Publications

  • Wu, G. & Durante, K.A., Melton, H.C., & Roddy, A.L (2023). Marijuana Legalization and Racial Disparities in Prison Incarceration in colorado and Washington State. Journal of Experimental Criminology. Published, 09/2023.
  • Linder, C. & Richards, J., Melton, H., Griffiths, A., Peters, C., & Lund, H. (2023). Word matter: How college students use and understand terms related to inimate partner, dating, and sexual violence. Journal of College Student Development. Accepted, 08/2023.
  • Heather Melton, E.C. Latham & J. Langhrinrichsen-Rohling (2022). Current Victim Notification Procedures: Victim & Process Impacts Across Two SAKI Sites. Sexual Assault Kits & Reforming the Response to Rape. Published, 11/2022.
  • Heather Melton (2022). Previously Unsubmitted Sexual Assault Kits: Lessons Learned in Salt Lake County. Utah Women's Health Review. Vol. 8. Published, 02/2022.
  • Melton, Heather (2021). A Multidisciplinary Response to Sexual Assault: The Case Review Process for Previously Unsubmitted Sexual Assault Kits. Journal of Criminological Research, Practice, and Policy. Vol. 7. Published, 09/2021.
  • Melton, Heather & Summer Stewart (2021). Previously Unsubmitted Sexual Assault Kits: Characteristics of Kits with Victims under Eighteen. Abuse: An International Impact Journal. Vol. 2. Published, 04/2021.
  • Melton, Heather (2019). Victims’ Experiences and Satisfaction with a Family Justice Center. Journal of Aggression, Conflict, and Peace Research. Vol. 11, 241-251. Published, 10/03/2019.
  • "The Impact of Children on Intimate Partner Abuse Victims' Service Seeking" Women and Criminal Justice. Published, 03/01/2017.
  • Melton, Heather C. & Nordmeyer, Kristjane, “Intimate Partner Abuse: Cases involving Protective Order Violations versus Those That Do Not,” The Open Criminology Journal, 7:1-7. Published, 05/2014.
  • Melton, Heather C. and Carrie Sillito, "The Role of Gender in Officially Reported Intimate Partner Abuse", Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 27 (6): 1090-1111. Published, 04/2012.
  • Melton, Heather C. "Stalking in the Context of Intimate Partner Abuse" reprinted in Mallicoat, Stacy L. Women and Crime: A Text/Reader. Los Angeles: Sage Publications. Published, 01/2012.
  • Melton, Heather C. (2011) "Stalking, Intimate Partner Abuse, and The Police", The Open Criminology Journal, 4: 1-7. Published, 12/2011.
  • Melton, Heather C. "Sexual Assault" in Garcia, V. and Clifford, J (ed). Female Crime Victims: Reality Reconsidered. New Jersey: Prentice Hall. Published, 02/2010.
  • Belknap, Joanne, Heather C. Melton, Justin T. Denny, Ruth E. Fleury-Steiner, and Cris M. Sullivan (2009) "The Levels and Roles of Social and Institutional Support Reported by Survivors of Intimate Partner Abuse." Feminist Criminology, 4:377-402. Published, 2009.

Research Statement

My research focuses on violence against women (i.e. intimate partner abuse, stalking, and sexual assault) and the criminal justice response to these problems. Specifically, I have published on topics such as predicting stalking in the context of IPA, the criminal justice response to stalking, gender differences in the perpetration of IPA, police response to IPA, and the impact of rape myths.

Presentations

  • Exploring the Impact of Clery Sexual Assault Warnings on a Campus Community, University of Utah Marriott Library. Presentation, Presented, 12/2023.
  • Previously Unsubmitted Sexual Assault Kits: Older Victims a paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA. Conference Paper, Presented, 11/2022.
  • Melton, Heather C. & Krystal Hazlett, “Sexual Assault Kits Initiative: Lessons Learned from Salt Lake County” a paper presented at CrimCom. Conference Paper, Presented, 11/16/2020.
  • Barriers to Case Processing: Previously Unsubmitted Sexual Assault Kits presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Conference Paper, Presented, 11/2019.
  • Unsubmitted Sexual Assault Kits: Preliminary Findings from Salt Lake County presented at The 4th Annual Utah Criminal Justice Center Conference. Conference Paper, Presented, 10/2019.
  • Victim Notification in Unsubmitted Sexual Assault Kits a paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Conference Paper, Presented, 11/2018.
  • Preliminary Findings on Unsubmitted Sexual Assault Kits presented at the American Society of Criminology annual conference, Philadelphia, PA. Conference Paper, Presented, 11/15/2017.
  • Intimate Partner Abuse Victims and the Police. Conference Paper, Presented, 11/2016.
  • Melton, Heather C. "Intimate Partner Abuse Victim Service Usage" a paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Conference Paper, Presented, 11/19/2015.
  • Melton, Heather C. and Taylor Webb, "Gender, Bullying, and Suicide, " a paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Fransisco, November 2014. Conference Paper, Presented, 11/2014.
  • Melton, Heather C. and Asha Parekh, “Intimate Partner Abuse: An Examination of Intensive Probation,” A paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology: Atlanta, GA. Conference Paper, Presented, 11/2013.
  • Melton, Heather C. "Intimate Partner Abuse: A Focus on Protective Order Violations" presented at the American Society for Criminology Annual Meeting, November, 2011: Washington, D.C. Poster, Presented, 11/17/2011.
  • Stalking, Intimate Partner Abuse, and the Police. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Fransisco, CA. Poster, Presented, 11/2010.

Geographical Regions of Interest

  • United States of America