Hello Fellow DWC Members,
Below is the collected news from a variety of DWC members, showing what an amazing organization we have! Please keep sending updates to tricha11@gmail.com.
Best Regards,
Tara Richards
Erin Kerrison has finished her PhD in Criminology from the University of Delaware’s Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice and has recently accepted a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Criminology at the University of Pennsylvania. What great news!
Elaina Behounek was awarded a NAACP Outstanding Female award for her service in 2013-2014. Congrats, Elaina!
Walter DeKeseredy received the Critical Criminal Justice Scholar award from ACJS. Congratulations on such a prestigious honor!
Several DWC members have new books to announce:
Tara Richards has a new edited volume, Sexual Victimization: Then and Now available from Sage. Check it out here.
Andrea Leverentz’s book The Ex-Prisoner¹s Dilemma: How Women Negotiate Competing Narratives of Reentry and Desistance was just released (Rutgers UP, Critical Issues in Crime and Society series). Check it out here.
Susan Caringella, Kate Luther, and Rebecca Hayes have recently finished an edited book Teaching Criminology at the Intersection: A How-To Guide for Teaching About Gender, Race, Class, and Sexuality. The book is available for pre-order here.
Natalie Sokoloff has two recent reports available on her website, www.natalie.sokoloff.wordpress.com, College Programs in Prison and Upon Reentry–A Review of the Literature and Systemic Barriers to Higher Education: How Colleges Respond to Applicants with Criminal Records in Maryland.
Several DWCers also have new articles and book chapters coming out:
Gathings, M.J. and Kylie Parrotta. 2013. “The Use of Gendered Narratives in the Courtroom: Constructing an Identity Worthy of Leniency.” Journal of Contemporary Ethnography. 42(6), 668-689.
Wattanaporn, Katelyn A., and Kristy Holtfreter (in press). “The Impact of Feminist Pathways Research on Gender Responsive Policy and Practice.” Feminist Criminology.
Holtfreter, Kristy, and Katelyn A. Wattanaporn (2014). “The Transition from Prison to Community Initiative: An Evaluation of Gender Responsiveness for Female Offender Reentry.” Criminal Justice & Behavior, 41(1), 41-57.
Holtfreter, Kristy (2013).” Gender and ‘Other People’s Money’: An Analysis of White-Collar Offender Sentencing.” Women & Criminal Justice, 23(4), 326-344.
Rennison, C.M., DeKeseredy, W.S., & Dragiewicz, M. (2013). “Intimate Relationship Status Variations in Violence Against Women: Urban, Suburban, and Rural Differences.” Violence Against Women. DOI: 10.1177/1077801213514487.
DeKeseredy, W.S. (in press). “Thinking Critically about Campus-Based Self-Defense Programs: A Response to Christine Gidycz.” Trauma, Violence, & Abuse.
DeKeseredy, W.S. (2014). “Separation/Divorce Sexual Assault.” In L. McOrmond Plummer, P. Eastseal, & J.Y. Levy-Peck (Eds.), Intimate Partner Sexual Violence: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Survivor Support and System Change (pp. 65-75). London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
DeKeseredy, W.S. (2014). “Women are More than Victims: Gender, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System.” In R. Hayes & K. Luther (eds.), TTeaching Criminology at the Intersection: A How-To Guide for Teaching About Gender, Race, Class, and Sexuality. London: Routledge.