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Cathy Spatz Widom is a psychologist and professor known for her research in the fields of early childhood abuse and neglect. She has received the AAAS Prize for Behavioral Science Research in 1989, the Edwin H. Sutherland Award in 2013, and the Stockholm Prize in Criminology in 2016. She was co-editor of the Journal of Quantitative Criminology from 2010-2013. Widom has conducted research to determine the long term consequences of early childhood physical and sexual abuse and child neglect.

Biography
Cathy Spatz Widom received her Bachelor of Arts degree in child development and family relationships at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. She went to pursue her Master and Ph.D degrees in psychology at Brandeis University. She is currently Distinguished Professor of Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY. Widom's primary focus is on the long-term consequences of child abuse and neglect, and area in which she has published numerous papers on the cycle of violence. She is a fellow of the three divisions of American Psychological Association (Division 41 - Psychology and Law, Division 43 – Society for Family Psychology, and Division 37 – Child and Family Policy and Practice), the American Psychopathological Association, and the American Society of Criminology. Widom's research has has been supported by grants from the National Institute of Justice, National Institute of Mental Health, and NIDA.

Research
Widom is known for her research pertaining to early childhood abuse (physical and sexual) and neglect. Recently, she has published her second paper in Science (2015) on the intergenerational transmission of child abuse and neglect.

Representative Publications

 * Wilson, H. W., & Widom, C. S. (2011). Pathways from childhood abuse and neglect to HIV-risk sexual behavior in middle adulthood. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 79(2), 236-246.


 * Widom, C. S., Czaja, S. J., & DuMont, K. A. (2015). Intergenerational transmission of child abuse and neglect: Real or detection bias?. Science, 347(6229), 1480-1485.


 * Widom, C. S. (1989). The cycle of violence. Science, 244(4901), 160-166.