Linda M. Williams received her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1979, where she studied at the Center for Research in Criminology and Criminal Law. Dr Williams was appointed in 2005 as Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, University of Massachusetts Lowell. She was Director of Research at the Stone Center, Wellesley Centers for Women from 1996-2005 and has directed longitudinal research on sexual exploitation of children and youth, the consequences of child abuse, violence against women, family violence, sex offenders and violence prevention for 33 years. Professor Williams is author of 4 books and numerous scholarly publications on family violence including Partner Violence (1998), Trauma and Memory (1998), Nursery Crimes: Sexual Abuse in Day Care (1988), and The Aftermath of Rape (1979). She served on the National Research Councils’ Panel on Violence Against Women and as co-director of the National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center. Dr. Williams has been principal investigator on 13 U.S. federally funded research projects. Current research includes research on child abuse recidivism, human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of children. She is principal investigator of a study of prostituted teens and at risk runaways funded by the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Dr Williams is currently co-editing a special issue of the journal Child Maltreatment on “Child maltreatment and adolescent violence: Understanding complex connections.”

• PART ONE: CLINICAL PRACTICE AND LEGAL ISSUES IN TRAUMA AND MEMORYTrauma, Memory and Clinical Practice - Lucy Berliner and John BriereMemory Research and Clinical Practice - Mary HarveyA Critique of Three Paradigms and a Framework for Psychotherapy with Trauma SurvivorsIndividual Differences in Maltreated Children′s Memory and Suggestibility - Mitchell L Eisen et alGeneral Memory Functioning at Pre- and Post-Treatment in Female Rape Victims with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder - Pallavi Nishith et alRemembering Trauma - Craig C PiersA Characterological PerspectiveEthical Considerations in the Teaching of Trauma and Dissociation - Madelyn MillerStudent Exposure and Unexpected MemoryMemory Research and the Law - Jon R ConteFuture DirectionsRemembering Incest - Joyce Sese DoradoThe Complexities of this Process and Implications for Civil Statutes of LimitationsPART TWO: MENTAL HEALTH AND MEMORIES OF TRAUMATIC EVENTSMemories for Child Sexual Abuse and Mental Health Functioning - Victoria L Banyard and Linda M WilliamsFindings on a Sample of Women and Implications for Future ResearchBulimia Nervosa, PTSD and Forgetting - Timothy D Brewerton et alResults from the National Women′s StudySexual Abuse History With and Without Self-Report of Memory Loss - Judith SheimanDifferences in Psychopathology, Personality and DissociationParticipation in Retrospective Child Sexual Abuse Research - Judy Martin et alBeneficial or Harmful?From Victim to Survivor - Susan Warner and Kathryn M FelteyRecovered Memories and Identity TransformationPART THREE: COGNITIVE AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON TRAUMA AND MEMORYFalse Childhood Memories - Ira E Hyman Jr and Erica E KleinknechtResearch, Theory and ApplicationsMemories of a Petrochemical Explosion - Tonya Schooler and Andrew BaumA Cognitive-Phenomenological Study of Intrusive ThoughtsSeeking the Core - Jonathan W SchoolerThe Issues and Evidence Surrounding Recovered Accounts of Sexual TraumaTraumatic Memories Lost and Found - J Douglas BremnerCan Lost Memories of Abuse Be Found in the Brain?Neuropsychological Sequelae of Chronically Psychologically Traumatized Children - Laura Palmer et alSpecific Findings in Memory and Higher Cognitive FunctionsCoping with Traumatic Stress Interferes with Memory of the Event - Robert C DruganA New Conceptual Mechanism for the Productive Effects of Stress ControlCan Cognitive Neuroscience Illuminate the Nature of Traumatic Childhood Memories? - Daniel L Schachter, Wilma Koutstaal and Kenneth A NormanPART FOUR: EVIDENCE AND CONTROVERSIES IN UNDERSTANDING MEMORIES FOR TRAUMATIC EVENTSTraumatic Memory Characteristics - Mary P Koss et alA Cross-Validated Mediational Model of Response to Rape among Employed WomenDefense Styles of Women Who Have Experienced Child Sexual Abuse - Sarah Romans, Judy L Martin and Elanor M MorrisA Comparative Community StudyToddlers Remember Quake Trauma - Anait Azarian et alStability and Fluctuation of Veterans′ Reports of Combat Exposure - Barbara L Niles et alTrue Lies, False Truths and Naturalistic Raw Data - Richard P KluftApplying Clinical Research Findings to the False Memory DebateThe Sociopolitical Context of the Delayed Memory Debate - Connie Kristiansen et al