TK Logan | Behavioral Science

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tklogan@uky.edu

(859) 257-8248

Lexington, KY 40504-2915

Position(s):

Professor, University of Kentucky

Department of Behavioral Science

Center on Drug and Alcohol Research

Affiliation(s):

Behavioral Science

Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Other Affiliation(s):

Equity Advisory Council

Bio / Education:

TK Logan, Ph.D. is a professor in the Department of Behavioral Science, College of Medicine, and the Center on Drug and Alcohol Research at the University of Kentucky with joint appointments in Psychology, Psychiatry, Sociology, and Social Work. Her research and writings focus on stalking, protective order effectiveness, sexual assault, intimate partner homicide, and health disparities of rural women with partner violence experiences. Dr. Logan has conducted a comprehensive study on the effectiveness of civil protective orders and the costs and cost-benefit of protective orders funded by the National Institute of Justice. Dr. Logan has also conducted 18 different studies on stalking and has some of the most extensive information about stalking in the nation. Dr. Logan is an author on over 175 research articles and serves on the editorial board of two international journals. Dr. Logan’s books include: Women and Victimization: Contributing Factors, Interventions, and Implications (American Psychological Association Press) and Partner Stalking: How Women Respond, Cope, and Survive (Springer Publisher). Dr. Logan and colleagues have developed the Stalking and Harassment Assessment and Risk Profile (SHARP) to assess a stalking situation and to provide a risk factor profile. She has also developed a short personal empowerment program called “Stand Strong and Pass It On.” She is a graduate of the Gavin de Becker & Associates Advanced Threat Assessment Academy. Dr. Logan is, or has recently, been involved with a several community boards and national organizations working to prevent violence against women including the Advisory Committee for the Institute for Women’s Policy Research Status on Women, Attorney General’s Task Force on Statewide Fatality Review, Kentucky VAWA STOP Implementation Planning Committee, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Division of Police Domestic Violence Protection and Enforcement Grant Board, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Domestic Violence Prevention Board, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Domestic Violence Fatality and Near Fatality Review Team, Secretary and co-founder of OutrageUS.org (a non-profit focused on partner stalking and all forms of violence against women), and founding member of CounterQuo.Org (a non-profit focused on challenging the way culture responds to sexual assault). Dr. Logan is currently the principal investigator on five different projects to evaluate a variety of substance abuse treatment programs. Dr. Logan also conducted many studies with drug courts as well as a comprehensive outcome evaluation of three Kentucky drug court programs which included a variety of outcomes and a cost-benefit analysis. Dr. Logan is also a member of the medical and non-medical IRB.

Research Description:

Dr. Logan’s research interests include interpersonal victimization and substance use. Her research and writings have most recently focused on coercive control, stalking, protective order effectiveness, sexual assault, intimate partner homicide, and health disparities of rural women with partner violence experiences. Dr. Logan has authored or co-authored over 175 peer reviewed articles and five books. Dr. Logan has conducted a comprehensive study on the effectiveness of civil protective orders and the costs and cost-benefit of protective orders funded by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ). Dr. Logan has also receive funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). Dr. Logan has conducted 18 different studies on partner stalking and has some of the most extensive information about partner stalking in the nation. Dr. Logan also works to better understand the effectiveness of substance abuse treatment programs and the intersection of interpersonal victimization and substance use.

Grants:

Current Funding

The Kentucky Substance Abuse Treatment Outcome Study (KTOS), Principal Investigator, Kentucky Department of Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities (DBHDID), July 2012-Present

Kentucky Opiate Replacement Treatment Outcome Study (KORTOS), Principal Investigator
Kentucky Department of Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities (DBHDID), July 2012-Present

Adolescent Kentucky Substance Abuse Treatment Outcome Study (KTOS), Co-Principal Investigator (Jennifer Cole, PI), Kentucky Department of Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities (DBHDID), July 2012-Present

KY-Moms MATR, Principal Investigator, Kentucky Department of Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities (DBHDID), July 2012-Present

Drug and Alcohol Services Information System Management Project (DASIS), Principal Investigator, Kentucky Department of Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities (DBHDID), July 2012-Present

Recovery Center Outcome Study (RCOS), Principal Investigator, Kentucky Housing Corporation, July 2012-present

Selected Publications:

Logan, T., & Lynch, K. (2021). Exploring the Nature, Scope, and Impact of Firearm Threats Among Women With Domestic versus Non-Domestic Partners: Considerations for the Boyfriend Loophole. In Press, Violence & Gender.

Logan, T., & Lynch, K. (2021). Increased Risks or Peace of Mind? Exploring Fear, Victimization, and Safety Strategies among Women Planning to Get a Gun. In Press, Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

Logan, T., & Lynch, K. (2021). Exploring abuser firearm-related attitudes, behaviors, and threats among women with (ex)partners who threatened to shoot others. In press, Journal of Threat Assessment and Management.

Logan, T., Lynch, K., & Walker, R. (2021). Exploring Control, Threats, Violence and Help-Seeking among Women Held at Gunpoint by Abusive Partners. Journal of Family Violence. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-021-00284-3

Logan, T., & Lynch, K. (2020). Factors Associated with Firearm-Related Risk Reduction Strategies Among Men and Women Handgun Owners: A New Direction to Increase Public Safety. Gender and Violence https://doi.org/10.1089/vio.2020.0104

Logan, T. (2020). Examining Relationship and Abuse Tactics Associated With Non-Fatal Strangulation Experiences Before and After a Protective Order. Gender and Violence. https://doi.org/10.1089/vio.2020.0012

Logan, T., & Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (2020). The intersection between stalking and intimate partner violence. In R. Geffner, V. Vieth, V. Vaughan-Eden, A. Rosenbaum, K. Hamberger, J. White, & B. Geffner (Eds), The handbook of interpersonal violence across the lifespan. Springer Publishing.

Logan, T. (2020). Examining stalking assault by victim gender, stalker gender, and victim-stalker relationship. Journal of Family Violence. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-020-00221-w

Lynch, K., Logan, T., & Hatch, E. (2021). Examining the role of safety planning and firearms in community professional’s advice and perceived helpfulness for female IPV victims. Journal of Family Violence, 36, 2, 163-173.

Logan, T. (2020). Is having a gun for safety associated with feeling safer, safety planning, and more assertive responses to conflict among women with interpersonal victimization experiences? Violence and Gender, 7, 4, 158-166. https://doi.org/10.1089/vio.2020.0035

Logan, T. (2020). What would you do? Examining gun ownership on safety planning and response intentions to an armed and unarmed assailant by gender. Violence and Gender, 7, 2, 57-65.

Logan, T. (2020). Examining stalking experiences and outcomes for men and women stalked by (ex) partners and non-partners. Journal of Family Violence, 35, 7, 729-739.

Logan, T. (2020). Understanding civil protective order effectiveness, barriers and arguments: Justice or just a piece of paper? (pp. 9-38). In Fluery-Steiner, R., Hefner, M., & Miller, S. (Eds) Civil court responses to intimate partner violence and abuse. San Diego, CA: Cognella, Inc.

Lynch, K. & Logan, T. (2020). Implementing domestic violence gun confiscation policy in rural and urban communities: Assessing the perceived risk, benefits, and barriers. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 35, 21-22, 4913-4939.

Logan, T. & Walker, R. (2019). The impact of stalking-related fear and gender on personal safety outcomes. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260519829280

Lynch, K., Jackson, D., & Logan, T. (2019). Coercive control, stalking, and guns: Modelling service professionals’ perceived risk of potentially fatal intimate partner gun violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. DOI: 10.1177/0886260519839419

Logan, T. (2018). Factors influencing safety efficacy: Examining past experience, mindset, and emotion management. Advanced Online Copy. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. DOI: 10.1177/0886260518802849

Prost, S., Higgins, G., Golder, S., Logan, T., & Hall, M. (2019). Mental Health and Women on Probation or Parole: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI-18). Women & Criminal Justice, 29, 6, 355-367.

Logan, T. & Walker, R. (2017) The gender safety gap: Examining the impact of victimization history, perceived risk, and personal control. Advanced Online Copy Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260517729405

Logan, T., Cole, J., & Walker, R. (2020). Examining recovery program participants by gender: Program completion, relapse, and multidimensional status 12-months after program entry. Journal of Drug Issues, 50, 4, 436-454.

Logan, T. (2020). Examining stalking experiences and outcomes for men and women stalked by (ex) partners and non-partners. Journal of Family Violence, 35, 7, 729-739.

Logan, T. (2020). Understanding civil protective order effectiveness, barriers and arguments: Justice or just a piece of paper? In Fluery-Steiner, R., Hefner, M., & Miller, S. (Eds) Civil court responses to intimate partner violence. San Diego, CA: Cognella, Inc.

Zeoli, A., & Logan, T. (2019). Gender based violence research methods: Building bridges to the next steps. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 34, 23, 4759-4764.

Smith, K., Bunting, A., Golder, S., Hall, M., Higgins, G., & Logan, T. (2019). Prevalence and correlates of disability among a sample of victimized women on probation and parole. Journal of Correctional Health Care, 25, 2, 143-161.

Lynch, K., Logan, T., & Jackson, D. (2018). People will bury their guns before they surrender them: Implementing domestic violence gun control in rural, Appalachian versus urban communities. Rural Sociology, 83, 2, 315-346.

Hall, M., Ball, D., Sears, J., Higgins, G., Logan, T. & Golder, S. (2018). Past-year nonmedical use of prescription drugs among criminal justice-involved women. Substance Abuse, 39, 3, 280-285.

Logan, T. & Walker, R. (2018). Looking into the day-to-day process of safety planning. Journal of Family Violence, 33, 3, 197-211.

Logan, T. & Walker, R. (2018). Advocate safety planning training, feedback, and personal challenges. Journal of Family Violence, 33, 3, 213-225.

Logan, T. & Lynch, K. (2018). Dangerous liaisons: Examining the connection of stalking and gun threats among partner abuse victims. Violence and Victims, 33, 3, 399-416.

Lynch, K. & Logan, T. (2018). “You Better Say Your Prayers and Get Ready”: Guns within the Context of Partner Abuse. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 33, 4, 686-711.

Walker, R. & Logan, T. (2018). Health and rural context among victims of partner abuse: Does justice matter? Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 33, 1, 64-82.

Walker, R., Logan, T., Chipley, Q., & Miller, J. (2018). Characteristics and experiences with Bupenorpherine among poly-substance abusers. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 54, 595-603.

Fedock, G., Garthe, R., Sarantakos, S., Golder, S., Higgins, G., & Logan, T. (2018). A life course perspective of victimization, child welfare involvement, cumulative stress and mental health for mothers on probation and parole. Child Abuse & Neglect, 86, 235-246.

Logan, T. & Lynch, K. (2018). Dangerous liaisons: Examining the connection of stalking and gun threats among partner abuse victims. Violence and Victims, 33, 3, 399-416.

Logan, T. (2017). SHARP: A New Tool for Stalking Assessment and Safety Planning. Domestic Violence Report, 22, 6, 89-91.

Logan, T. & Roberts, E. (2017). Hidden crime of stalking: A call to action. Domestic Violence Report, 22, 5, 69-70.

Logan, T. & Walker, R. (2017). The Impact of Stalking Victimization on Separation: Assessing and Addressing Safety and Economic Security. Domestic Violence Report, 22, 5, 69-74.

Logan, T., & Walker, R. (2017). Stalking: A Multidimensional Framework for Assessment and Safety Planning. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse: A review Journal, 18, 2, 200-222.

Logan, T. (2017). “If I can’t have you nobody will”: Explicit threats in the context of partner abuse. Violence and Victims, 32, 1, 126-140.

Logan, T., Walker, R. & Cole, J. (2015). Silenced Suffering: The Need for Better Measures of Partner Sexual Violence. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, 16, 2, 111-135.

Lynch, K. & Logan, T. (2015). Police officers’ attitudes and challenges with charging stalking. Violence and Victims, 30, 6, 1037-1048.

Lynch, K. & Logan, T. (2015). Risk factors in arrest of rural and urban female victims of intimate partner violence. Violence and Victims, 30, 488-501. doi: 10.1891/0886-6708

Stockdale, M., Logan, T., Sliter, K., & Berry, S. (2014). Interpersonal Violence Victimization and Sexual Harassment: A Prospective Study of Revictimization. Sex Roles, 71, 55-70.

Golder, S. & Logan, T. (2014). Violence, victimization, criminal justice involvement, and substance use among drug-involved men. Violence and Victims, 29, 1, 53-72.

Logan, T., Walker, R., & Hoyt, W. (2012). The economic costs of partner violence and the cost-benefit of civil protective orders. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 27, 6, 1137-1154.

Logan, T. & Cole, J. (2011). The Intersection of partner stalking and sexual abuse. Violence Against Women, 17, 7, 904-924.

Golder, S. & Logan, T. (2011). Cumulative Victimization, Psychological Distress, and High Risk Behavior Among Substance-Involved Women. Violence and Victims, 26, 4, 477-495.

Cole, J., Logan, T., & Walker, R. (2011). Social exclusion, self-regulation, and stress among substance abuse treatment clients. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 113, 13-20.

Walker, R. Shannon, L., & Logan, TK (2011). Sleep loss and partner violence victimization. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26, 10, 2004-2024.