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Ann Burgess
 Ann Burgess |
Ann Burgess, R.N., D.N. Sc., is one of the most accomplished nurses in North America. Currently Professor of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing at Boston College, she co-founded one of the first hospital-based crisis intervention programs for rape victims at Boston City Hospital in 1972. Research at that program introduced the Rape Trauma Syndrome in 1974. This diagnosis has since gained admissibility in over 300 appellate court decisions.
Dr. Burgess has long since expanded her research interests to explore the use of children in pornography; sexual assault; and sexual abuse and exploitation of children. Most recently, she has been studying patterns of trauma in elderly and handicapped rape victims and testing interventions for reducing post-trauma symptoms in rape victims.
Author of nine textbooks on psychiatric nursing and crisis intervention, Dr. Burgess has also authored ten books on assessment and treatment of child, adolescent, and adult sexual assault victims and serial offenders, including rapists murders, child molesters, and abductors. This includes the award-winning Crime Classification Manual. She has co-authored over 135 articles and chapters in rape victimology, as well as six monographs for the Department of Justice on child sex rings, adolescent rape victimization, adolescent runaways, child molesters and abductors, juvenile prostitution, and infant abductions. She has maintained a private psychotherapy practice in the Massachusetts area since 1966.
Dr. Burgess was recognized in 1994 for her continuing achievements and contributions by election to the Institute of Medicine, a part of the National Academy of Sciences. In 1996, she chaired the National Research Council's Task Force on Violence Against Women.
—Courtesy of The Forensic Panel
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