University of Colorado Denver
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P.O. Box 173364 - Campus Box 142
Denver, CO 80217 - 3364
Phone: (303) 315 - 2813
Fax: (303) 315 - 2229
E-mail: Callie.Rennison@ucdenver.edu
Link to Curriculum Vitae
Areas of Interest: Nature, extent, and consequences of violent victimization with an emphasis on research methodology, quantitative analysis, and measurement, especially in regards to the National Crime Victimization Survey. Substantively, her research examines violence against women, violence against minority groups such as African Americans and Hispanics, crime data and victim interaction with the criminal justice system. Bio: Callie Marie Rennison earned her Ph.D. in 1997 in political science from the University of Houston, University Park. She received her B.S. in psychology, M.A. in sociology, and M.A. in political science from the same institution. Her journal articles have appeared in numerous journals including the Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Justice Quarterly, Violence and Victims, and Violence Against Women.
Callie teaches a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses including Research Methods, Statistics, Murder in America, Crime and the Media, and Introduction to Criminal Justice.
In addition to her responsibilities at the University of Colorado Denver, she serves on a National Academies Committee examining domestic sex trafficking of minors in the United States and she is currently a Senior Researcher at the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Recent Publications:
Addington, Lynn & Rennison, Callie Marie. (In press). Keeping the barbarians outside the gate?: Comparing burglary victimization experiences in gated and non-gated Communities. Justice Quarterly.
Rennison, Callie Marie, DeKeseredy, Walter & Dragiewicz, Molly. (In press). Intimate relationship status variations in sexual and physical assault: Urban, suburban, and rural trends. Violence Against Women.
DeKeseredy, Walter & Rennison, Callie Marie. (In press). Variations in predictors of separation/ divorce assault across geographical regions. International
Journal For Crime and Justice.
Jacques, Scott, & Rennison, Callie Marie. (In press). Social Distance & the Severity of Popular Justice: Reflexive Responses to Violent Victimization. Violence and Victims.
DeKeseredy, Walter, Dragiewicz, Molly & Rennison, Callie Marie. (In press). Racial/ethnic variations in violence against women: Urban, suburban, and rural differences. International Journal of Rural Criminology.
Jacques, Scott & Rennison, Callie Marie. (2013). Social Distance & Immediate Informal Responses to Violent Victimization. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 28: 733-753.
Rennison, Callie Marie, Dragiewicz, Molly & DeKeseredy, Walter. (2013). Context matters: Violence against women and reporting to police in rural, suburban and urban areas. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 38: 141-159.
Rennison, Callie Marie & Dodge, Mary. (2012). Police impersonators: An exploration of the pretenses and pretenders. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 37: 505-522.
Bosick, Stacey, Rennison Callie Marie, Gover, Angela & Dodge Mary. (2012). Reporting Violence to the Police: Predictors through the Life Course. Journal of Criminal Justice, 40: 441-451.
Rennison, Callie Marie, DeKeseredy, Walter & Dragiewicz, Molly. (2012). Urban, suburban, and rural variations in separation/divorce rape/sexual assault: Results from the National Crime Victimization Survey. Feminist Criminology, 7: 282-297.
Carbone-Lopez, Kristin, Rennison, Callie Marie, Macmillan, Ross. (2012). Violence against against women: Transitioning from single to repeat-victimization status. Journal of Quantitative Criminology. 28(2): 319-346.
Hart, Timothy C. & Rennison, Callie Marie. (2011). Violent victimization of Hispanic students: Findings from the National Crime Victimization Survey. Race and Justice, 1(4).
Rennison, Callie Marie, Gover, Angela, Bosick, Stacey & Dodge, Mary. (2011). Reporting violent victimization to the police: A focus on race/Hispanic origin of the victim among adolescents. The Open Family Studies Journal.
Rennison, Callie Marie, Jacques, Scott & Berg, Mark. (2011) Weapon lethality and social distance: An extension and test of Black's Principle. Justice Quarterly, 28(4).
Gover, Angela, Jennings, Wesley G., Park, MiRang, Tomsich, Elizabeth A., & Rennison Callie Marie. (2011). Comparing the influence of childhood maltreatment and self control on dating violence among college students in the United States and South Korea. Violence and Victims, 26(3).
Rennison, Callie Marie. (2010). An investigation into the structure underlying reporting violence to the police: A focus on Hispanic victims. Journal of Criminal Justice, 38(4).
Melde, Chris & Rennison, Callie Marie. (2010). Intimidation and Street Gangs: Understanding the Response of Victims and Bystanders to Perceived Gang Violence. Justice Quarterly, 27(5).
Rennison, Callie Marie. (2009). A new look at the gender gap in offending. Women & Criminal Justice, 19(3).
Rennison, Callie Marie & Melde, Chris. (2009). Exploring the use of victim surveys to study gang crime: Prospect and possibilities. Criminal Justice Review, 34(4).
Addington, Lynn & Rennison, Callie Marie. (2008). Rape co-occurrence: Do additional crimes affect victim reporting and police clearance of rape? Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 24(2).
Melde, Chris & Callie Marie Rennison. (2008). The effect of gang perpetrated crime on the likelihood of victim injury. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 33(2).
Rennison, Callie Marie. (2007). Reporting to the police by Hispanic victims of violence. Violence and Victims, 22(6).
Rennison, Callie Marie & Michael Rand. (2007). Introduction to The National Crime Victimization Survey. In J.P. Lynch & L.A. Addington (Eds.), Understanding crime statistics: Revisiting the divergence of the NCVS and the UCR. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Rennison, Callie Marie & Mike Planty. (2006). Reassessing who contributed most to the decline in violence during the 1990s: A reminder that size DOES matter. Violence and Victims, 21(1).
Rand, Michael & Callie Marie Rennison. (2005). Bigger is not necessarily better: An analysis of violence against women estimates from the National Crime Victimization Survey and the National Violence Against Women Survey. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 21(3).
Hart, Timothy C., Callie Marie Rennison, & Chris Gibson. (2005). Revisiting respondent 'fatigue bias' in the National Crime Victimization Survey. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 21(3).
Lauritsen, Janet L. & Rennison, Callie Marie. (2005). The role of race and ethnicity in violence against women. In K. Heimer & C. Kruttschnitt (Eds.)., Gender and crime: Patterns in victimizations and offending (pp. 303-322). New York, NY: New York University Press.
Rennison, Callie Marie & Mike Planty. (2003). Nonlethal intimate partner violence: Examining race, gender, and income patterns. Violence and Victims, 18(4).
Rennison, Callie Marie & Michael Rand. (2003). Non-lethal intimate partner violence against women: A comparison of three age cohorts. Violence Against Women, 9(12).