Catherine Cerulli, J.D.

Academic and Clinical Appointments

Director of Laboratory of Interpersonal Violence and Victimization

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine and Dentistry and the Family Violence Clinic

Director of Research, State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Law, Buffalo, New York

Curriculum Vitae

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Contact Information

Education

Graduate
5/92 JD - SUNY at Buffalo, School of Law Law

Post-Graduate Training
5/98 MA - SUNY at Albany, Albany, NY Criminal Justice

Research Focus
and Interests

“Does Community Coordination Result in Victim Safety and Batterer Accountability?” Primary Investigator for Evaluation of Monroe County Family Court Intensive Intervention Domestic Violence Court, funding in part by Violence Against Women Act Grant and New York State Assembly Member Item Money (with Dr. Kenneth Conners, Suzanne Tomkins, Esq. and Bivette Stodgehill).

“Are Community Coordination Prosecution Protocols Working” Primary Investigator for review of all 1998 Domestic Violence Misdemeanors in Niagara County, New York, to see if case disposition is in compliance with office policies and protocols.

Professional Overview

Catherine Cerulli, J.D., is the Director of Laboratory of Interpersonal Violence and Victimization and has a joint appointment as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Rochester focusing on the study of interpersonal violence. She is the Director of Research at the State University at Buffalo School of Law Family Violence Clinical Program she co-found in February 1992. She was formerly an Assistant District Attorney in Monroe County, New York, where she created a special misdemeanor domestic violence unit. She has been working on issues surrounding domestic violence and child abuse for 19 years and worked in a variety of capacities.

Publications

"When Answers Precede Questions: Megan's Laws' Uncertain Policy Consequences" (with Jim Acker) Criminal Law Bulletin, May-June 1998.

“Accommodating Death Penalty Legislation: Personal and Professional Views of Assistant District Attorneys Toward Capital Punishment” (with Lisa Callahan and Jim Acker) American Journal of Criminal Justice, Vol.25, No. 1, Fall 2000.

Monroe County Family Court Domestic Violence Intensive Intervention Court Evaluation, March 1999-March 2000. Edited with Suzanne Tomkins. Published by Family Violence Clinic, SUNY at Buffalo School of Law. Spring 2000.

“Threatened and attempted suicide by partner-violent men petitioned to Family Violence Court” (with Ken Conner, Violence and Victims, Vol.17, No. 2, April 2002).