Karen Oehme
Biographic Data
| ID | 134465 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karen Oehme |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karen |
| FAMILY NAME | Oehme |
| SIGNATURE | OEHME K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Florida State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8285-1233 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Long‐reaching impacts of childhood trauma: A person‐centered approach to understanding parents participating in divorce education
Treat them like a person”: An exploration of behavioral health emergencies and stigma in the emergency medical services
Online Virtual Supervised Visitation During the Covid ‐19 Pandemic: One State's Experience
This paper describes how supervised visitation programs in Florida rapidly transitioned from in‐person supervised visits to virtual, online visits during the COVID‐19 pandemic to protect the health of families and staff. Structured telephonic interviews and an online survey revealed that although most program directors had not previously developed guiding policies or hosted such visits, within weeks they were providing hundreds of online “virtual…
Law Enforcement Officers’ Knowledge, Attitudes, Self-Efficacy, and Use of Suicide Intervention Behaviors
Objective: Given the high frequency with which law enforcement officers (LEOs) encounter people challenged by mental health issues, including those at risk for suicide, this paper addresses the need to understand officers’ use of suicide-prevention strategies in the community and factors that might impact those prevention activities. Method: A nonrandom sample of 476 LEOs completed a series of anonymous online surveys measuring their experiences …
What Do EMS Professionals Know about Human Trafficking? An Exploratory Study
Introduction: Human trafficking has gained attention as a major human rights concern, yet little is known about the awareness of human trafficking among Emergency Medical Services (EMS) professionals. This is a significant concern; EMS professionals may be uniquely equipped to intervene with victims of trafficking. To address this gap, this study assessed the familiarity with and attitudes about trafficking in EMS professionals.Methods: An anonym…
The Impact of Training Videos on Attitudes About Parenting After Divorce
Many U.S. states require divorcing parents to take education classes about the impact of divorce on parents and children. As educators, psychiatrists, social workers, and others create these classes, it is important to evaluate what elements of the curriculum are effective in achieving targeted outcomes. Successful Coparenting After Divorce (https://coparenting.fsu.edu) is a free online divorce education course that focuses on issues such as the …
Workplace experiences of gay and lesbian criminal justice officers in the United States: A qualitative investigation of officers attending a LGBT law enforcement conference
Criminal justice culture values traditional masculinity, which has led to adverse workplace experiences for officers who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT). This study used focus group data to explore the workplace experiences of 10 law enforcement and 4 corrections officers in the US who attended an LGBT criminal justice conference in 2012. Gay men reported more severe and overt discrimination experiences, while women expe…
Responses of Police Officers to Cases of Officer Domestic Violence: Effects of Demographic and Professional Factors
Correctional Officers and Domestic Violence: Experiences and Attitudes
Disparate Levels of Stress in Police and Correctional Officers: Preliminary Evidence from a Pilot Study on Domestic Violence
New data from a prevention curriculum project on officer-involved domestic violence reveals significant differences in the reported job stress of Florida's correctional officers when compared to police officers who took the same surveys. The significantly higher reported levels of organizational stress in particular—especially those related to staff and resource shortages and attitudes about leadership—raise concerns about the relationship betwee…
Workplace experiences of gay and lesbian criminal justice officers in the United States: A qualitative investigation of officers attending a LGBT law enforcement conference
Criminal justice culture values traditional masculinity, which has led to adverse workplace experiences for officers who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT). This study used focus group data to explore the workplace experiences of 10 law enforcement and 4 corrections officers in the US who attended an LGBT criminal justice conference in 2012. Gay men reported more severe and overt discrimination experiences, while women expe…
Disparate Levels of Stress in Police and Correctional Officers: Preliminary Evidence from a Pilot Study on Domestic Violence
New data from a prevention curriculum project on officer-involved domestic violence reveals significant differences in the reported job stress of Florida's correctional officers when compared to police officers who took the same surveys. The significantly higher reported levels of organizational stress in particular—especially those related to staff and resource shortages and attitudes about leadership—raise concerns about the relationship betwee…
Correctional Officers and Domestic Violence: Experiences and Attitudes
Responses of Police Officers to Cases of Officer Domestic Violence: Effects of Demographic and Professional Factors
What Do EMS Professionals Know about Human Trafficking? An Exploratory Study
Introduction: Human trafficking has gained attention as a major human rights concern, yet little is known about the awareness of human trafficking among Emergency Medical Services (EMS) professionals. This is a significant concern; EMS professionals may be uniquely equipped to intervene with victims of trafficking. To address this gap, this study assessed the familiarity with and attitudes about trafficking in EMS professionals.Methods: An anonym…
Law Enforcement Officers’ Knowledge, Attitudes, Self-Efficacy, and Use of Suicide Intervention Behaviors
Objective: Given the high frequency with which law enforcement officers (LEOs) encounter people challenged by mental health issues, including those at risk for suicide, this paper addresses the need to understand officers’ use of suicide-prevention strategies in the community and factors that might impact those prevention activities. Method: A nonrandom sample of 476 LEOs completed a series of anonymous online surveys measuring their experiences …
Disparate Levels of Stress in Police and Correctional Officers: Preliminary Evidence from a Pilot Study on Domestic Violence
New data from a prevention curriculum project on officer-involved domestic violence reveals significant differences in the reported job stress of Florida's correctional officers when compared to police officers who took the same surveys. The significantly higher reported levels of organizational stress in particular—especially those related to staff and resource shortages and attitudes about leadership—raise concerns about the relationship betwee…
Correctional Officers and Domestic Violence: Experiences and Attitudes
Workplace experiences of gay and lesbian criminal justice officers in the United States: A qualitative investigation of officers attending a LGBT law enforcement conference
Criminal justice culture values traditional masculinity, which has led to adverse workplace experiences for officers who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT). This study used focus group data to explore the workplace experiences of 10 law enforcement and 4 corrections officers in the US who attended an LGBT criminal justice conference in 2012. Gay men reported more severe and overt discrimination experiences, while women expe…
Responses of Police Officers to Cases of Officer Domestic Violence: Effects of Demographic and Professional Factors
The Impact of Training Videos on Attitudes About Parenting After Divorce
Many U.S. states require divorcing parents to take education classes about the impact of divorce on parents and children. As educators, psychiatrists, social workers, and others create these classes, it is important to evaluate what elements of the curriculum are effective in achieving targeted outcomes. Successful Coparenting After Divorce (https://coparenting.fsu.edu) is a free online divorce education course that focuses on issues such as the …
What Do EMS Professionals Know about Human Trafficking? An Exploratory Study
Introduction: Human trafficking has gained attention as a major human rights concern, yet little is known about the awareness of human trafficking among Emergency Medical Services (EMS) professionals. This is a significant concern; EMS professionals may be uniquely equipped to intervene with victims of trafficking. To address this gap, this study assessed the familiarity with and attitudes about trafficking in EMS professionals.Methods: An anonym…
Law Enforcement Officers’ Knowledge, Attitudes, Self-Efficacy, and Use of Suicide Intervention Behaviors
Objective: Given the high frequency with which law enforcement officers (LEOs) encounter people challenged by mental health issues, including those at risk for suicide, this paper addresses the need to understand officers’ use of suicide-prevention strategies in the community and factors that might impact those prevention activities. Method: A nonrandom sample of 476 LEOs completed a series of anonymous online surveys measuring their experiences …
Online Virtual Supervised Visitation During the Covid ‐19 Pandemic: One State's Experience
This paper describes how supervised visitation programs in Florida rapidly transitioned from in‐person supervised visits to virtual, online visits during the COVID‐19 pandemic to protect the health of families and staff. Structured telephonic interviews and an online survey revealed that although most program directors had not previously developed guiding policies or hosted such visits, within weeks they were providing hundreds of online “virtual…
Treat them like a person”: An exploration of behavioral health emergencies and stigma in the emergency medical services
Long‐reaching impacts of childhood trauma: A person‐centered approach to understanding parents participating in divorce education
Psychology (10 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Criminology (5 works) · Medical emergency (5 works) · Poison control (5 works) · Suicide prevention (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works)