal Investigator
U.S. Department of Treasury (with City of Cleveland)
$159,000
2023-2024
Enhanced Data for Improved Substance Use Surveillance, Prevention and Recovery on Reentry in Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Evaluation Principal Investigator
U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (with the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County)
$735,000
2022–2025
Overdose Data to Action (OD2A)
Evaluation Principal Investigator
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
$2,935,470
2019–2024
Detection Reporting and Intervention of Violent Extremism in Rural and Suburban Communities (DRIVERS)
Principal Investigator
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
$530,000
2021–2024
Post-doctoral fellowship in trauma and mental health
Principal Investigator
The Begun Foundation
$320,000
2019–2025
Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Center of Excellence
Co-Investigator
Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS)
$6,000,000
2021–2025
Substance Use Disorders Center of Excellence (COE)
Co-Investigator
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) through Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS)
$6,000,000
2023–2025
Innovative Prosecutions
Principal Investigator
U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
(with Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office)
$100,000
2021–2023
Operation and Program Support for the Begun Center for Violence Prevention, Research and Education
Principal Investigator
The Begun Foundation
$1,550,000
2015–2024
Data Coordination and Analysis of Requirements for Settlement
Agreement with the US. Department of Justice on Police Use of Force and Misconduct
Principal Investigator
City of Cleveland Division of Policing
$1,750,000
2017–2024
Fugitive Safe Surrender
Principal Investigator
Miller Foundation
$100,000
2012–2015
Cleveland Foundation’s My Community My Commitment (MyCom)
Principal Investigator
Cleveland Foundation
$169,963
2012–2013
Cuyahoga County DJA in Collaboration with Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Court Felony
Drug Court Project
Principal Investigator
Cuyahoga County
$195,000
2011–2014
Offender Reentry Program for Juveniles
Principal Investigator
Catholic Charities Services
$142,020
2011–2013
Cuyahoga County Tapestry System of Care & Youth and Family Community Partnership
Principal Investigator
Cuyahoga County
$425,000
2011–2012
Family and Children First Council’s My Community My Commitment Project (MyCom)
Principal Investigator
Cuyahoga County
$100,000
2011–2012
Second Chance Act: A Demonstration Project for Adult Offender Reentry
Principal Investigator
Cuyahoga County
$75,000
2011–2012
Cleveland Foundation’s My Community My Commitment (MyCom)
Principal Investigator
Cleveland Foundation
$169,968
2011–2012
Children Exposed to Violence
Principal Investigator
Cuyahoga County
$66,721
2011–2012
Publications
Recent Publications
Flannery, D. J., Noriega, I., Pittman, S., Singer, M., Kretschmar, J., & Butcher, F. (2024). Violence Exposure and Trauma Screener for Youth (VETSY). Child abuse & neglect, 153, 106843. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106843.
Deo,V., Bhullar, M., Gilson, T., Flannery, D., & Fulton, S., (2023) The Need to Rethink Harm Reduction for People Using Drugs Alone to Reduce Overdose Fatalities, Substance Use & Misuse.
Flannery, D. J., Scholer, S. & Noriega, I. (2023, July). Bullying and
School Violence. Pediatric Clinics of North America – Addressing
Violence in Pediatric Practice
Flannery, D., Fleisher, M., Flynn, K., McMaster, R., Riske-Morris,
M., & Fulton, S. (2022). Cuyahoga County, Ohio Heroin and Crime
Initiative: Informing the Investigation and Prosecution of Heroin-
related Overdose. Summary Overview of the HIDI Protocol and
Recommendations for Law Enforcement, Award number 2017-DN-BX-
0168. Office of Justice Programs, US Department of Justice, National
Institutes of Justice.
Lovell, Rachel E., McGuire, Margaret, Lorincz-Comi, Noah, Overman,
Laura, Dover, Thomas, Sabo, Danielle & Flannery, Daniel
J. (2022) Examining Walking-Waiting Sexual Assaults from
Previously Untested Sexual Assault Kits: The Intersection of
Stranger and Outdoor Sexual Assaults. Victims & Offenders: An
International Journal of Evidence-based Research, Policy, and
Practice.
Lovell, R., Fletcher, A, Sabo, D., Overman, L., & Flannery,
D.J. (2022). What an examination of previously untested sexual
assault kits tells us about the patterns of victimization and case
outcomes for black women and girls. In E. Ahlin, O. Mitchell and C.
Atkin-Plunk (Eds.) Inequalities in Sentencing and Corrections among
Marginalized Populations (pp 49-70).NY: Taylor & Francis.
Flannery, D.J., Fox, J.A., Wallace, L.N., Mulvey, E., & Modzeleski, W. (2021). Guns, school shooters and school safety: What we know and directions for change. School Psychology Review.
Lovell, R., Singer, M., Flannery, D.J., & McGuire, M. (2021). The Case for ‘Investigate All’: Assessing the Cost-Effectiveness of Investigating No CODIS Hit Cases in a Sexual Assault Kit Initiative. Journal of Forensic Sciences.
Lovell, R., McGuire, M., Lorincz-Comi, N., Overman, L., Dover, T., and Flannery, D.J. (in press). Examining walking-waiting sexual assaults from previously untested sexual assault kits: The intersection of stranger and outdoor sexual assaults. Victims and Offenders.
Lovell, R., Luminais, M., Flannery, D.J., Overman, L., Huang, D., Walker, T., Clark, D.R. (2017). Offending patterns for serial sex offenders identified via the DNA testing of previously unsubmitted sexual assault kits. Journal of Criminal Justice (52) 68-78.
Butcher, F., Holmes, M.R., Kretschmar, J., & Flannery, D.J. (2016). Polyvictimization across social contexts: Home, school, and neighborhood violence exposure. Criminal Justice and Behavior (43) 12.
Galanek, J., Duda, J., Flannery, D.J., Kretschmar, J., & Butcher, F. (2016). Fugitive Safe Surrender: A qualitative analysis of participant’s reasons for surrender and anticipated outcomes to inform program evaluation. Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice and Criminology, 4, 161-187.
Flannery, D.J., Todres, J., Bradshaw, C. et al. (2016). Bullying prevention: A summary of the report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Prevention Science. 2016 Nov;17(8):1044-1053.
Kretschmar, J., Tossone, K., Butcher, F., & Flannery, D.J. (2016). Patterns of poly victimization in a sample of at-risk youth. Journal of Child Abuse and Trauma.
Timmons-Mitchell, J.T., Levesque, D., Harris, L., Flannery, D.J., & Falcone, T. (2016). Pilot test of StandUp, an online school-based bullying prevention program. Children and Schools, 38, 71-79.
Flannery, D., & Farrell, A. (2016). "Evaluating school-based violence prevention programs: Challenges and opportunities now and into the future." In Mayer, M., & Jimerson, S. (Eds.). School safety and violence prevention: Science, Practice and Policy Driving Change. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Lovell, R., Flannery, D., & Luminais, M. (2016). "Lessons learned: Serial sex offenders identified from backlogged sexual assault kits (SAKs)." In Vazsonyi, A., Flannery, D., & DeLisi, M. (Eds.). The Cambridge Handbook of Violent Behavior and Aggression (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Vazsonyi, A., Flannery, D., & DeLisi, M. (2016). "New directions in research on violence: Bridging science, practice and policy." In Vazsonyi, A., Flannery, D., & DeLisi, M. (Eds.). The Cambridge Handbook of Violent Behavior and Aggression (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Kretschmar, J., Butcher, F., Flannery, D. J., & Singer, M. (2016). Diverting juvenile justice-involved youth with behavioral health issues from detention: Preliminary findings from Ohio’s Behavioral Health Juvenile Justice (BHJJ) initiative. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 27, 302-325.
Baughman Sladky, M., Hussey, D., Flannery, D., Jefferis, E. (2015). "Adolescent delinquency and violent behavior." In T. P. Gullotta, R. W. Plant, M. A. Evans (Eds.). Handbook of Adolescent Behavioral Problems: Evidence-Based Approaches to Prevention and Treatment, 2nd edition (pp. 445-471). New York: Springer Press.
Butcher, F., Galanek, J., Kretschmar, J., & Flannery, D.J. (2015). The impact of neighborhood disorganization on neighborhood exposure to violence, trauma symptoms and social relationships among at-risk youth. Social Science and Medicine, 146, 300-306.
Butcher, F., Kretschmar, J., Singer, M., & Flannery, D.J. (2015). Confirmatory factor analysis of the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children in an at-risk sample of youth. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 6 (2), 251-268.
Singer, M.I., Flannery, D.J., Kretschmar, J., and Bartholomew, J. (2015). Brief report: A county-wide survey of residents’ violence exposure. Journal of Psychiatry, 18, 14-16.
Flannery, D.J., & Singer, M.I. (2014). The Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education at Case Western Reserve University. Research on Social Work Practice. 25 (2) 278-85.
Kretschmar, J., Butcher, F., & Flannery, D. (2014). "The impact of bullying and cyberbullying on depression and suicidality." In Van Dulmen, M., Bossarte, R. & Swahn, M. (Eds.), Developmental and Public Health Perspectives on Suicide Prevention: An Integrated Approach. SkiKnow Press.
Kretschmar, J., Butcher, F., & Flannery, D. (2014). "Aspects of bullying and its relationship to suicide." In Van Dulmen, M., Bossarte, R. & Swahn, M. (Eds). Developmental and Public Health Perspectives on Suicide Prevention: An Integrated Approach, pp.58-83. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press.
Butcher, F., Kretschmar, J., Lin, Y., Flannery, D.J., & Singer, M.I. (2014). Analysis of the validity scales in the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children. Research on Social Work Practice, 24, 695-704.
Flannery, D.J., van Dulmen, M.H., & Mata, A. (2013). "Developmental trajectories of exposure to violence." In M.J. Delisi & K. Beaver (Eds.), The life-Course of Antisocial Behavior: Aggression to Delinquency to Crime. Boston, MA: Jones & Bartlett.
Kretschmar, J.M., Butcher, F., & Flannery, D. (2013). An evaluation of the behavioral health/juvenile justice (BHJJ) initiative. Behavioral Health in Ohio—Current Research Trends, 1(2), 18-30.
Brunell, A., Davis, M., Schley, D., Eng, A., Van Dulmen, M., Wester, K., & Flannery, D. (2013). A new measure of interpersonal exploitativeness. Frontiers in Personality Science and Individual Differences. 2013 May 29;4:299.
Flannery, D.J., Modzeleski, W., & Kretschmar, J. (2013). Violence and school shootings. Invited Paper. Current Psychiatry Reports, 15, 331-337.
OpEds
Dan Flannery shares suggestions for preventing gun violence
Crain’s Cleveland Business; September 29, 2022
Testing of backlogged rape evidence leads to hundreds of convictions
The Conversation; November 13, 2016
Here’s how witnessing violence harms children’s mental health
The Conversation; March 28, 2016
Police are first social responders; let’s help them work with citizens
St. Louis Post; December 23, 2014
Suicide risk can help us understand school shootings
CNN; December 24, 2012
Books
Preventing Bullying Through Science, Policy, and Practice
Wanted on Warrants: The Fugitive Safe Surrender Program
The Cambridge Handbook of Violent Behavior and Aggression
Education
Additional Information
Concentration
- Children, Youth and Families