Policing & mental health, wellness of law enforcement officers, crime & place, social processes & digital data, health inequality
Yi-Fang Lu is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society. She is a Graduate Research Assistant under the supervision of Drs. Sue-Ming Yang and Yasemin Irvin-Erickson. She received her M.A. degree in Criminology from National Taipei University and her B.S. degree in Psychology from National Taiwan University in Taiwan. Her research interests include policing and mental health, mental health of law enforcement officers, and crime/health and place.
The Impact of Covid-19 on Victimization Risk and Service Needs for Domestic Violence Victims and Survivors, National Science Foundation
Coalition to Enhance the Capacity of Policing Mental Health Problems in Virginia, Bureau of Justice Assistance
Partners in Crisis: Improving Police Response to Individuals in Moments of Crisis by Providing Service Alternatives, National Institute of Justice
Lu, Y.-F. & Petersen, K. (2023) Effectiveness of psychological skills training for police personnel: a meta-analysis. Occupational and Environmental Medicine Published Online First: 22 September 2023. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2023-109117
Kang, B. & Lu, Y.-F. (2023). The Association between Mental Health-Related 911 Calls and the Mental Health Professional Shortage in New York City. Journal of Urban Health, 1-10, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-023-00777-0
Lu, Y.-F., Jian, Y.-S., & Yang, C.-Y. (2023). Cumulative exposure to citizens’ trauma and secondary traumatic stress among police officers: the role of specialization in domestic violence prevention. Police Practice and Research, 1-20., DOI: 10.1080/15614263.2023.2189593
Petersen, K., & Lu, Y.-F. (2023). The Downstream Effects of Body-worn Cameras: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Justice Quarterly, 1-26., DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2023.2181855
Summer Research Fellowship (Dissertation), 2023, George Mason University
CRIM315 Research Methods and Analysis in Criminology
M.A. (Criminology), National Taipei University
B.S. (Psychology), National Taiwan University