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Daniel G. Saunders

Professor of Social Work

Degrees

• BA, Psychology, 1969, St. John's University, Collegeville, MN;
• MSW, Social Work, 1973, University of Wisconsin, Madison;
• PhD, Counseling and Guidance, 1979, University of Wisconsin, Madison

BioSketch

Daniel Saunders, professor of social work, established one of the first intervention programs for men who batter and helped to establish crisis and advocacy programs for battered women in the 1970s. His research, teaching, and service center on the problems of dating and domestic violence. His specific studies focus on offender program evaluation, the traumatic effects of victimization, and the response of professionals and the public to dating and domestic violence. His research has been funded by the Centers for Disease Control, the National Institute of Mental Health, and the National Institute of Justice. Professor Saunders' most recent projects involve an evaluation of supervised visitation programs for the children of battered women and a survey of child custody evaluators regarding their beliefs about domestic violence.

Daniel G. Saunders, Professor of Social Work
Email	saunddan@umich.edu
Publications & Instruments	Child Custody and Visitation Decisions in Domestic Violence Cases Publications on Domestic Violence Inventory of Beliefs About Wife Beating (short version) Inventory of Beliefs About Wife Beating (long version) Studies that Used the Inventory of Beliefs About WifeBeating Interdisciplinary Research Program on Violence Across the Lifespan Violence Against Women - Synthesis of Research on Offender Interventions Profile of Psychological Abuse of Women Inventory of Beliefs About Wife Beating - scoring Measures for Assessment and Evaluation in Supervised Visitation and Exchange Programs Report to Congress - Supervised Visitation and Safe Exchange Programs When Battered Women Lose Custody
Additional Resources	Daniel Saunders's Publication list on Google Scholar
Location	Room:  3788 SSWB Phone:  (734) 763-6415 Fax:  (734) 763-3372	University of Michigan School of Social Work 1080 S. University Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Selected Publications

Saunders, D., Faller, K., Tolman, R. (2011). Child custody evaluators' beliefs about domestic abuse allegations: Their relationship to evaluator demographics, background, domestic violence knowledge and custody-visitation recommendations. Final Technical Report Submitted to the National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice.

Saunders, D. G., Kurko, J. F., Barlow, K., & Crane, C. E. (2011). What attracts men who batter to their partners? An exploratory study. Journal of Interpersonal Violence,

Lacey, K. K., Saunders, D. G. & Zhang, L. (2011). A comparison of women of color and non-Hispanic White women on factors related to leaving a violent relationship. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26, 1036-1055.

Saunders, D. G. (2009). Programs for men who batter. In E. Buzawa & E. Stark (Eds). Interpersonal violence. Praeger/Greenwood.

Saunders, D. G. (2008). When battered women lose custody: Dangerous parents or systems failure? Sitting in: Newsletter of the Supervised Visitation Network. SVN - Supervised Visitation Network, Jacksonville, FL.

Saunders, D. G. (2008). Personality characteristics of men who batter. In C. Renzetti & J. Edleson (Eds.), Encyclopedia of interpersonal violence. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Saunders, D. G. (2008). Group interventions for men who batter: A summary of program descriptions and research. Violence & Victims, 23, 156-172.

Saunders, D. G. (2008). Anger management. In C. Renzetti & J. Edleson (Eds.), Encyclopedia of interpersonal violence. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Black, B. M., Tolman, R. M., Callahan, M., Saunders, D. G., & Weisz, A. (2008). When will adolescents tell someone about dating violence victimization? Violence Against Women, 14, 741-758.

Weisz, A. N., Tolman, R. M., Callahan, M. R., Saunders, D. G., & Black, B. M. (2007). Informal helpers' responses when adolescents tell them about dating violence or romantic relationship problems. Journal of Adolescence, 30, 853-868.

Saunders, D. G. (2007). Child custody and visitation decisions in domestic violence cases: Legal trends, risk factors, and safety concerns. Harrisburg, PA: VAWnet, a project of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence/Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

Anderson, D. K., & Saunders, D. G. (2007). The postseparation psychological recovery of domestic abuse survivors. In K. Kendall-Tackett & S. M. Giacomoni (Eds.), Intimate partner violence (pp. 29-1--29-17). Kingston, NJ: Civic Research Institute.