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Alexandra Lysova

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Associate Professor of Criminology, Simon Fraser University

I am a criminologist with the research interests in intimate partner violence, male and female perpetrators and victims, spousal homicide, and cross-cultural studies of violence.

Experience

  • 2021–present
    Associate Professor, Simon Fraser University
  • 2015–2021
    Assistant Professor , Simon Fraser University
  • 2009–2015
    Professor , Far Eastern State University
  • 2002–2009
    Docent, Far Eastern State University

Education

  • 2015 
    University of Toronto, PhD / Criminology
  • 2009 
    Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg, Doctor of Sciences / Sociology
  • 2002 
    Far Eastern Technical University, Candidate of Sciences (PhD)/Sociology

Publications

  • 2022
    Severity of victimization and formal help seeking among men who experienced intimate partner violence in their ongoing relationships. , Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37(3-4), 1404-1429.
  • 2022
    Intimate partner homicides and the battered person syndrome. , In J. Hamel & B. Russell (Eds.), Beyond the gender paradigm: A legal primer on evidence-based criminal justice approaches to intimate partner violence. New York: Oxford Press.
  • 2022
    Internal and external barriers to help seeking: Voices of men who experienced abuse in the intimate relationships. , International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 66(5), 538-559.
  • 2022
    Intimate partner violence among persons with mental health-related disabilities in Canada. , Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37 (1-2), 497-519.
  • 2022
    Examining men’s experiences of abuse from a female intimate partner in four English-speaking countries. , Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37(3-4), 1311-1337.
  • 2021
    Intimate partner violence: A test of cultural spillover theory. , Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36 (15-16), NP7942-NP7970.
  • 2021
    The father, the son, and the abuser: The portrayal of male victims of intimate partner homicide in the news media. , Homicide Studies.
  • 2021
    Male victims’ experiences with the criminal justice response to intimate partner abuse. , Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
  • 2021
    Using technology to conduct focus groups with a hard-to-reach population: Male victims of partner violence in four English-speaking countries. , Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 36 (9-10), NP5257-NP5280.
  • 2020
    A qualitative study of the male victims’ experiences of the criminal justice response to intimate partner abuse in four English-speaking countries. , Criminal Justice and Behaviour, 47(10), 1264-1281.
  • 2020
    Challenges to the veracity and the international comparability of Russian homicide statistics. , European Journal of Criminology, 17 (4), 399-419.
  • 2020
    Domestic homicide involving female perpetrators and male victims. , In Peter Jaffe, Katreena Scott & Anna-Lee Straatman (Eds.) Preventing Domestic Homicides: Lessons Learned from Tragedies (p. 257-281). Academic Press.
  • 2019
    Prevalence and consequences of intimate partner violence in Canada as measured by the national victimization survey. , Partner Abuse, 10 (2), 199-221.
  • 2018
    A violent event perspective on women’s involvement in incidents of severe partner violence. , Violence and victims, 33(5), 813-839.
  • 2018
    Obstacles to the development of restorative justice: A comparative analysis in Russia, Canada and Germany. , Russian Journal of Criminology, 12 (6), 806-816. (in Russian).
  • 2017
    Homicide in Russia: Issues of measuring and theoretical explanations, Chapter 25. , In Fiona Brookman, Edward Maguire and Mike Maguire (eds.), The Handbook of Homicide (pp.451-467).
  • 2016
    Social-psychological characteristics of female offenders (based on a study at the female correctional facility in the Primorye region of Russia). , Russian Journal of Criminology, 10 (2), 250-262. (in Russian).
  • 2016
    Victims but also offenders: Women’s experiences with partner violence., In Helmut Kury, Slawomir Redo, and Evelyn Shea (Eds.). Women and Children as Victims and Offenders: Background – Prevention – Reintegration. Suggestions for Succeeding Generations (pp. 505-537). Springer.
  • 2016
    Embracing the complexity of partner violence from a violent events perspective. , Journal of Family Violence, 31(8), 1005-1008
  • 2015
    What is Russia’s real homicide rate? Statistical reconstruction and the ‘decivilizing process’. , Theoretical Criminology, 19(2), 257-277.
  • 2014
    The level and dynamics of female crime in Russia. , Sociological Research, 53(5), 3-12.
  • 2014
    Conjugal dominance and violence in Russia. , Russian Journal of Criminology, 2, 133-141 (in Russian).
  • 2013
    Dating violence and gender equality: Results of the international study. , Russian Journal of Criminology, 2, 111-118. (in Russian).
  • 2012
    Critique of the radical feminist theory in explaining family violence. , Sociological Studies, 4, 110-117 (in Russian).
  • 2012
    Homicide in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus (pp. 451-469)., In Pridemore, W. & Liem, M. (Eds.). Handbook of European Homicide Research, New York: Springer.
  • 2010
    Dramatic problems and weak policy. Trends in alcohol consumption, harms and policy: Russia 1990–2010. , Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 5(27), 425-447.
  • 2008
    Alcohol abuse and violence in dating relationships. , Criminology: yesterday, today and tomorrow, 1(14), 224-258 (in Russian).
  • 2008
    Physical violence against women in Russian families. , Sociological Studies, 9, 121-128 (in Russian).
  • 2008
    Female aggression and family violence. , Social Sciences and Contemporaneity, 3, 167-176 (in Russian).
  • 2008
    Zu Kriminalität, Sanktionseinstellung und Sichtweise der Strafverfolgungsorgane in Russland (About crime, attitudes to sanctions and to penal institutions in Russia). , Polizei & Wissenschaft, Vol.2, 2-19. (in German).
  • 2008
    Intimate partner violence among male and female Russian university students. , Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 23 (11), 1579-1599.
  • 2008
    Binge drinking and violence against intimate partners in Russia. , Aggressive Behaviour, 34, 416-427.
  • 2007
    Dating violence in Russia. , Russian Education and Society, 49 (4), 43-59.
  • 2007
    Corporal punishment of children in the family and violence in dating relationships. , Family in Russia, 1-2, 37-47 (in Russian).
  • 2003
    Response to family violence: the US experience, Journal of Sociology, 3, 99-115 (in Russian).

Grants and Contracts

  • 2022
    Responding More Effectively to Men's Experiences of Victimization
    Role:
    Co-Applicant
    Funding Source:
    Department of Justice, Victims and Survivors of Crime Week
  • 2022
    Explaining a 20-year decline in intimate partner violence victimization in Canada
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    SSHRC Insight Development Grant
  • 2021
    Organization of the international conference “Men and Families: An International Interdisciplinary Approach,” Toronto, September 15-17, 2022.
    Role:
    Co-Applicant
    Funding Source:
    SSHRC Connection Grant
  • 2021
    A multi-sourced dataset of intimate partner homicide cases involving male victims in British Columbia
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
  • 2021
    Engaging men and boys in addressing family violence: A Vancouver-based initiative
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    CERi Community-Engaged Research Funding Program
  • 2020
    Organizatino of the international conference “The Intersections of Family Violence and Shared Parenting”
    Role:
    Co-Applicant
    Funding Source:
    SSHRC Connection Grant
  • 2019
    Spousal homicides and homicide-suicides: A closer look at men who are involved in them
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    SSHRC Insight Development Grant
  • 2018
    Fear of domestic violence measured by the first victimization survey in Germany
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law (Freiburg, Germany)
  • 2016
    Challenges to the international comparability of homicide data
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    SSHRC - SFU research grant
  • 2012
    Female offending and victimization: Prevalence and risk factors
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    President of the Russian Federation Research Grant
  • 2011
    Women's attitudes in situations of recurring domestic violence
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Trudeau Doctoral Award and Scholarship
  • 2006
    Comparative research on interpersonal violence in Russia and Germany
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    German Chancellor Fellowship Program at the Humboldt Foundation
  • 2005
    Measurement of the extent and risk factors of intimate partner violence in Russia
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    President of the Russian Federation Research Grant
  • 2004
    Emotive Cognitive -Behaviour Psychotherapy
    Role:
    Fellow
    Funding Source:
    Albert Ellis Institute, New York
  • 2003
    Dynamics of partner violence and responses to violence in the USA
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Fulbright Fellowship Program
  • 2003
    Family violence in the USA: Research approaches and policy decisions
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Library of Congress and Kennan Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars in Washington D.C

Professional Memberships

  • American Society of Criminology
  • Western Society of Criminology

Honours

The Sterling Prize in Support of Controversy (2022); Richard Ericson Award (2014); Trudeau Scholar (2011); Barbara Frum Memorial Award in Canadian Studies (2011); German Chancellor Fellow (2006); The Best Young University Lecturer Award (2004, 2006); Fulbright Scholar (2003)