Our researchers are experts in many areas of violence and violence prevention, and we are often sought by local, national, and international media outlets for interviews or to use our research in investigative reports.
Media Inquiries
Please contact Colin McEwen, Senior Media Relations Specialist, University Marketing and Communications
Email: colin.mcewen@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.4442
2019 Media Coverage
- What Netflix’s Unbelievable Gets Right About Rape Kits
Refinery 29; September 2019 - Forum on guns, violence to be held Sept. 15
Cleveland Jewish News; September 2019 - Lyft announces safety changes amid sexual assault and rape allegations
USA Today; reprinted by Newark Advocate, The Tennessean, New York Journal, Detroit Free Press, Salinas Californian, Cincinnati Enquirer, The News Star (Louisiana), Indianapolis Star; September 2019 - The Women Behind Controversial At-Home Rape Kits Speak Out
Medium.com; September 2019 - Leveling The Playing Field, Video Games Empower People With Disabilities
West Virginia Public Broadcasting; September 2019 - YouTube to pay $170M fine after violating kids' privacy law
WKYC News Channel 3; September 2019 - Most Americans want action on guns: What do we know about what works?
Cleveland Plain Dealer; August 2019 - Mental illness isn't a major risk factor for gun violence, but here's what is
NBC News; August 2019 - Case Western Expert Says Mass Shootings Have Lasting Impacts
Spectrum News Ohio; August 2019 - Weekend Mass Shootings in Dayton and El Paso
90.3 WCPN Ideastream Sound of Ideas; August 2019 - The Atlantic: Police Fail To Catch Sexual Predators Because They Don't Believe Victims
90.9 WBUR On Point Radio (Boston); July 2019 - An epidemic of disbelief
The Atlantic; July 2019 - You Never Knew Kellen Winslow Jr.
Sports Illustrated; June 2019 - Columbine effect can turn curiosity into a dangerous obsession
News 5 Cleveland; June 2019 - DNA profiles helping police catch serial rapists
Arizona Republic; May 2019 - Chronic Anxiety is Troubling but Treatable
AARP Magazine; May 2019 - Helping Ex-Convicts Rebuild Their Lives
WTAM; April 2019 - SB 52 Would Improve Sexual Assault Response, Make Communities Safer
Valley Journal (Montana); April 2019 - Brooklyn credit union tackling lingering effects of redlining
Credit Union Journal; April 2019 - FBI and U.S. states zeroing in on historical sex offences
Central Asia Times; April 2019 - Backlog of open arrest warrants in Cleveland leave survivors of abuse at risk
News 5 Cleveland; April 2019 - Ohio Steps Up Measures to Combat Sexual Violence
Cleveland Scene Magazine; April 2019
original report by Eye on Ohio; picked up by WOSU and WVXU - Sexual Assault Kit Initiative: What Testing Backlogged Sexual Assault Kits is Teaching Law Enforcement About the Crime
FBI.gov; April 2019 - What is sex trafficking? An explanation
Cincinnati Enquirer (OH); March 2019 - Cuyahoga County Sexual Assault Kit Task Force nears indictment in 800th victim’s case: By the numbers
Cleveland Plain Dealer; March 2019 - More than 6,000 Cleveland police reports getting another look
News 5 Cleveland; March 2019 - It makes me feel guilty': West York neighbors unaware of 'house of horrors'
York Daily Record (PA), Hanover Evening Sun (PA); March 2019 - Do dating and politics mix? Cleveland native says yes, creates DonaldDaters dating app
Fox 8 Cleveland; February 2019 - Public forum on ways to prevent gun violence to be held at CWRU on Tuesday
Cleveland Plain Dealer; February 2019 - Cleveland 19 investigates downtown rape of woman
Cleveland 19 News; February 2019 - Police in Cleveland take on role of social first responder
News 5 Cleveland; February 2019 - Browns signing of Kareem Hunt shows sports lags in #MeToo movement
Cleveland Plain Dealer, February 2019 - State rep. introduces domestic violence bill named after slain school teacher Aisha Fraser
News 5 Cleveland; February 2019 - 11 rapes, 4 states, 1 suspect: The ‘extraordinarily improbable’ defense of Calvin Kelly
USA Today; reprinted by Lansing State Journal (MI), Indianapolis Star (IN), Asbury Park Press (NJ), Pensacola News Journal (FL), Fort Myers News-Press (FL), Knoxville News-Sentinel (TN), Cincinnati Enquirer (OH), Rapids Daily Tribune (WI), Journal News (NY), Burlington Free Press (VT); January 2019
2018 Media Coverage
- Yes, you can discuss politics at the holiday table. Here’s how.
Christian Science Monitor; December 2018 - Thousands of rape kits remain untested across the country
WMBF News - South Carolina; December 2018 - “Stand your ground” debate begs larger discussion about race, Cleveland legislator says
Cleveland Plain Dealer; November 2018 - Former judge Lance Mason pleads not guilty to charges related to ex-wife's death
News 5 Cleveland; December 2018 - Cleveland receives $1M to help save at-risk kids from tumbling down ruinous path
Channel 19 News; November 2018 - Former Cuyahoga County judge Lance Mason showed homicidal tendencies, group says
News 5 Cleveland; November 2018 - Group Warns Against Spanking Children
WVIZ Ideas; November 2018 - Is our safe place just an illusion?
Atlanta Journal Constitution; reprinted in Valdosta Times (GA); November 2018 - Gun Violence Experts Available
Newswire; November 2018 - Backlogged Rape Test Kits Produce Several Leads
Associated Press via US News; reprinted in Beaumont Enterprise (TX), Myrtle Beach Sun (SC), Laredo Morning Times (TX), Bradenton Herald (FL), Centre Daily Times (PA), Sun Herald (MS), Beaufort Gazette (SC), Midland Reporter-Telegram (TX); November 2018 - Bullying: When does it Stop?
Fifteen Eighty Four (Cambridge University Press); November 2018 - Synagogue shooting shows US political divide
China Daily USA; October 2018 - ‘Yes means yes’: How Ohio universities teach students about consent
Cleveland Plain Dealer; October 2018 - Rape Kit Investigations Vary Statewide
WCPN Sound of Ideas; October 2018 - Artist plans 456 portraits to explore environmental risk of sexual violence in Cleveland
Cleveland Plain Dealer; October 2018 - Outside Cleveland, Ohio rape kit prosecutions in older cases still rare, Plain Dealer survey reveals
Cleveland Plain Dealer; reprinted in Youngstown Vindicator (OH), Cincinnati Enquirer (OH), Canton Repository (OH), The Alliance Review (OH), Newark Advocate (O), Mansfield News Journal (OH), Lancaster Eagle Gazette (OH); October 2018 - Looking backwards can tell us a whole lot about moving forward
Bureau of Justice Assistance; October 2018 - Untraceable: What you need to know about Ohio's DNA collection law
Lancaster Eagle Gazette (OH); reprinted by Newark Advocate (OH), Marion Star (OH), Fremont News-Messenger (OH), Coshocton Tribune (OH), Bucyrus Telegraph Forum (OH), Port Clinton News Herald (OH), Mansfield News Journal (OH), Zanesville Times Recorder (OH); October 2018 - Season Three, Episode 4
Serial Podcast; October 2018 - Pediatricians can play vital role in bullying prevention
AAP News; September 2018 - Homicide numbers rising in Cleveland
News 5 Cleveland; September 2018 - Why suicide prevention month is so important
Fox 8 News; September 2018 - Ohio Minds Meet to Examine Scope of Gun Violence
Public News Service; September 2018 - Public forum on gun violence this Wednesday at Case Western Reserve
Cleveland Plain Dealer; September 2018 - Schools Can Keep Kids Safe Without Giving Their Teachers Guns
New York Times; August 2018 - Fact-checking Mike DeWine's attack on Rich Cordray about rape kit testing
PolitiFact; August 2018 - CWRU study shows juvenile justice diversion programs keep youth from repeating crimes
News 5 Cleveland; August 2018 - Therapy that looks like fun
Lima News; August 2018 - New research shows Juvenile diversion programs work, also curb reoffending tendencies
Science Codex; August 2018 - Beyond Thoughts and Prayers
Fort Lauderdale Magazine; August 2018 - Red-lined' Cleveland neighborhoods are still facing issues decades later, study shows
News 5 Cleveland; July 2018 - The Toxic Stress and Trauma from Gun Violence Takes a Toll On Health of Cleveland Communities
Ideastream; July 2018 - How repeat rapists slip by police
Minneapolis Star Tribune; July 2018 - Little mean girls: Helping your daughter swim in those choppy social waters
Washington Post; reprinted by Windsor Star, Vancouver Sun, The Record, Ottowa Citizen, Montreal Gazette, Hamilton Spectator, Edmonton Journal. Calgary Herald, Star Phoenix, Leader Post, Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer (KY), Omaha World Herald (NE), Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette; July 2018 - Memphis' new juvenile center needs to rehabilitate, not merely detain
Memphis Commercial Appeal (USA Today); July 2018 - PBSO’s $1 million rape kit test: 994 examined, no arrests
Palm Beach Post; July 2018 - Cleveland Neighborhoods 'Redlined' in the 1930s Are the Same Ones Dealing With Lead, Sexual Assault, Poverty and Poor Internet Issues Today
Cleveland Scene Magazine; July 2018 - For the kids: How to rationalize LeBron's decision to leave Cleveland
Cleveland 19 News; July 2018 - Man arrested for plotting terrorist attack in downtown Cleveland on July Fourth
News 5 Cleveland; July 2018 - Delays, blunders and police neglect in Wisconsin's response to rape kits
Wisconsin Journal Sentinel; June 2018 - Anthony Bourdain was proud of Cleveland
WKYC Cleveland; June 2018 - The unacceptable cost of delaying rape kit testing
San Francisco Chronicle; May 2018 - Almost half face death: Preventing murder by addressing domestic violence
Progressive Charlestown; May 2018 - Case Western Researchers Determine Domestic Violence Victims Are Higher-Risks for Homicide
MSN; May 2018 - Case Western Researchers Determine Domestic Violence Victims Are Higher-Risks for Homicide
Cleveland Scene Magazine; May 2018 - Preventing murder by addressing domestic violence
EurekAlert!; May 2018 - Case Western report: Cleveland domestic violence victims at high risk of being killed by abusers
News 5 Cleveland; May 2018 - Fallen through the cracks:' Overdue DNA swabs link to murders, sexual assaults
Cleveland Plain Dealer; May 2018 - Weathersbee: Stopping school bullies requires bravery from all sides, not just the bullied
Memphis Commercial Appeal; May 2018 - How do you talk with your children about gun violence? 'Guns: An American Conversation'
Cleveland Plain Dealer; reprinted by New Orleans Times-Picayune, Oregonian, Massachusetts Republican, Syracuse Post-Standard, New Jersey Star Ledger, Pennsylvania Patriot News, and more; May 2018 - Who's protecting our kids? Ohio schools lack security regulations
News 5 Cleveland; May 2018 - Cleveland sex crimes, special investigative units more understaffed than patrol
Cleveland Plain Dealer; April 2018 - New research from CWRU reveals information previously known about serial rapists to be wrong
News 5 Cleveland; March 2018 - Call For Action To Prevent Gun Violence
Ideastream/Sound of Ideas; March 2018 - Even without the bombast and shouting, it's hard to find common ground on school safety and guns: Michael K. McIntyre
Cleveland Plain Dealer; March 2018 - National experts join forces to create action plan to prevent school shootings
News 5 Cleveland; March 2018 - Preventing School Shootings
Ideastream/Sound of Ideas; February 2018 - Completed testing of 13,931 rape kits signals progress, unfinished business and investigations remain
Cleveland Plain Dealer; February 2018 - Impacts of witnessing violence
Global News Radio 770 CHQR; February 2018 - Serial rapists don't necessarily have an MO
The Marion Star; February 2018 - More than 1,200 rape kits sitting idle in Pennsylvania
TRIB Live; February 2018
2017 Media Coverage
- Cleveland team tackles 'high risk' domestic violence cases to improve safety, reduce deaths
Cleveland Plain Dealer; December 2017 - Untested Rape Kits Hid 817 Serial Predators in Detroit, Tens of Thousands More Concealed in Backlog Across U.S.
Newsweek; December 2017 - Serial Predators: The Connection Between Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
End the Backlog; October 2017 - Lawmakers Urge Reforms to Sexual Assault Kit Processing, Access to Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners
Congressman Patrick Meehan, 7th District Pennsylvania; October 2017 - Fatal opioid traffickers targeted by nearly $1 million federal grant
EurekAlert!, Phys.org, Science Magazine, NewsWise; October 2017 - Case Western Reserve and Cleveland Municipal Court receive Justice Department grants to fight opioid epidemic
Cleveland Plain Dealer; October 2017 - What might we learn from the Ohio Rape Kit Survey project?: Progress Report
Cleveland Plain Dealer; September 2017 - Study: Relapse prevention medications like Vivitrol and Suboxone used in drug courts have minimal impact on recidivism
Cleveland Plain Dealer; September 2017 - Community Safety Concerns Impact Health Outcomes
Ideastream/Sound of Ideas; August 2017 - Backlog Of Untested Rape Kits On The Agenda When Lawmakers Return To State Capitol
Capital Public Radio; August 2017 - Twice as Many Teen Girls Are Killing Themselves and We Don’t Know Why
Tonic/Vice; August 2017 - DNA collected at arrest often not removed from crime databases for those not convicted
Cleveland Plain Dealer; August 2017 - Tracking Ohio's Rape Kits
Ideastream/Sound of Ideas; August 2017 - Help find out what's happened with 13,931 Ohio rape kits sent for testing
Cleveland Plain Dealer; July 2017 - Despite backlog of rape kits, California lawmakers aren’t requiring they be tested or tallied
Daily News; July 2017 - DNA from thousands of Cuyahoga County felony arrests never taken, not in CODIS crime-solving database
Cleveland Plain Dealer; June 2017 - Mariska Hargitay testifies combating sexual assault
C-SPAN; June 2017 - Processing rape kits saves heartache and money, Cuyahoga prosecutors tell congressional task force
Cleveland Plain Dealer; June 2017 - Case Western Researchers Will Track City's Youth Violence Program
Ideastream/Sound of Ideas; June 2017 - What makes a city safe? These 11 Greater Cleveland communities are ranked among the safest in Ohio
Cleveland Plain Dealer; June 2017 - Lawmakers set to pass rape kit retention bill, but not mandatory testing
The Baltimore Sun; April 2017 - Serial rapists responsible for at least 600 attacks linked to untested evidence, authorities believe
Cleveland Plain Dealer; March 2017 - A Plea for Justice: Cuyahoga County accused rapists spend, on average, just 5.3 years behind bars
WEWS; February 2017 - Juvenile Diversion Programs
Ideastream/Sound of Ideas; February 2017 - Rape Kit Research Update
Ideastream/Sound of Ideas; February 2017 - Hamilton County juvenile court program keeps kid felons out of Ohio's juvenile system
Cincinnati Enquirer; February 2017 - Missed opportunities' provide lessons for better rape investigations and prosecutions
Cleveland Plain Dealer; February 2017 - She was a crack fiend' excuse less accepted as rape investigations and prosecutions improve
Cleveland Plain Dealer; February 2017 - Cleveland's struggle to curb violence brings new approach: Pathways to Peace
Cleveland Plain Dealer; January 2017 - No testing, no pattern. Serial rapist connected to seven assaults in Dallas
End the Backlog; January 2017
2016 Media Coverage
- Effect of Witnessing Violence on Children
BYU; December 2016 - Cuyahoga County Juvenile Division Lead Prosecutor Will Head Cleveland's New Youth-Violence Program
WKSU; December 2016 - Even after backlogged rape kits tested, convictions are rare
CBS News; December 2016 - A flawed, inconsistent police response to sexual assault in Maryland
Baltimore Sun; December 2016 - Why Testing Rape Kits Would Save Us Millions In Fight To Catch Serial Rapists
Elite Daily; November 2016 - Testing of backlogged rape evidence leads to hundreds of convictions
The Conversation; November 2016 - New plan to reduce youth violence approaches it as public health issue
Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 2016 - Cuyahoga Co. rape task force gets huge boost from Department of Justice
News 5 Cleveland; September 2016 - Sexual Assault Kit Task Force, Case Western researchers get $3 million for rape kit work, to collect 'owed' DNA
Cleveland Plain Dealer; September 2016 - It's Official: Testing Rape Kits Prevents Assault And Saves Everybody Millions
Forbes; September 2016 - Congress Just Unanimously Passed the Sexual Assault Survivors' Bill of Rights
Broadly/Vice; September 2016 - The U.S. Is One Step Closer to a Federal Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights
Slate; September 2016 - This Group Is Sending a Rape Kit to Every U.S. Governor
New York Magazine/The Cut; August 2016 - The Disturbing Truth: Rape Kit Study Paints New Picture of Sex Offenders
Sputnik News; August 2016 - Trauma in Youth
The Academic Minute; June 2016 - Sound of Ideas: Rape Kit Testing & Research
Ideastream/Sound of Ideas; June 2016 - The cost of testing rape kits: Experts say it's saved us $38.7 million so far
Cleveland Plain Dealer; June 2016 - Cuyahoga County Leads the Nation in Its Rape Kit Response With 500th Indicted Man
Cleveland Plain Dealer; June 2016 - Case To Analyze Ohio's Procedures For Rape-Kit Backlog
WKSU; June 2016 - 5 misconceptions about rape
Chicago Tribune; June 2016 - Researchers Just Revealed a Startling Truth about Sexual Assault
ATTN; June 2016 - Five Myths about Rape
Washington Post; June 2016 - Serial Rapists Are More Common Than We Knew And Testing Rape Kits Is Only Part Of The Answer to Reducing Sexual Assault
Bustle; June 2016 - It's Very Likely that Brock Turner Will Commit Another Sexual Assault
Women's Health; June 2016 - Case Western: Testing Backlogged Rape Kits Leads to 250 Convictions
News 5 Cleveland; June 2016 - What Testing 5,000 Backlogged Rape Kits Just Told Us About Rapists
Refinery29; June 2016 - The Disturbing Thing Researchers Found When They Finally Looked at 5,000 Untested Rape Kits
Teen Vogue; June 2016 - Serial Rapists 'Far More Common' Than Thought
Newser; June 2016 - Serial Rapists are Far More Common Than Thought, Analysis of 5,000 'Forgotten and Backlogged' Rape Kits in Ohio Reveals
Daily Mail; June 2016 - Analysis of 5,000 Forgotten Rape Kits Reveals Unexpectedly High Number of Serial Rapists
Independent; June 2016 - Testing of Backlogged Rape Kits Yields New Insights into Rapists
Science Daily; June 2016 - Report: Testing Old 'Rape Kits' Led to New Convictions, Reveals New Data about Sex Predators
UPI; June 2016 - Analysis of Untested Rape Kits Reveals Serial Rapists are 'Far More Common' Than We Thought
Jezebel; June 2016 - A Great Reason to Test Old Rape Kits: Preventing Future Rapes
New York Magazine; June 2016 - Rape Kit Data Yield Major Implications for Sexual Assault Investigations
EurekaAlert!; June 2016 - Rape kit data yield major implications for sexual assault investigations
Phys.org; June 2016 - Analysis of Untested Rape Kits Reveals Serial Rapists are 'Far More Common' Than We Thought
Jezebel; June 2016 - Is a return to old-school policing part of the formula to make Cleveland safer? Pathways to Peace
Cleveland Plain Dealer; June 2016 - CMHA Police Build Relationships As They Help to Solve Problems: Pathways to Peace
Cleveland Plain Dealer; June 2016 - Online Anti-Bullying Course Drops School Abuse
Counsel & Heal; April 2016 - Online Program Reduces Bullying Behavior in Schools, Tests Show
PsyPost; April 2016 - Here's How Witnessing Violence Harms Children's Mental Health
The Conversation; March 2016 - Serial sex assault and what might be learned from the case of Louis Bello
Cleveland Plain Dealer; March 2016 - 6 new things local researchers have learned about about serial rapists
Cleveland Plain Dealer; March 2016 - What local research about rape kits could mean for stopping serial rapists
Cleveland Plain Dealer; March 2016 - Interview: Mark Fleisher's "Living Black: Social Life In An African American Neighborhood"
WORT; March 2016 - This New Bill Could Make A World Of Difference To Sexual Assault Survivors
Self; February 2016 - CSI Cleveland: How the City Is Curbing Sexual Assault
The Christian Science Monitor; February 2016 - Why an Ohio Supreme Court case involving rape kits is drawing national attention
Cleveland Plain Dealer; February 2016
2015 Media Coverage
- 'Living Black' Named Among CBR's Best Books of 2016
Chicago Books Review, December 2015 - Human Trafficking an increased concern as Cleveland's RNC approaches
Case Observer; September 2015 - Case is getting $465,000 to analyze Ohio's procedures for rape-kit backlog
89.7 WKSU; September 2015 - Experts Struggle to Explain Rise in Cleveland Gun Violence
Associated Press; October 2015 - U.S. Violent Crime Rate Drops Significantly Since 1980s
HealthDay; August 2015
Reprinted in U.S. News and World Report - Ben Carson: Many prisoners go in straight, come out gay
Politifact; March 2015 - Safety Forces and the Mentally Ill
Ideastream/Sound of Ideas; January 2015 - Podcast: Cuyahoga County Defending Childhood Initiative
Center for Court Innovation; January 2015