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Survivor Criminology: A Radical Act of Hope is a trauma-informed
approach to the study of crime and justice that stems from the
lived experiences of crime survivors. The chapters within this
volume explore our authors' who have each had close personal
encounters with violence and death, as well as institutionalized
oppressions based on racism, heterosexism, sexism, and poverty. As
scholars, professors, practitioners, and students in the field,
these lived experiences with crime and criminal justice have shaped
their research, teaching, and advocacy work. Their voices represent
experiences that are intersectional, mult-igenerational, global,
trauma-informed and resiliency focused. They are deliberately and
decidedly anti-racist, and their experiences acknowledge the harm
that has resulted from institutionalized and structural trauma.
Most importantly, their stories are grounded in their lived
experiences. This volume offers survivor criminology as a radical
act of hope. Our hope comes from the belief that a trauma-centered
approach to crime, justice, and healing provides the opportunity
for criminology to expand its theoretical and methodological roots.
We see this work as transformative for the discipline - for
students, scholars, members of the community, and policy-makers.
"Major Works in Criminology" offers more than a textbook. This
anthology provides the lower division, undergraduate student the
opportunity to experience some of the great criminological
readings. Most textbooks offer a glimpse of each individual theory,
while upper division and graduate level anthologies are broad in
their focus. "Major Works in Criminology" provides the reader the
fundamental works from both the classical and positivist paradigms,
while incorporating theoretical and applied readings. The student
is provided the opportunity to delve into the essentials in the
field firsthand.
"Major Works in Criminology":
- Introduces the undergraduate criminology student to the classic
works in the field of criminology.
- Provides the student with the original writings of the great
academics of our field.
- Fosters open debate about the positive and negative aspects of
each piece.
- Helps students understand very distinct criminological
paradigms.
- Promotes an appreciation for the academic minds that authored
these pieces.
Alissa Ackerman, Ph.D., is a full-time teaching faculty member at
the University of California, Merced, in the School of Social
Sciences, Humanities and Arts. She holds a doctorate in criminal
justice from The Graduate Center of the City University of New
York, John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Dr. Ackerman has been
involved in multiple studies related to sexual crimes and has
several publications related to registration and notification of
sexual offenders. Currently, she is a principal investigator of a
national level study assessing state offender registries and is a
regular contributor to the "Sex Offender Law Report." Dr. Ackerman
has taught several courses related to Criminal Justice and
Criminology.
In order to understand the motivations for and implications of
Hillary Clinton's historic run for the White House- and her
subsequent defeat-the authors explore sexism and gender bias in
U.S. political and social culture. While there is some indication
that overt sexism toward women in politics is declining, whether
this is true for women who run for the highest office in American
politics remains relatively unknown. Hillary Clinton's historic run
as the 2016 Democratic nominee, however, allows scholars and
journalists to contextualize decades of scholarship on sex, gender,
and the American presidency. In Sex and Gender in the 2016
Presidential Election, the authors, all experts on gender in
politics, analyze the nature of gender in public opinion, media
coverage, social media, and culture during the 2016 presidential
election. They assess whether conventional expectations and
theories hold up in today's sociopolitical climate. Moreover, they
consider how Clinton's foray into relatively uncharted territory
might redirect the political field-and its implications for women
with political ambitions-going forward. Analyzes original data such
as Twitter hashtags, exit polls, and other public opinion data Goes
beyond women-in-politics research to consider gender as a barrier
to political equality Describes the media's involvement in
perpetuating gender stereotypes Considers rape culture as an
important aspect of both the Trump campaign and the general
election
After 40 years of activists working to reduce sexual violence on
college campuses, in 2014, the new Campus Anti-Rape Movement (CARM)
finally put this issue on the national policy agenda. President
Barack Obama credited "an inspiring wave of student-led activism"
for catapulting campus rape into public consciousness. This book
positions the new CARM within a long history of anti-sexual
violence activism in the U.S. The authors describe the major events
of this new movement and how it coalesced. The authors also analyze
the new CARM through a social movement lens, and examine the role
of new laws and social media in facilitating movement successes.
The book argues that the new CARM laid the groundwork for the
emergence of #MeToo, the highest profile campaign against sexual
harassment/violence to date in U.S. history.
After 40 years of activists working to reduce sexual violence on
college campuses, in 2014, the new Campus Anti-Rape Movement (CARM)
finally put this issue on the national policy agenda. President
Barack Obama credited "an inspiring wave of student-led activism"
for catapulting campus rape into public consciousness. This book
positions the new CARM within a long history of anti-sexual
violence activism in the U.S. The authors describe the major events
of this new movement and how it coalesced. The authors also analyze
the new CARM through a social movement lens, and examine the role
of new laws and social media in facilitating movement successes.
The book argues that the new CARM laid the groundwork for the
emergence of #MeToo, the highest profile campaign against sexual
harassment/violence to date in U.S. history.
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