Jane Gilgun is a professor at the School of Social Work, University of Minnesota,Twin Cities. For many years, she has done research on the development of violent behaviors, the meanings of violence to perpetrators, and how persons overcome adversities. Her most recent research is on barriers to the self-report or family reporting of child sexual abuse, a collaborative project with Stop It Now! Minnesota. She also has done research on children and adolescents who have experienced severe adversities and has developed several assessment tools for these populations: The 4-D for adolescents and their families, based on the Circle of Courage, an American Indian Medicine Wheel, and the CASPARS, for children and their families, based on research on risk and resilience.
Beginning in the year 2000, she has done research and has developed assessment tools for parenting adoptive children with special needs. Her practice experience is in adoption and permanency planning, family therapy, group work, and work with survivors of sexual assault. She has many publications in these areas and also on qualitative research methods. She has done presentations on this topics locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally.
The following are some of Jane's publications relevant to violence:
Gilgun, Jane F. (in press). Evidence-based practice and the RSGB assessment. British Journal of Social Work.
Gilgun, Jane F. (in press). Children and adolescents with problematic sexual behaviors:Lessons from research on resilience. . In Robert Longo & Dave Prescott (Eds.), Current perspectives on working with sexually aggressive youth and youth with sexual behavior problems
Gilgun, Jane F., &Laura S. Abrams (in press). Gendered adaptations, resilience, and the perpetration of violence. In Michael Ungar (Ed.), Youth resilience around the world.Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Gilgun, Jane F., Danette Jones, &Kay Rice. (in press). Emotional expressiveness as an indicator of progress in treatment. In Martin C. Calder (Ed.), Emerging approaches to work with children and young people who sexually abuse.Dorset, England: Russell House.
Gilgun, Jane F. (in press). The 4-D: Strengths-bases assessments for youth who've experienced adversities. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 10(3).
Gilgun, Jane F. (2004). A strengths-based approach to child and family assessment. In Don Catheral (Ed.), Handbook of stress, trauma and the family(pp. 307-324). New York: Taylor Francis.
Gilgun, Jane F. (2004). Fictionalizing life stories: Yukee the wine thief. Qualitative Inquiry, 10(3), 691-705.
Gilgun, Jane F. (2002). Social work and the assessment of the potential for violence. In Tan Ngoh Tiong &Imelda Dodds (Eds.), Social work around the world II(pp. 58-74). Berne, Switzerland: International Federation of Social Workers.
Dolo, Emmanuel &Jane F. Gilgun (2002). Gender-linked status changes among Liberian refugees in the United States. Social Work Research and Evaluation, 3(3), 209-220.
Gilgun, Jane F. (2002). Completing the Circle: American Indian Medicine Wheels and the promotion of resilience in children and youth in care. Journal of Human Behavior and the Social Environment,6(2), 65-84.
Gilgun, Jane F. Christian Klein, &Kay Pranis. (2000). The significance of resources in models of risk, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 14,627-646.
Gilgun, Jane F., Susan Keskinen, Danette Jones Marti, &Kay Rice. (1999). Clinical applications of the CASPARS instruments: Boys who act out sexually. Families in Society, 80,629-641.
Gilgun, Jane F. (1999). CASPARS: New tools for assessing client risks and strengths. Families in Society, 80,450-459. Tools available at http://ssw.che.umn.edu/faculty/jgilgun.htm
Gilgun, Jane F. (1999). Fingernails painted red: A feminist, semiotic analysis of "hot" text, Qualitative Inquiry, 5,181-207.
Gilgun, Jane F., &Laura McLeod (1999). Gendering violence. Studies in Symbolic Interactionism, 22,167-193.
Gilgun, Jane F. (1999). Mapping resilience as process among adults maltreated in childhood. In Hamilton I. McCubbin, Elizabeth A. Thompson, Anne I. Thompson, &Jo A. Futrell (Eds.), The dynamics of resilient families.(pp. 41-70). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Gilgun, Jane F. (1999). CASPARS: Clinical Assessment Instruments that measure strengths and risks in children and families. In Martin C. Calder (Ed.), Working with young people who sexually abuse: New pieces of the jigsaw puzzle.Dorset, England: Russell House.
Gilgun, Jane F. (1998). Clinical instruments for assessing client assets and risks. The Medical Journal of Allina, 7,31-33. Available at http://www .allina.com /Allina_Journal/Winter1998/
Gilgun, Jane F. (1996). Human development and adversity in ecological perspective, Part 2: Three patterns. Families in Society, 77,459-576. Lead article.
Gilgun, Jane F. (1996). Human development and adversity in ecological perspective: Part 1: A conceptual framework. Families in Society, 77,395-402. Lead article.
Gilgun, Jane F. (1995). We shared something special: The moral discourse of incest perpetrators. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 57,265-281. Lead article.
Gilgun, Jane F. (1994). Avengers, conquerors, playmates, and lovers: A continuum of roles played by perpetrators of child sexual abuse. Families in Society, 75,467-480. Lead article. Reprinted in Richard Tewksbury &Patricia Gagne (Eds) (2000). Deviance and deviants: An anthology.Los Angeles: Roxbury.
Gilgun, Jane F. (1992). Hypothesis generation in social work research. Journal of Social Service Research, 15,113-135.
Gilgun, Jane F., &Elizabeth Reiser. (1990). Sexual identity development among men sexually abused in childhood. Families in Society, 71,515-523. Lead article.
Gilgun, Jane F., &Teresa M. Connor. (1989). How perpetrators view child sexual abuse. Social Work, 34,349-351. Reprinted in the U.S. Air Force handbook on family violence and in the Training Manual of CornerHouse,a child sexual abuse evaluation center, Minneapolis, MN.
She has many resources posted on the web, including the 4-D and the CASPARS, informational handouts on coping with adversities and resilience, the relationship between violence and gender socialization, and on the RSGB Assessment, which directs practitioners' attention to assessing for resilience, cognitive Schemas, gender role socialization, and brain functioning. Her special interest in how cultural themes and practices intersect with individual lives is evident in these resources. She also has five books on the web. They are books on the web. They are
Lemons or Lemonade? An Anger Workbook for Kids
Lemons or Lemonade? An Anger Workbook for Teens
Lemonade: A Manual for Professionals who Work with Kids
Lemons or Lemonade? A Manual for Professionals Who Work with Teens
Thorns Have Roses: Overcoming the Effects of Child Abuse &Neglect
These materials are at http://ssw.che.umn.edu/Faculty_Profiles/Gilgun_Jane/Gilgun_pubs.html
