Email: kcropsey@beapsy1.his.uab.edu
Specialization: Substance Abuse, Forensic Psychology
Faculty Title: Associate Professor
Graduate School: Indiana State University
Internship: Virginia Commonwealth University
Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Forensic Psychology at University of Mississippi Medical Center; Substance Abuse Fellowship at Virginia Commonwealth University
Licensure: Clinical Psychologist in Alabama, Mississippi and Virginia
Certifications: Certified Forensic Evaluator for Commonwealth of Virginia
Patient Populations: Criminal justice populations
Funded Research:
April 2007 - March 2011:
Co-Investigator, HIV, drugs, and
prisoners: Barriers to epidemiologic and
intervention research, funded by National
Institutes on Drug Abuse (R01DA020357).
May 2007 - April 2009:
Principal Investigator, Relapse
prevention to reduce HIV among women
prisoners, funded by National Institutes on
Drug Abuse (R21DA019838).
September 2002 - August 2008:
Principal Investigator, Patient-Oriented
Career Development Award (K23), Smoking
research with incarcerated females, funded
by National Institutes on Drug Abuse (K23DA15447).
Recent Publications:
Cropsey, K.L., Linker, J.A., & Waite, D. (in press). An Analysis of Racial and Sex Differences for Smoking Among Adolescents in a Juvenile Correctional Center, Drug and Alcohol Dependence.
Taxman, F.S., Cropsey, K.L., Young, D., Wexler, H. (2007). Screening, assessment and referral practices in adult correctional settings: a national perspective. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 34, 1216-1235.
Weaver, M.F., Dupre, M.A., Cropsey, K.L., Koch, J.R., Sood, B.A., Wiley, J.L., Balster, R.L. (2007). Addiction epidemiology in adolescents presenting for inpatient psychiatric treatment, Addictive Behaviors (epub ahead of print).
Campbell, S.J., Cropsey, K.L., Matthews, C.A. (2007). Intrauterine device use in a high-risk population: Experience from an urban university clinic, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 197, 193-196.
Wunsch, M.J., Knisely, J.S., Cropsey, K.L., Campbell, E.D. Schnoll, S.H. (2007). Women physicians and addiction, Journal of Addictive Diseases, 26, 35-43.
Taxman, F.S., Cropsey, K.L. (2007). Women and the criminal justice system: Improving outcomes through criminal justice and non-criminal justice responses. Women and Criminal Justice, 17, 5-26.
Heckman, C.J., Cropsey, K.L., Olds-Davis, T. (2007). PTSD treatment in correctional settings: a brief review of the empirical literature and suggestions for future research. Psychotherapy, 44, 46-53.
Cropsey, K.L., Wexler, H.K., Melnick, G., Taxman, F.S., Young, D.W. (2007). Specialized Prisons and Services: Results from a National Survey. Prison Journal, 87, 58-85.