Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Guillaume, D., Amédée, L. M., Spearman, K., Moise, R., Chepkorir, J., Augustin, A., Rahill, G., Joshi, M., Rolland, C., Mpundu, G., Crevecoeur, T., & Alexander, K. (2025). “Li pa gen la vwa o chapit”: Gender-Based Violence and Sexual and Reproductive Health Consequences Experienced by Migrants and Asylum-Seekers Amid the Haitian Humanitarian Crisis. Violence Against Women, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251362209

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).

Podcasts and other media

Preventing child abuse after parental separation. On the Pulse Podcast, Episode 25 (April 2023)