Faculty Directory
Victor Petreca
Assistant Professor
Victor Petreca
Ph.D., D.N.P., PMHNP-BC, CNP
Contact
Maloney Hall 378B
Telephone: 617-552-0194
Email: victor.petreca@bc.edu
Education
- B.S., Eastern Michigan University
- B.S.N., MGH Institute of Health Professions
- M.S.N., MGH Institute of Health Professions
- D.N.P., University of Massachusetts, Boston
- Ph.D., Boston College Connell School of Nursing
Research Interests
Correctional healthcare, forensics, character pathology
Expertise
- Mental Health
- Health Equity Minority Health
- Forensics
A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO JAIL DIVERSION
Selected Publications
- *Petreca, V.G., Barros, J.T., Popp, A., Burgess, A.A., Harding, S.L. (2025). Keeping Crisis from Becoming an Emergency: Predictors of ED Diversion in Police-Led Behavioral Health Responses. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 55, 151860. DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2025.151860
- *Petreca, V.G., Tzani-Pepelasis, K., Ioannou, M., Siggery, A., McBride, L., Barros, E. Burgess, A.W. (2025). The Grip of Crime: A Typology of Strangulation and Asphyxiation in Homicide Cases. Journal of Forensic Science. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.70021
- Petreca, V. G., Burgess, A. A., Barros, J. T., Wise, J., & Burgess, A. W. (2024). Analyzing Violent Attacker Texts: Examining Ideologies through Machine Learning-Assisted Topic Modeling. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, 1–18. DOI: 10.1080/19434472.2024.2415359
- Burgess, A. W., Petreca, V., Brucato, G., Hoblock, C., Mars, M., Lamade, R. V., & Dowdell, E. B. (2024). Murdered Elder Indigenous Women and Legal Outcomes. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1177/08862605241280084
- Petreca, V. G., Dowdell, E., Harding, S., Mars, M., Pudvah, E., Jeune, J., & Burgess, A. W. (2024). Murdered Indigenous Women: A Comparison Study of Victim and Perpetrator Patterns and Characteristics. Journal of Forensic Nursing, 20(3), 174–184. DOI: 10.1097/JFN.0000000000000481
- Petreca, V. G., & Patch, M. (2024). Homicidal Strangulation: An Integrative Review of Perpetrator Characteristics. Victims & Offenders, 1–21. DOI: 10.1080/15564886.2024.2396616
- Ellis, K., Harding, S. L., & Petreca, V. G. (2024). Psychiatric Deprescribing: Case Studies and Clinical Implications in Forensics. Journal of the Academy of Forensic Nursing, 2(2), 54–64. DOI: 10.29173/jafn795
- Petreca, V. G., Flanagan, J. M., Lyons, K. S., & Burgess, A. W. (2024). The Reintegration of Men into Society after a Sexual Offense: An Hermeneutic Phenomenology Study. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 45(5), 453–467. DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2024.2322008
- Petreca, V. G., Burgess, A. A., Wise, J., & Burgess, A. W. (2024). Using Machine Learning and Topic Modeling to Examine Manifestos of Violent Attackers. The Journal of Threat Assessment and Management. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1037/tam0000232
- Petreca, V. G., Burgess, A. W., & Jarvis, K. (2023). Manual and Instrument Asphyxiation/Strangulation: Examining Perpetrator and Victim Characteristics. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 98, 102575. DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2023.102575
- Petreca, V. G., Barros, J., Hoblock, C., & Burgess, A. W. (2024). The Nurse-Police Assistance Crisis Team (N-PACT): A New Role for Nursing. Journal of Advanced Nursing. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1111/jan.16056
- Petreca, V. G., & Burgess, A. W. (2024). Long-Term Psychological and Physiological Effects of Male Sexual Trauma. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 52(1), 1–10. DOI: 10.29158/JAAPL.230076-23
- Petreca, V. G., Brucato, G., Burgess, A. W., Flores, J., & Leary, T. (2022). Female Murderers Who Mutilate or Dismember Their Victims: An Exploration of Patterns and Sex Differences. Journal of Forensic Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.15136