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SOCIOL 4510: Gender, Crime and the Criminal Justice System

Spring 2022 Calendar

This course is meets
Wednesdays and Fridays 2:20pm - 3:30pm EST
http://osu.instructure.com

This is a tentative reading list for the course.
Assignments are due on Friday nights at Midnight for the week in which they are assigned.
There is a two day grace period for late assignments. After that, there is a 20% late penalty per day.

Week 1

Introduction to Gender and Crime

Textbook, Chapter 1
FBI's UCR for 2019
BJS's NCVS Crime Victimization Report for 2019
Burgess-Proctor, Amanda. (2006). "Intersections of Race, Class, Gender, and Crime." Feminist Criminology. 1(1):27-47.

Week 2

Theories of Victimization

Textbook, Chapter 2
The National Center for Victims of Crime Website
The National Resource Center for Reaching Victims Website
Sutton TE, Simons LG. "A Longitudinal Test of a Feminist Pathways Model Among Black Youth: Incorporating Racial Discrimination and School Difficulties." Feminist Criminology. 2021;16(1):26-46.
Rogers, Sarah A. & Baker A. Rogers (2021) "Trans men’s pathways to incarceration." Sociological Spectrum, 41:1, 115-134
Homework 1

Week 3

Rape and Sexual Assault

Textbook, Chapter 3
Bieneck, S., & Krahe, B. (2011). "Blaming the victim and exonerating the perpetrator in cases of rape and robbery: Is there a double standard?" Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26, 1785–1797.
"Blaming the Victim"
"Threat vs. Risk"
RAINN Website
National Sexual Violence Resource Center Website

Week 4

Intimate Partner Abuse and Stalking

Textbook, Chapter 4
Hoppe et al. 2020. "Mandatory arrest for domestic violence and repeat offending: A meta-analysis." Aggression and Violent Behavior, 53:101430.
Justin Nix & Tara N. Richards (2021) "The immediate and long-term effects of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders on domestic violence calls for service across six U.S. jurisdictions." Police Practice and Research, 22:4, 1443-1451.
Sarah M. Peitzmeier et al. “Intimate Partner Violence in Transgender Populations: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Prevalence and Correlates.” American Journal of Public Health 110, no. 9 (September 1, 2020): pp. e1-e14.
Homework 2 - IPV

Week 5

Review and prepare for the first exam

Exam 1: Introduction, Chapters 1 - 4

Week 6

International Issues

Textbook, Chapter 5
US State Department - Trafficking in Persons Report
Polaris Project Website

Week 7

Women, Gender, and Offending

Textbook, Chapter 6
Sutton, Tara. 2017. "The Lives of Female Gang Members." Aggression and Violent Behavior. 37:142-152.
Belknap, Joanne and Kristi Holsinger. 2006. "The Gendered Nature of Risk Factors for Delinquency." Feminist Criminology. 1(1):48-71.
Homework 3 - Female Offending

Week 8

Girls, Gender, and Juvenile Delinquency

Textbook, Chapter 7
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Website
From Juvenile Delinquency to Young Adult Offending - National Institute of Justice
Practice Profile: Juvenile Awareness Programs (Scared Straight) - crimesolutions.gov

Week 9

Female Offenders and their Crimes

Textbook, Chapter 8
Estrada, Felipe, Anders Nilsson, and Olaf Backman. 2017. "The gender gap in crime is decreasing, but who's growing equal to whom?" Sociologisk Forskning. 54(4):359-363.
Coy, Maddy, Cherry Smiley, and Meagan Tyler. 2019. "Challenging the 'Prostitution Problem': Dissenting Voices, Sex Buyers, and the Myth of Neutrality in Prostitution Research. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 48:1931-1935
Video - The Andrea Yates Case: Insanity on Trial
Homework 4: Female Offenders

Spring Break

Week 11

Review and prepare for the second exam.

Exam 2: Chapters 5 - 8

Week 12

Processing and Sentencing of Female Offenders

Textbook, Chapter 9
Steffensmeier, Darrell, Noah Painter-Davis, and Jeffrey Ulmer. 2016. "Intersectionality of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Age on Criminal Punishment." Sociological Perspectives. 60(4):1-24.
BJS Report: Prisoners in 2020

Week 13

The Supervision of Women: Community Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry

Textbook, Chapter 10
Scroggins, Jennifer R. and Sara Malley. 2010. "Reentry and the (Unmet) Needs of Women." Journal of Offender Rehabilitation. 49(2):146-163.
Ohio's Risk Assessment Tools
PATTERN Risk Assessment Tool
Homework 5 - Community Corrections

Week 14

The Supervision of Women: Corrections

Textbook, Chapter 11
Maya Manian. 2020. "Immigration Detention and Coerced Sterilization: History Tragically Repeats Itself" ACLU News. Access here.
APA Statement: "End the Use of Restraints on Incarcerated Women and Adolescents during Pregnancy, Labor, Childbirth, and Recovery." Access here.

Week 15

Police, Corrections, and Offender Services

Text, Chapter 12
Alecci, Scilla and George Steptoe. 2016. "Dangers for Female Prison Guards." The New York Times Video. Access here.
Media Exercise

Week 16

Courts and Victim Services

Text, Chapter 13
Liebenberg, Roberta and Stephanie A. Scharf. 2019. "Walking Out the Door: The Facts, Figures, and Future of Experienced Women Lawyers in Private Practice." American Bar Association.
Demography of Article III Juges, 1789-2020. Access here.
Justices of the Supreme Court. Access here.

Finals Week

Review and prepare for the third exam.