CJ/WS425: Gender, Sexuality, Crime & Justice

This page lists the readings for the semester. Students should refer to the syllabus on D2L for detailed grading and due date information.

Week #1: Introduction

• VIDEO: Why Intersectionality Matters
• READINGS:
  • I am not your ‘inmate’: Lawrence Bartley
  • Person-first language is not enough: TaLisa J. Carter
  • How to end the criminalization of American’s Mothers: Sarah Jaffe, Mariame Kaba, Randy Albelda and Kathleen Geier

Week #2: Intersecting Criminologies

• READINGS:
  • An argument for Black Feminist Criminology: Hillary Potter
  • Situating institutional responses to Latina IPV: Alondra Garza
  • Imprisoned Indigenous women and colonization: Eileen Baldry and Chris Cunneen
  • Transgender victims and offenders: Buist and Stone

Week #3: The Victimization-Offending Link

• READINGS:
  • Voices of remanded women in Western Canada: Daniel J. Jones, Sandra M. Bucerius, and Kevin D. Haggerty