She earned her Ph.D. from Washington State University. She specializes in victimology and specifically, violence against women, sexual assault and intimate partner violence. Her work also concentrates on gender and justice issues. Her current research has appeared or is forthcoming in Criminal Justice and Behavior, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Violence Against Women, Journal of Criminal Justice, and Feminist Criminology. Franklin recently received the inaugural New Scholar Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Science's Victimology section at the Association's 2012 annual meeting in New York. Her most recent research has examined intimate partner violence and sexual assault and victimization.