Alexandra Lysova

Experience

• 2021–present
  Associate Professor, Simon Fraser University
• 2015–2021
  Assistant Professor , Simon Fraser University
• 2009–2015
  Professor , Far Eastern State University
• 2002–2009
  Docent, Far Eastern State University

Education

• 2015 
  University of Toronto, PhD / Criminology
• 2009 
  Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg, Doctor of Sciences / Sociology
• 2002 
  Far Eastern Technical University, Candidate of Sciences (PhD)/Sociology

Publications

• 2022
  Severity of victimization and formal help seeking among men who experienced intimate partner violence in their ongoing relationships. , Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37(3-4), 1404-1429.
• 2022
  Intimate partner homicides and the battered person syndrome. , In J. Hamel & B. Russell (Eds.), Beyond the gender paradigm: A legal primer on evidence-based criminal justice approaches to intimate partner violence. New York: Oxford Press.
• 2022
  Internal and external barriers to help seeking: Voices of men who experienced abuse in the intimate relationships. , International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 66(5), 538-559.
• 2022
  Intimate partner violence among persons with mental health-related disabilities in Canada. , Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37 (1-2), 497-519.
• 2022
  Examining men’s experiences of abuse from a female intimate partner in four English-speaking countries. , Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37(3-4), 1311-1337.
• 2021
  Intimate partner violence: A test of cultural spillover theory. , Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36 (15-16), NP7942-NP7970.
• 2021
  The father, the son, and the abuser: The portrayal of male victims of intimate partner homicide in the news media. , Homicide Studies.
• 2021
  Male victims’ experiences with the criminal justice response to intimate partner abuse. , Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
• 2021
  Using technology to conduct focus groups with a hard-to-reach population: Male victims of partner violence in four English-speaking countries. , Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 36 (9-10), NP5257-NP5280.
• 2020
  A qualitative study of the male victims’ experiences of the criminal justice response to intimate partner abuse in four English-speaking countries. , Criminal Justice and Behaviour, 47(10), 1264-1281.
• 2020
  Challenges to the veracity and the international comparability of Russian homicide statistics. , European Journal of Criminology, 17 (4), 399-419.
• 2020
  Domestic homicide involving female perpetrators and male victims. , In Peter Jaffe, Katreena Scott & Anna-Lee Straatman (Eds.) Preventing Domestic Homicides: Lessons Learned from Tragedies (p. 257-281). Academic Press.
• 2019
  Prevalence and consequences of intimate partner violence in Canada as measured by the national victimization survey. , Partner Abuse, 10 (2), 199-221.
• 2018
  A violent event perspective on women’s involvement in incidents of severe partner violence. , Violence and victims, 33(5), 813-839.
• 2018
  Obstacles to the development of restorative justice: A comparative analysis in Russia, Canada and Germany. , Russian Journal of Criminology, 12 (6), 806-816. (in Russian).
• 2017
  Homicide in Russia: Issues of measuring and theoretical explanations, Chapter 25. , In Fiona Brookman, Edward Maguire and Mike Maguire (eds.), The Handbook of Homicide (pp.451-467).
• 2016
  Social-psychological characteristics of female offenders (based on a study at the female correctional facility in the Primorye region of Russia). , Russian Journal of Criminology, 10 (2), 250-262. (in Russian).
• 2016
  Victims but also offenders: Women’s experiences with partner violence., In Helmut Kury, Slawomir Redo, and Evelyn Shea (Eds.). Women and Children as Victims and Offenders: Background – Prevention – Reintegration. Suggestions for Succeeding Generations (pp. 505-537). Springer.
• 2016
  Embracing the complexity of partner violence from a violent events perspective. , Journal of Family Violence, 31(8), 1005-1008
• 2015
  What is Russia’s real homicide rate? Statistical reconstruction and the ‘decivilizing process’. , Theoretical Criminology, 19(2), 257-277.
• 2014
  The level and dynamics of female crime in Russia. , Sociological Research, 53(5), 3-12.
• 2014
  Conjugal dominance and violence in Russia. , Russian Journal of Criminology, 2, 133-141 (in Russian).
• 2013
  Dating violence and gender equality: Results of the international study. , Russian Journal of Criminology, 2, 111-118. (in Russian).
• 2012
  Critique of the radical feminist theory in explaining family violence. , Sociological Studies, 4, 110-117 (in Russian).
• 2012
  Homicide in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus (pp. 451-469)., In Pridemore, W. & Liem, M. (Eds.). Handbook of European Homicide Research, New York: Springer.
• 2010
  Dramatic problems and weak policy. Trends in alcohol consumption, harms and policy: Russia 1990–2010. , Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 5(27), 425-447.
• 2008
  Alcohol abuse and violence in dating relationships. , Criminology: yesterday, today and tomorrow, 1(14), 224-258 (in Russian).
• 2008
  Physical violence against women in Russian families. , Sociological Studies, 9, 121-128 (in Russian).
• 2008
  Female aggression and family violence. , Social Sciences and Contemporaneity, 3, 167-176 (in Russian).
• 2008
  Zu Kriminalität, Sanktionseinstellung und Sichtweise der Strafverfolgungsorgane in Russland (About crime, attitudes to sanctions and to penal institutions in Russia). , Polizei & Wissenschaft, Vol.2, 2-19. (in German).
• 2008
  Intimate partner violence among male and female Russian university students. , Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 23 (11), 1579-1599.
• 2008
  Binge drinking and violence against intimate partners in Russia. , Aggressive Behaviour, 34, 416-427.
• 2007
  Dating violence in Russia. , Russian Education and Society, 49 (4), 43-59.
• 2007
  Corporal punishment of children in the family and violence in dating relationships. , Family in Russia, 1-2, 37-47 (in Russian).
• 2003
  Response to family violence: the US experience, Journal of Sociology, 3, 99-115 (in Russian).

Grants and Contracts

• 2022
  Responding More Effectively to Men's Experiences of Victimization

  Role:

  Co-Applicant

  Funding Source:

  Department of Justice, Victims and Survivors of Crime Week

• 2022
  Explaining a 20-year decline in intimate partner violence victimization in Canada

  Role:

  Principal Investigator

  Funding Source:

  SSHRC Insight Development Grant

• 2021
  Organization of the international conference “Men and Families: An International Interdisciplinary Approach,” Toronto, September 15-17, 2022.

  Role:

  Co-Applicant

  Funding Source:

  SSHRC Connection Grant

• 2021
  A multi-sourced dataset of intimate partner homicide cases involving male victims in British Columbia

  Role:

  Principal Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

• 2021
  Engaging men and boys in addressing family violence: A Vancouver-based initiative

  Role:

  Principal Investigator

  Funding Source:

  CERi Community-Engaged Research Funding Program

• 2020
  Organizatino of the international conference “The Intersections of Family Violence and Shared Parenting”

  Role:

  Co-Applicant

  Funding Source:

  SSHRC Connection Grant

• 2019
  Spousal homicides and homicide-suicides: A closer look at men who are involved in them

  Role:

  Principal Investigator

  Funding Source:

  SSHRC Insight Development Grant

• 2018
  Fear of domestic violence measured by the first victimization survey in Germany

  Role:

  Principal Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law (Freiburg, Germany)

• 2016
  Challenges to the international comparability of homicide data

  Role:

  Principal Investigator

  Funding Source:

  SSHRC - SFU research grant

• 2012
  Female offending and victimization: Prevalence and risk factors

  Role:

  Principal Investigator

  Funding Source:

  President of the Russian Federation Research Grant

• 2011
  Women's attitudes in situations of recurring domestic violence

  Role:

  Principal Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Trudeau Doctoral Award and Scholarship

• 2006
  Comparative research on interpersonal violence in Russia and Germany

  Role:

  Principal Investigator

  Funding Source:

  German Chancellor Fellowship Program at the Humboldt Foundation

• 2005
  Measurement of the extent and risk factors of intimate partner violence in Russia

  Role:

  Principal Investigator

  Funding Source:

  President of the Russian Federation Research Grant

• 2004
  Emotive Cognitive -Behaviour Psychotherapy

  Role:

  Fellow

  Funding Source:

  Albert Ellis Institute, New York

• 2003
  Dynamics of partner violence and responses to violence in the USA

  Role:

  Principal Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Fulbright Fellowship Program

• 2003
  Family violence in the USA: Research approaches and policy decisions

  Role:

  Principal Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Library of Congress and Kennan Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars in Washington D.C

Professional Memberships

• American Society of Criminology
• Western Society of Criminology

Honours

The Sterling Prize in Support of Controversy (2022); Richard Ericson Award (2014); Trudeau Scholar (2011); Barbara Frum Memorial Award in Canadian Studies (2011); German Chancellor Fellow (2006); The Best Young University Lecturer Award (2004, 2006); Fulbright Scholar (2003)