Larry Bennett Professor  B.A., Southern Illinois University  M.S.W., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago  Email: lwbenn@uic.edu Phone: 312-996-4577  Room: 4440, ECSW  http://tigger.uic.edu/~lwbenn

• Intimate partner violence 
• Substance abuse
• Evidence-based practice in social work

• Principal Investigator, Jane Addams Substance Abuse Research Collaboration
• Co-investigator, Great Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center 
• Principal Investigator, Outcomes of the Social Services Department of the Circuit Court of Cook County Domestic Violence Intervention Program
• Principal Investigator, Improving Intervention with Batterers: Attrition and Reliability of Measures. 

• Research 
• Single Systems Research
• Practice With Family Violence

Substance abuse, mental health, and family service agencies 1973-1988; independent practice of court ordered child custody evaluation and consultant to family violence agencies, 1988-present. 

Bennett, L.W., Riger, S., Schewe, P., Howard, A., Wasco, S. (2004).  Effectiveness of hotline, advocacy, counseling, and shelter services for victims of domestic violence: A statewide evaluation. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 19, 558-575.

Bennett, L.W.& Williams, O.J. (2003). Substance Abuse and Men who Batter: Isssues in Theory and Practice. Violence Against Women, 9, 558-575.

Fineran, S., Bennett, L., & Sacco, T. (2003). A cross cultural comparison of peer sexual harassment and peer violence in the United States and South Africa. Journal of International Social Work, 46, 391-405.

Riger, S., Bennett, L., Schewe, P., Campbell, R., Frohmann, L., Camacho, J., & Wasco, S. (2002). Evaluating Services for Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 

Schewe, P.A. & Bennett, L.W. (2002). Evaluating Prevention Programs: Challenges and Benefits of Measuring Outcomes.  In P.A. Schewe (ED), Preventing Violence in Relationships: Developmentally Appropriate Interventions Across the Life Span.  [pp.247-261] American Psychological Association Press. 

Bennett, L.W., & Vincent, N. (2001). Standards for batterer programs: A formative evaluation of the Illinois protocol. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma, 5, 181-197. 

Bennett, L. & Williams, O. (2001). Batterer intervention programs. In C.M. Renzetti, J.L. Edleson, & R.K. Bergen (Eds.) Sourcebook on Violence Against Women. [pp. 261-277]. Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications.

Bennett, L. & Williams, O. (2001).  Controversies and recent studies of batterer intervention program effectiveness. VAWnet: National Resource Center on Domestic Violence. 
 

Society for Social Work and Research 
Council on Social Work Education 
Illinois Department of Human Services, Domestic Violence Advisory Council 
VERA Institute of Justice, Consultant, Enhancing Judicial Oversight in Domestic Violence Cases