Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Spearman, K.J., Perrin, N., Bethell, C., Alexander, K. A., Hardesty, J., & Campbell, J. (2025). Intimate Partner Violence and Children’s Health After Parental Separation: Development and Psychometric Testing of the HELP-T Scale. Child Maltreatment, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/10775595251339612

 Spearman, K.J., Marineau, L., Owolabi, B.A., Hardesty, J., Vaughan-Eden, V, Alexander, K., Bethell, C., & Campbell, J. (2025). “Part of the abuse is not letting me get him medical care”: A qualitative examination of children's unmet health needs in the context of post-separation abuse. Child abuse & neglect, 164, 107451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107451

Glick, S. & Spearman, K.J. (2024). Children Betrayed: The Unseen Victims of Domestic Violence and How Law Enforcement Can Better Protect Them. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paae022

 Spearman, K. J., Marineau, L., Owolabi, A., Alexander, K. A., &  Campbell, J. (2024).  Firearms and post-separation abuse: Providing context behind the data on firearms and intimate partner violence. Journal of Advanced Nursing,  80,  1484–1496. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15933

Lin, H.-F., Spearman, K. J., Ross, J. L., Blackburn, E., Messing, J. T., Campbell, J. C., AbiNader, M. A., & Grimm, K. J. (2023). A Transdisciplinary Analysis of Domestic Violence Homicides in Harris County, Texas (2016-2020). Homicide Studies, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/10887679231182331

 Pizarro, J. M., Messing, J. T., AbiNader, M., Zeoli, A. M., Spearman, K., & Campbell, J. (2023). Building a Transdisciplinary Team to Prevent Intimate Partner Homicide: A Research Note. Homicide Studies, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/10887679231178786

 Spearman, K., Hoppe, E., & Jagasia, E. (2023). A systematic literature review of protective factors mitigating intimate partner violence exposure on early childhood health outcomes. Journal of Advanced Nursing. DOI:10.1111/jan.15638

 Spearman, K., Vaughan-Eden, V., Hardesty, J., & Campbell, J. (2023). Post-separation abuse: A literature review connecting tactics to harm. Journal of Family Trauma, Child Custody & Child Development. DOI: 10.1080/26904586.2023.2177233

Bagwell-Gray, M., Messing, J., Durfee, A., & Spearman, K. (2023). A Critical Examination of the Influences of Intimate Partner Violence, Help-Seeking, and Social Identity on Women’s Experiences Seeking and Obtaining Civil Protection Orders. Women & Criminal Justice. https://doi.org/10.1080/08974454.2023.2167060

Spearman, K., Hardesty, J. & Campbell, J. (2022). Post-separation abuse: a concept analysis. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 00, 1– 22. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15310

Hoppe, E., Klepper, M., Spearman, K. (2022). “Trauma Club”: Reflections on Scholarly Collaboration and Psychosocial Support from an Adverse Childhood Experiences Student Research and Advocacy Group in the Time of Covid-19. Journal of Nursing Doctoral Students Scholarship, 8, 40-45

Book Chapters

Campbell, J., Spearman, K., & Glass, N. (In press forthcoming). Intimate Partner Homicide, Lethality Assessment and Safety Planning. In: Mitchell C, Miller E, McCaw B, Alexander K, Eds.  Intimate Partner Violence: A Health-Based Perspective, Second Edition. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Peterson, K., Jagasia, E., Spearman, K., Sharps, P. & Campbell, J. (In press forthcoming). Strength and Resilience in Abused Women and Their Children. In: Mitchell C, Miller E, McCaw B, Alexander K, Eds.  Intimate Partner Violence: A Health-Based Perspective, Second Edition. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

 Spearman, K.J., Durfee, A., Messing, J. & Bagwell-Gray, M. (2024). Chapter 12: Can law provide survivors with safety? Legal mobilization, legal consciousness, and protection order decision-making. In Burton, M., Bettison, V., Richardson, K., Speed, A., Eds. Research Handbook on Domestic Violence and Abuse. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035300648.00018

 Spearman K., Alhusen J.L., Ho G.W.K., Smith K.F., Campbell J.C. (2022) Addressing Intimate Partner Violence and Child Maltreatment: Challenges and Opportunities. In: Krugman R.D., Korbin J.E. (eds) Handbook of Child Maltreatment. Child Maltreatment (Contemporary Issues in Research and Policy), vol 14. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82479-2_16

Policy, Amicus Briefs, and White Papers

Blogs and other publications

Patch, M. & Spearman, K. How does policy function as a domestic violence intervention? American Nurse (ANA) (2024, October 18).

Spearman, K.J. The intertwined problem of firearm and domestic violence. Johns Hopkins Nursing, On the Pulse (2023, July 24).