Alison Cares

About

Alison Cares is an Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida, located in the United States. Her research areas include victimization, intimate partner violence, and the psychological impacts of such experiences. Recent publications explore themes such as social connections as protective factors against sexual violence, and the unique challenges faced by mothers with abusive partners during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cares also investigates the role of trigger warnings in criminology education and the experiences of college faculty with student disclosures of victimization.