Teaching about gender, race, social class and sexuality in criminal justice and criminology classrooms can be challenging. Professors may face resistance when they ask students to examine how gender impacts victimization, how race affects interactions with the police, how socioeconomic status shapes experiences in court or how sexuality influences treatment in the criminal justice system. "Teaching Criminology at the Intersection "is an instructional guide to support faculty as they navigate teaching these topics.

Bringing together the experience and knowledge of expert scholars, this book provides time-strapped academics with an accessible how-to guide for the classroom, where the dynamics and discrimination of gender, race, class and sexuality demographics intersect and permeate criminal justice concerns. In the book, the authors of each chapter discuss how they teach a particular contemporary criminal justice issue and provide their suggestions for best practice, while grounding their ideas in pedagogical theory. Chapters end with a toolkit of recommended activities, assignments, films, readings or websites.

As a teaching handbook, "Teaching Criminology at the Intersection" is appropriate reading for graduate level criminology, criminal justice and women s and gender studies teaching instruction courses and as background reading and reference for instructors in these disciplines.
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Teaching about gender, race, social class and sexuality in criminal justice and criminology classrooms can be challenging. Professors may face resistance when they ask students to examine how gender impacts victimization, how race affects interactions with the police, how socioeconomic status shapes experiences in court or how sexuality influences treatment in the criminal justice system. "Teaching Criminology at the Intersection "is an instructional guide to support faculty as they navigate teaching these topics.

Bringing together the experience and knowledge of expert scholars, this book provides time-strapped academics with an accessible how-to guide for the classroom, where the dynamics and discrimination of gender, race, class and sexuality demographics intersect and permeate criminal justice concerns. In the book, the authors of each chapter discuss how they teach a particular contemporary criminal justice issue and provide their suggestions for best practice, while grounding their ideas in pedagogical theory. Chapters end with a toolkit of recommended activities, assignments, films, readings or websites.

As a teaching handbook, "Teaching Criminology at the Intersection" is appropriate reading for graduate level criminology, criminal justice and women s and gender studies teaching instruction courses and as background reading and reference for instructors in these disciplines.
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This study aims to identify the foundations and reasons behind sexual risk-taking behaviour resulting in unintended pregnancies, among adolescents in Cagayan de Oro City in the Philippines. This study applies the methodology of social constructionism because it submits that sexual behaviour must be understood within historical, social, economic, political, and cultural contexts. This study employs a qualitative method as it facilitates a thorough exploration of the topic and allows a deep understanding of complex issues. It presents the results of open-ended in-depth interviews conducted with 14 adolescent girls aged 15-22, selected using the snowball method. Primary as well as secondary data serve as the basis for a discussion in response to the stated research questions. A number of reasons are put forward to explain the underlying factors behind adolescent sexual risk-taking behaviour. Among these factors, which alternatively offered protection and increased risk, are the following: the Catholic Church's strong influence in shaping attitudes among Filipinos, severe lack of knowledge in sexual and reproductive health, ambitions, strong family ties, and pro-life sentiments.