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“She Should be Smart Enough To Know, Hey, These Things Can Happen”: Identifying Men’s Perceptions, Attitudes and Beliefs About Sexual Aggression Toward Women in Drinking Venues and The Implications for Prevention Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Kathryn Graham, Sharon Bernards, Antonia Abbey, Victoria Banyard, Peter D. Donnelly, Tara M. Dumas, Sarah McMahon, Charlene Senn, Kevin M. Swartout, AnnaLise Trudell, Samantha Wells
Sexual aggression (SA) by men toward women, including harassment and unwanted sexual touching, is ubiquitous in drinking venues. Focus groups with 38 male volunteers aged 19-26 were used to articulate men’s perceptions, attitudes, and beliefs (PABs) related to SA in drinking venues for future development of a comprehensive questionnaire. Three cross-cutting themes relevant to prevention emerged from
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Deployment of Digital Devices in Prisons in New South Wales in Australia: Exploring the Benefits, Challenges, and Opportunities for Incarcerated Women Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Gabriela Franich, Marietta Martinovic
Women in prison experience a double digital divide, due to gendered discrimination and carceral isolation. We focus on a recent policy change in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, whereby digital devices were provided to incarcerated people. This policy change is considered in light of women’s trauma histories and the importance of community and family connection. We respond to themes presented at the
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“Your Hands are Tied, Literally:” Mothers Navigating Relationships With Their Children While System-Involved Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Breanna Boppre
This study examines mothers’ experiences and relationships with their children while incarcerated and under community supervision. Semi-structured interviews and focus groups were conducted with 16 mothers/primary caregivers under community supervision in a Pacific Northwestern state. The findings highlight the complex realities mothers face at the intersections of the criminal legal and child welfare
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Framed as (Un)Victims of Sexual Violence: An Intersectional Model Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Patricia S. Wallace, Kirk Miller, Kristen Myers, Cornelius Ingram, Taylor Civilus
This study presents an intersectional analysis of beliefs about and experiences of Black women regarding sexual violence, using focus group and survey methods with BIPOC college students ( N = 37). Based on the analysis, we propose a theoretical model of “(un)victimization” that integrates two inequality frames – misogynoir and legal cynicism – applied to sexual assault. Specifically, this model explains
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A First Step in Understanding Influences on System-Involved Women’s Changes in Financial Need Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2023-05-11 Kaelyn Sanders, Kayla Hoskins, Merry Morash
Financial need strongly predicts women’s recidivism. However, little is known about influences on change in system-involved women’s financial need. Qualitative data from women with significant incr...
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“I Think It’s Still a Male-Dominated World”: Detachment Services Assistants’ Perceptions and Experiences of a Gendered Police Organization Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2023-01-19 Mark Norman, Rosemary Ricciardelli
Police organizations, typically considered masculine paramilitary organizations, are employing increasing numbers of women in non-sworn roles. We investigate the experiences and perceptions of a sp...
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Working Together? Gendered Barriers to Employment and Desistance From Harm Amongst Criminalised English Women Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2023-01-13 Úna Barr
Drawing on narrative interviews with 16 criminalized women and a year of observation at English Women’s Centers, this study explores the women’s qualitative experiences of employment and volunteeri...
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Post-Sexual Assault Decision Making: Centering Black Women’s Experiences Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2023-01-09 Shamika M. Kelley
Existing research has identified various reasons most sexual assault victims do not seek help. There remains a need, however, to highlight Black women’s experiences to better understand and adequat...
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Internationalization, Inclusion, Integrity, and Impact: Reflections on the 2018–2022 Editorial Term* Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2022-09-09 Kristy Holtfreter, Susan F. Sharp, Leslie Gordon Simons, Xia Wang, Patricia Y. Warren, Emily M. Wright
With the last issue of 2022 (December) now in production, the current editorial leadership team concludes our term having accomplished the majority of goals outlined for the journal in the 2017 application for editorship (Holtfreter, 2018). In this final editorial introduction, we reflect on Feminist Criminology’s position as a leading journal on gender and crime, with a special focus on the key milestones
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“The Second Sentencing”: A Qualitative Exploration of Women Going Up for Parole Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2022-08-28 Kaelyn Sanders
Most prior studies of parole hearings focus on the parole board members’ vantage point rather than the parole-seeking individual. When parole-seeking individuals’ experiences are explored, the rese...
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Is the School-To-Prison Pipeline Just for Boys? The Effect of School Punishment Across Gender Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2022-08-03 Racheal Pesta
Boys are overrepresented in school punishment, dropout, and delinquency setting them on a path towards criminal offending. There is limited research on the effect of school punishment among females...
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Gender-Responsive Needs and Vulnerabilities Among Incarcerated Mothers in Japan: Comparisons With Non-Mothers and Fathers Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2022-07-08 Ayako Sasaki, Akemi Mochizuki, Daiki Yoshihara
This study examined the gender-responsive needs and vulnerabilities associated with motherhood among the incarcerated population in Japan. Upon analyzing data of a national survey of the incarcerat...
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Re-Conceptualizing Success: Investigating Specialized Units Responses to the Sexual Trafficking of Female Victim-Survivors Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2022-07-08 Dale Ballucci, Felicia Stathakis
This paper explores police officers’ experiences working in a specialized human trafficking unit in Canada to identify challenges, strategies, and responses to working with victim-survivors. Analyz...
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Individuals With Mental Illnesses on Probation: The Intersection of Trauma, Race, and Gender Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2022-07-07 Ashley Givens, Andrea Murray-Lichtman, Tonya B. Van Deinse, MacKenzie Dallenbach, Mariah Cowell Mercier, Evan M. Lowder, Gary S. Cuddeback
Little research exists about PTSD and traumatic experiences among justice-involved individuals with mental illnesses and how those experiences differ by race and gender. We examined traumatic exper...
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“Terrifying and Exhausting”: Secondary Victimization in Title IX Proceedings at U.S. Higher Education Institutions Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2022-07-01 Amelia Roskin-Frazee
Students at United States colleges and universities increasingly turn to campus Title IX processes to address sexual violence, but little research exists on the emotional fallout of Title IX proces...
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A Developmental Perspective on Girls’ Delinquency: Testing the Family Stress Model Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2022-05-27 Leslie Gordon Simons, Alyssa L. Brown
Although there has been an increased focus on identifying causes of delinquency among girls, this is still a relatively understudied area of research, particularly among young women of color and th...
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The Effects of the Fair Sentencing Act 2010 on Sentencing Outcomes for Females Convicted of Cocaine Offenses Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2022-05-22 Makeela J. Wells
Initiatives have been implemented to reduce the federal sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine offenses. The current study investigated the impact of the Fair Sentencing Act 2010 (FS...
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Redefining Motherhood: How Formerly Incarcerated Black Mothers Frame Mothering Choices Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2022-05-11 Erica Banks
Black mothers have never fit the hegemonic white standard of motherhood. The bad mother narrative has been superimposed on Black women through controlling images. Through in-depth interviews with formerly incarcerated Black mothers, I demonstrate how formerly incarcerated Black women invert controlling images through how they frame their mothering choices. Their reframing of their mothering choices
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Perceptions of Police Among Kenyan Female Immigrants in the United States Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2022-05-12 Joselyne L. Chenane, Melissa S. Morabito, Teresa Irene Gonzales
We explored how highly educated and middle-class Kenyan female immigrants perceive their encounters with the police in the United States, including the decision to access the criminal justice syste...
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Gender, Police Culture, and Structured Ambivalence: Navigating ‘Fit' with the Brotherhood, Boys’ Club, and Sisterhood Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2022-05-03 Carrie B. Sanders, Julie Gouweloos, Debra Langan
Women are increasingly represented in policing; however, inclusion alone will not eradicate existing structural and cultural barriers to meaningful change. Insights from interviews with ninety-one Canadian women police of varied rank and tenure, demonstrate women’s experiences of structured ambivalence as they strategically deploy and resist gendered policing narratives of the Brotherhood, Boys’ Club
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Title IX and Yellow Zone Behavior: An Introduction to the Special Issue Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2022-03-27 Tara N. Richards, Callie Marie Rennison
Robust research focuses on the prevalence and consequences of gender-based violence (i.e., sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020) at institutions of higher education (IHEs) or sexual misconduct in university speak. More recently, scholars have turned their attention to examining the role of Title IX in addressing
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Reinvestigating the Sexual Violence “Justice Gap” in the Swedish Criminal Justice System: Victim-Centered Alternatives to the Criminal Trial Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2022-02-24 Caitlin P. Carroll
The high rate of attrition in the processing of sexual violence cases within the criminal justice system has been framed as a “justice gap,” an institutional failure to get justice for victim-survivors. In this article, I analyze the processing of rape cases in the Swedish criminal justice system, one with a particularly high attrition rate. Drawing upon interviews with criminal justice professionals
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Campus Sexual Harassment, Other Violence, and Racism, Oh my! Evidence From Black Women Undergraduates for a Culturally Competent University Approach to Title IX Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2022-01-31 Jennifer M. Gómez
Relevant for Title IX federal legislation, the purpose of the current study is to examine cultural betrayal (within-group perpetrator) and sexual harassment (SH) with other violence and racial discrimination on Black women undergraduates’ mental health. In a 60-minute online study (N = 162), over 50% experienced campus SH and other violence and/or racial discrimination, with multi-victimization being
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The Benefits and Supervisory Styles of Women Police Leaders Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2022-01-30 Blake Beaton, Natalie Todak, John A. Shjarback
While research has identified four main police supervisory styles, it is unclear whether the framework accurately represents the supervisory styles of women. We explored the benefits of promoting women in policing and examined their supervisory styles, drawing on interviews with 38 ranking women. Participants attributed three benefits to promoting women – diversity, people-orientation, and conscientiousness
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“I’m Going to be Successful Someday”: Women’s Personal Projects to Improve Their Lives, and Implications for Clarifying the Nature of Agency in Criminological Theories of Desistance Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2022-01-06 Kayla M. Hoskins
Women’s agency to construct prosocial lives remains understudied in criminology. This qualitative inquiry explores the nature and outcomes of women’s personal projects, which reflect their agency. In up to five interviews, 401 women on probation and parole explained efforts to improve their lives. Psychological theory on personal projects guided analysis that revealed information on project meaning
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Can Respectful Employees Create Equitable Institutions? Promoting a Culture of Respect in the Higher Education Workplace Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-12-30 Francine Banner, Lisa Martin, Pamela Aronson, Grace Bradley, Islam Jaffal, Maureen Linker
This paper describes challenges to changing the culture around yellow zone sexual harassment in the higher education workplace. The yellow zone comprises harassment that is often undetected or misunderstood but nonetheless is harmful. Based on a random sample, we surveyed 4554 staff and faculty at a large Midwestern university after they completed a mandatory online training module, assessing perceptions
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Did They Move on? An Outcome Evaluation of the Gender-Responsive Program, Girls...Moving On Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-12-29 Linsey A. Belisle, Emily J. Salisbury, Jaclyn Keen
The current study is an outcome evaluation of the gender-responsive program, Girls...Moving On (GMO). Outcomes for treatment (n = 135) and control group (n = 135) participants reflected mixed findings, with no significant reductions in recidivism, which may have been due to problems with implementation. Nevertheless, girls who completed the program had significantly larger reductions in risk scores
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Campus Sexual Violence and Title IX: What is the Role of Restorative Justice Now? Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-12-28 Shauntey James, Melanie D. Hetzel-Riggin
Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) have used restorative justice (RJ) to address sexual misconduct on college campuses under Title IX. In 2020, Title IX guidance was codified. The application of RJ under the new policy may create procedural and distributive justice issues. This article (1) defines the new policy; (2) explores suitability of RJ to sexual misconduct and specifically yellow zone
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Women in Power? Examining Gender and Promotion in Policing Through an Organizational Perspective Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-12-24 Kellie D. Alexander, Jeffrey S. Nowacki
Women bring important strengths to the field of policing, such as communication skills, the ability to lead teams, as well as the ability to coach and nurture subordinates. Despite these contributions, the rate of women entering policing has stagnated in recent years, and the percentage of women in supervisory, command, and leadership positions remains low. To explain this, we use an organizational
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Sexual Harassment of Students at Institutions of Higher Education: Variations in Students’ Experiences, Knowledge, and Perceptions Across Institutions Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-12-23 L. B. Klein, Marie C. D. Stoner, Nivedita L. Bhushan, Grace E. Mulholland, Bonnie S. Fisher, Lawrence L. Kupper, Ishrat Z. Alam, Sandra L. Martin
Attention to sexual misconduct has focused on acquaintance rape, leaving a need for research on less highly recognizable forms of harm. We estimated institution of higher education (IHE)-specific prevalence of yellow zone sexual harassment (SH) among students at 27 IHEs. We then examined SH and perceived risk of sexual assault/misconduct, knowledge regarding policies/resources, and perceptions of sexual
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A Test of General Strain Theory: Explaining Intimate Partner Violence and Alcohol Use Among Black Women Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-12-22 Megan E. Steele, Tara E. Sutton, Alyssa Brown, Leslie G. Simons, Patricia Y. Warren
Using a sample of 291 Black women and a longitudinal study, we explore how general strain theory can broaden our understanding of Black women’s alcohol use and intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration. Results demonstrated that racial discrimination, past IPV and sexual victimization, and family member’s victimization heightened depression, which increased heavy alcohol use. Discrimination and
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A Comparison of Women’s Motivations to Enter the Police Profession in the Caribbean Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-12-14 Wendell C. Wallace, Malisa Neptune-Figaro
Absent from the criminological literature on policing in the Caribbean are studies on female’s motivations to become police officers, studies using female police recruits and studies using a comparative approach. As a result of this gap, data were gathered from female police recruits in Jamaica (N = 37) and Trinidad and Tobago (N = 60) in July 2017 via a standardised, self-administered questionnaire
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Severe and Pervasive? Consequences of Sexual Harassment for Graduate Students and their Title IX Report Outcomes Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-12-13 Allison E. Cipriano, Kathryn J. Holland, Nicole Bedera, Sarah R. Eagan, Alex S. Diede
Sexual harassment of graduate students is prevalent, yet little is known about their experiences reporting sexual harassment to their university. We conducted interviews with 32 graduate students who reported sexual harassment to Title IX to understand how survivors’ experiences of harassment align with report outcomes. Nearly all participants experienced severe, education-limiting consequences of
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A Campus Adaptive Resolution Model Targeted at Yellow-Zone Behavior (Cultural Breaches) Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-11-05 Nélia Viveiros, Theodosia Cook, Callie Marie Rennison
The usual campus responses to identity-based discrimination (gender, race, ethnicity, and pregnancy, for example) fail in addressing less severe forms of identity-based discrimination by mimicking adversarial processes found in the criminal justice system, focusing on formal investigation processes to address alleged violations. We advance a model that repairs yellow-zone behavior (cultural breaches)
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The Motherhood Penalty—Understanding the Gendered Role of Motherhood in the Life Histories of Incarcerated South African Women Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-10-25 Bianca R. Parry
The number of incarcerated women in South Africa has steadily increased over the last decade. However, as a minority in the carceral population of the country, their narratives are underrepresented. An emergent body of feminist, gender responsive research has found that motherhood is central to the narratives of incarcerated women. This study endeavored to document the life histories of 17 women who
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“Terrified of a System I Didn’t Understand”: Reporting Staff Sexual Misconduct Against Women on Parole Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-10-12 Kathleen Darcy, Gina Fedock, Sheryl Pimlott Kubiak
Incarcerated women experience staff-perpetrated sexual victimization at high rates, yet limited research exists regarding women’s experiences of this victimization while on probation and parole, particularly regarding their formal reporting decisions. This qualitative study explored the formal reporting decisions for 10 women who experienced staff-perpetrated sexual victimization while on parole. Women
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Challenges to Reintegration: A Qualitative Intrinsic Case-Study of Convicted Female Sex Traffickers Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-10-12 Debra A. Love, Annie I. Fukushima, Tiana N. Rogers, Ethan Petersen, Ellen Brooks, Charles R. Rogers
Limited research focuses on the nature of the lived experiences of women engaged in sex trafficking. This study employed qualitative methods of in-depth structured interviews with 10 convicted sex traffickers (ages 24–56; 100% identifying as female). Participants’ lived experiences revealed circumstances that led them to trafficking, specific needs, and the stigmatization they faced after exiting economies
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A Structural Equation Model of Depression Risk in Young Women With a History of Child Sexual Abuse Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-10-08 David Cantón-Cortés, María Rosario Cortés, José Cantón
This study aimed to propose and empirically test a model of the role of beliefs and emotions, self-destructive coping, and anxious attachment in the etiology of depression among a sample of 217 female survivors of child sexual abuse. The structural equation model showed a direct path from feelings of betrayal, self-destructive coping, and major anxious attachment to depression. The model also showed
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Editorial: An Introduction to Commentary at Feminist Criminology Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-10-06 Kristy Holtfreter, Susan F. Sharp, Leslie Gordon Simons, Xia Wang, Patricia Y. Warren, Emily M. Wright
This issue includes the first set of comments published by Feminist Criminology (FC).
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“If It’s Not Femicide, It’s Still Murder”: Contestations Over Femicide in Nicaragua Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-08-26 Pamela Neumann
Nicaragua has the dubious distinction of being one of the only countries in the world that has intentionally weakened its existing legislation penalizing the crime of femicide (femicidio), the murder of women due to their gender. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and content analysis of over 250 newspaper articles, this study examines how these legal changes occurred and their implications for women’s
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Building a Holistic Typology to Inform Service Delivery for Women on Community Supervision Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-08-10 Kayla A. Wanamaker, Shelley L. Brown
This study examines how risk and strength factors inform treatment typologies over time and how these typologies relate to reoffending outcomes for 1,684 women on community supervision in Alberta, Canada. Latent transition analysis was conducted using three assessment timepoints. Three profiles consistently emerged across timepoints: a Low need/low strength profile, a Low need/high strength profile
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Experiencing Shame: How Does Gender Affect the Interpersonal Dynamics of Restorative Justice? Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-08-10 Heather L. Scheuerman, Shelley Keith
Although reintegrative shaming theory suggests that, in comparison to males, females are more interdependent and thus susceptible to reintegrative rather than disintegrative shaming, it is unclear how gender affects the type of shame experienced when considering interpersonal dynamics within restorative justice conferences. The involvement of the community within these conferences may affect how offenders
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Sexual Consent and Communication Among the Sexual Minoritized: The Role of Heteronormative Sex Education, Trauma, and Dual Identities Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-08-08 Brooke de Heer, Meredith Brown, Julianna Cheney
Prior research and the #MeToo movement have recognized the complexities of sexual consent and how it contributes to experiences of sexual violence. A heteronormative perspective often dominates discussions on sexual violence at the expense of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other sexual minoritized individuals’ (LGBTQ+) experiences. Utilizing focus groups with LGBTQ+ people to discuss
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[De]-Centering the Victim: Police Perceptions of Victims of Sexual Violence through a Comparative Lens of Evidence Collection and Processing Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-07-14 Deborah White, Lesley McMillan
Police are central to the statutory response to sexual violence, shaping the direction an investigation may take. Evidence provided by victims is also key to the processing of sexual assault cases. From a 2013 comparative qualitative study involving interviews with police officers in one province in Canada (n = 11) and one region in Scotland (n = 10) who investigate such cases, we discovered striking
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Femicide and Feminicide in Mexico: Patterns and Trends in Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Regions Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-07-08 Sonia M. Frías
The killing of women in Mexico has attracted both national and international attention. Many of these homicides are regarded as feminicides, which are defined as the misogynistic killing of women for reasons of gender rooted in ideological and structural gender inequalities. This study examines changes and continuities in female homicides and femicides from 2001 to 2017 in indigenous and non-indigenous
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Romantic (In)Justice: Criminal-Legal System-Impacted Black Women’s Romantic Relationship Status and Quality Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-06-02 Allison E. Monterrosa
This study of working class, heterosexual, criminal-legal system-impacted Black women described the women’s romantic histories and current romantic relationship statuses in terms of commitment, exclusivity, and perceived quality. Using intersectional research methods, qualitative interviews were conducted with 31 Black women between the ages of 18 and 65 years who were working class, resided in Southern
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Decolonizing VAWA 2021: A Step in the Right Direction for Protecting Native American Women Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-05-25 Sheena L. Gilbert, Emily M. Wright, Tara N. Richards
The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was hallmark legislation aimed at combating violence against women. While violence against women is a national issue that affects women of all race/ethnicities, it affects Native American women the most, as Native women experience the highest rates of violence. Violence against Native women is rooted in colonization because it decreases the power of tribal government
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The Link Between the SAMFE and Police Perceptions of Victim Credibility Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-04-24 Lilly Yu, Kelly Walsh, Janine M. Zweig
While research has documented the evidentiary significance of sexual assault medical forensic exams (SAMFEs) to case processing, there has been less focus on SAMFEs’ relevance to extralegal case characteristics. This study, through focus groups with police officers and prosecutors, illuminates the link between two important case processing factors: the SAMFE and perceptions of victim credibility. The
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“Where is the Safe Haven?” Transgender Women’s Experiences of Victimization and Help-Seeking across the Life Course Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-04-22 Jane Hereth
Transgender women report high rates of interpersonal victimization, including child abuse and maltreatment, intimate partner violence and sexual assault, and community and bias-related violence. Transgender individuals experience distinct barriers to help-seeking, including fear of discrimination, harassment, or violence by police, being outed as transgender by partners, and discrimination by social
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Examining the Disconnect in Youth Pathways and Court Responses: How Bias Invades Across Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Sexual Orientation Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-04-02 Laura L. Rubino, Valerie R. Anderson, Nicole C. McKenna
Understanding court-involved girls’ pathways has been an important area of inquiry among feminist criminologists, and is especially crucial through an intersectional lens. This research highlights the intersectional identities of youth in the system using qualitative interview data from a Midwestern juvenile court (n = 39). Modified analytic induction was used to develop assertions and examine perceived
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“I’m Wise to the Game”: How Inner-City Women Experience and Navigate Police Raids Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-04-02 Carolyn Greene, Marta-Marika Urbanik, Manzah-Kyentoh Yankey
Despite the plethora of research on inner-city policing, little is known about how women experience and make sense of involuntary police encounters. Based upon interviews with women who had their homes raided by police in Toronto’s inner-city, this paper explores how these marginalized women perceive, navigate, and resist normative gender expectations in their interactions with police officers during
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A Review of Feminist Scholarship on Domestic Violence and Innovative Pathways Forward: An Introduction to the Special Issue Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-04-01 Leslie Gordon Simons, Tara E. Sutton
Domestic violence continues to be a significant and global problem for women and girls (World Health Organization, 2017). This special issue is designed to highlight the excellent recent scholarship on domestic violence, with emphasis on work from the past decade, and to identify the substantial areas in which additional work is needed, especially for BIPOC and trans women as well as gender non-conforming
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Gender Identity and Trans Equality: Comment on Burt 2020 Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-04-01 Alyse Sherrick
Recently, Burt expressed concern that in allowing gender to supersede sex, The Equality Act will endanger ciswomen. Gender/sex identities, however, are not as simple as the sexual dimorphic structure Burt introduces. I argue that it is important to validate trans individuals’ identities and give trans women, in particular, access to women’s spaces to reduce the high rates of psychological stress and
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Are Women Opting Out? A Mixed Methods Study of Women Patrol Officers’ Promotional Aspirations Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-03-26 Natalie Todak, Lindsay Leban, Benjamin Hixon
Using national survey and interview data from women patrol officers in the United States, we assess whether women are underrepresented in the upper ranks of policing because they are self-selecting out of promotions. With only 42% of the survey sample reporting a desire to promote, we indeed find evidence that many policewomen are either delaying or forgoing promotions. The most common reason given
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Smashing Backdoors in and the Wandering Eye: An Introduction to Bartenders’ Experiences with Unwanted Sexual Attention while Working in the UK Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-03-20 James Frederick Green
Literature on unwanted sexual attention in the night-time economy has focused predominantly on patrons and ignores those who are employed in it. This paper draws on participant observations of, and interviews with, 10 current, and 5 former, bartenders’ engagement with unwanted behaviors at a public house. Data gathered will outline the common and infrequent forms of unwanted sexual attention and who
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How Do Gender, Sexuality, and Age Impact Perceptions of Teacher Sexual Misconduct? An Intersectional Vignette-Based Study Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-03-17 Kristan N. Russell, Kjerstin Gruys
In this study we investigate the intersecting impacts of perpetrators’ gender, sexuality, and age on perceptions of teacher sexual misconduct. When the teacher was a woman, respondents perceived the relationship to be less detrimental to the student, the student to be more mature and responsible, and the relationship as more acceptable. Heterosexual pairings were perceived as more acceptable than same-sex
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Mismatched Liberation Theory: A Comparative Method to Explain Increasing Female Crime Share in the United States Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-02-12 Ting Wang
In this paper, I propose a new theory that ascribes the increasing female crime share to unequal emancipatory advancement between women’s ideological aspirations and institutional means in modern times. Accordingly, it is proposed that an incommensurate pace in progression inflicts gender-specific deprivation on women, which increases their share of crime. The theory is tested with Uniform Crime Reporting
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Age Gradient in Women’s Crime: The Role of Welfare Reform Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-02-01 Hope Corman, Dhaval M. Dave, Nancy E. Reichman
We investigate how welfare reform in the U.S. in the 1990s shaped the age gradient in women’s property crime arrests. Using Federal Bureau of Investigation data, we investigated the age-patterning of effects of welfare reform on women’s arrests for property crime, the type of crime that welfare reform has been shown to affect. We found that welfare reform reduced women’s property crime arrests by about
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Coloniality of White Feminism and Its Transphobia: A Comment on Burt Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-01-29 Nishant Upadhyay
In this comment, I challenge Burt’s colonial epistemological framework in her theorizations of sex, gender, and transness. Drawing upon anti-racist, decolonial, and trans of color feminisms, I argue that transphobia is inherent to white feminisms due to its roots in colonialism. Heteropatriarchy and cisnormativity are products of colonialism, and feminists who espouse transphobic discourses invariably
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In Favor of the 2019 Equality Act: A Comment on Burt Feminist Criminology (IF 2.726) Pub Date : 2021-01-27 Susan Gluck Mezey
There are three reason why I disagree with the author’s premise that 2019 Equality Act disadvantages women by blurring the distinction between sex and gender identity. First, it ignores current legal theory and practice that sex discrimination encompasses gender identity discrimination in federal law; second, it has not made a sufficient case that the Act’s interpretation of sex would harm women; third