Multidisciplinary Investigation Of Child Maltreatment

About Lauren R. ShapiroMarie-Helen Maras

Dr. Lauren R. Shapiro is a Professor at King Graduate School of Urban Studies and Applied Research at Monroe College. She has a Ph.D. in Cognitive Developmental Psychology from Rutgers University and a M.S. in Experimental Psychology from Ohio University. In addition she has an M.S. in Criminal Justice specializing in Law Enforcement from Indiana State University at Terra Haute. Her undergraduate degrees in Psychology and in Early Childhood Education are from the the State University of New York at Buffalo. Dr. Shapiro has also taught at Clemson University University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Florida Atlantic University at Davie Emporia State University North Dakota State University Colorado State University Global Campus and John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Her research publications conference presentations and workshops domestically and internationally focus on topics related to crime particularly in reference to children (e.g. forensic interviewing techniques and investigations child eyewitness testimony and identification behavioral modification and effective discipline for children; juvenile theft) In addition to her teaching and academic work her background includes a two-year postdoctoral research fellowship with the Carolina Consortium on Human Development special training as a custody investigator in North Dakota a Special Education Advocate in Kansas and a Court Appointed Special Advocate in Florida. Dr. Shapiro has worked as a consultant for the Bronx District Attorney's Office (Child Abuse/Sex Crimes Unit) Emporia Police Department Lyon County Sheriff's Office and the Center of Change in Kansas and she did her internship with the Fargo Police Department and externship with the Honorable Ralph Erickson at the U.S. District Court of North Dakota. Dr. Marie-Helen Maras is an Associate Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. She has a DPhil in Law and an MPhil in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Oxford. In addition she holds a graduate degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the University of New Haven and undergraduate degrees in Computer and Information Science and Psychology from the University of Maryland University College. She has taught at New York University and SUNY-Farmingdale. In addition to her teaching and academic work her background includes approximately seven years of service in the U.S. Navy with significant experience in security and law enforcement from her posts as a Navy Law Enforcement Specialist and Command Investigator. While in the Navy she supervised her personnel in conducting over 130 counter-surveillance operations throughout Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. During the early stages of her military career she worked as an Electronics and Calibration Technician.