Grants

2015 PSC CUNY Research Grant
Barriers to Reentry: Sex Offenders Speak about the Impact of Sex Offender Laws
Principal Investigator
Amount Awarded: $5984

2015 Office for the Advancement of Research (OAR)
Senior Scholar Release (one course release to complete book project, Sexual Offending: Evidence-Based Legislation and Prevention)

2014 Forensic Psychology Research Initiative (FPRI)
Title: What works with sex offenders? Guiding sex crime policy through an examination
of factors associated with desistance.
PI: Cynthia Calkins
Amount Awarded: $5000

2014 Office for the Advancement of Research (OAR) Seed Money Program
Title: Desistance among sex offenders
PI: Cynthia Calkins
Amount Awarded: $1500

2013 PSC-CUNY Award Program
Title: What works to keep communities safe? Guiding sex crime policy through an examination of the desistance process
PI: Cynthia Calkins
Amount Awarded: $6000

2013 CUNY Collaborative Grant
The Economics of Sex Crime Policy and the Reduction of Sexual Recidivism
Co-Principal Investigator: Elizabeth Jeglic, Ph.D.

2009-2013 National Institute of Justice (NIJ) 2009-IJ-CX-0036
Title: Identifying Situational and Individual Risk Factors for Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings: Implications for Public Safety and Primary Prevention
PI: Cynthia Calkins Mercado
Amount Awarded: $283,651

2012 PSC CUNY Research Grant
The Predictive Validity of the Emotional Stroop Test
Principal Investigator
Amount Awarded: $5818

2011 PSC CUNY Research Grant
Test of the Emotional Stroop Test
Principal Investigator
Amount Awarded: $3000

2011 John Jay Collaborative Research Award
Criminal Trajectories of Sex Offenders
Investigators: Cynthia Mercado, Ph.D.; Elizabeth Jeglic, Ph.D.

2008 CUNY Collaborative Grant
Sex Offender Management, Treatment, and Civil Commitment
Co-Principal Investigator: Elizabeth Jeglic, Ph.D.

2008 John Jay Research Assistance Program
Sex Offenders in the Community
Principal Investigator: Elizabeth Jeglic, Ph.D.

2008 John Jay College Scholarly Excellence Award (equivalent of two course releases)

2007 National Institute of Justice (2007-IJ-CX-0037)
Sex Offender Management, Treatment, and Civil Commitment:  An Evidence Based Analysis Aimed at Reducing Sexual Violence
Principal Investigator: Elizabeth Jeglic, Ph.D.

2007 Forensic Psychology Research Institute
Predicting Sex Offender Recidivism
Co-Principal Investigator

2007 PSC-CUNY Research Grant
Predicting Sex Offender Recidivism
Principal Investigator: Elizabeth Jeglic, Ph.D.

2006 PSC-CUNY Research Grant
Amount Awarded: $4700

2006 John Jay Research Assistance Program
Predicting Sex Offender Recidivism
Principal Investigator

2006 Forensic Psychology Research Institute
Suicide Among Corrections Officers
Principal Investigator
Amount Awarded: $2940

2006 Forensic Psychology Research Institute
Intervention for Suicidal Latino Students
Principal Investigator
Amount Awarded: $2700

2005 Forensic Psychology Research Institute
Stress and Resiliency Project
Principal Investigator
Amount Awarded: $4750