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["Claire N. Kaplan" <>]

> Date:    Tue, 6 May 2003 15:45:36 -0400
> From:    "Burrell, Jocelyn" 
> <>
> Subject: Call for Papers -- WSQ: Women, Crime, and the Criminal Justice Sy 
> stem
>
> Dear colleagues: Please circulate widely. Queries should be sent to LaVerne
> McQuiller Williams at 
> .
>  The deadline for submission is August
> 1, 2003.
>
> Call for Papers
> Women, Crime and the Criminal Justice System
> Women's Studies Quarterly
> Guest Editor: LaVerne McQuiller Williams
>
> Since 1972, Women's Studies Quarterly has been the leading journal on
> teaching in women's studies. Thematic issues feature material for
> specialists and generalists, including current scholarship in accessible
> language, teaching materials and resources, creative writing, and book
> reviews. The intersections of race and class with gender are of special
> concern, as are international perspectives.
>
> Women's Studies Quarterly is now seeking submissions for a special Winter
> 2004 issue on Women, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System. Although women
> make up a small percentage of felony offenders in the U.S., for more than a
> decade  women's crime has grown at a rate far exceeding that of men (Bloom
> and Chesney-Lind, 2003). Even more frequently, women are involved in crime
> as victims: about 40% of the victims of violent crime are women (Belknap,
> 2001).  Beyond the numbers, however, concern about women and the criminal
> justice system reflects fundamental feminist issues. The criminal justice
> system is, for all involved, a stark arena in which questions of equity,
> status, and rights are played out.
>
> This issue of WSQ will focus on women as offenders, victims, and criminal
> justice professionals. The ways in which women's experiences in the criminal
> justice system are complicated by gender and connected to issues of race,
> class, and sexual orientation are of special concern, as are international
> and cross-cultural perspectives. Submissions are invited which draw upon
> different feminist approaches to the study of women and the criminal justice
> system--including liberalism, radicalism, Marxism, and postmodernism.
> Contributions reflecting on the historical relationship of gender and crime
> and that report on the experience of women in the criminal justice system
> through analyses of specific policies and practices affecting women's lives,
> are welcome. In addition, we are seeking pedagogical resources for teaching
> about women, crime, and criminal justice. We particularly welcome material
> that reflects on educational experiences within the prison system, from both
> students and instructors.
>
> The issue will feature articles, essays, creative writing, teaching
> materials, and book reviews that address one or more of the following
> questions:
>
> 1)      How are women's or girls' crimes today different from men's or
> boys'? What are the ways in which gender shapes the crimes women or girls
> commit and how they perpetrate them?
> 2)      What are the social conditions shaping criminal action among women
> or girls, for instance, poverty, barriers to services, or unemployment.
> 3)      How can feminist scholarship contribute to our understanding of
> women or girls as offenders? As victims? As criminal justice professionals?
> 4)      How do the dynamics of race, class, gender, ethnicity, and sexual
> orientation contribute to our understanding of women and/or girls as
> offenders? As victims? As criminal justice professionals? Do these dynamics
> look different at various levels of the criminal justice system, or in other
> countries?
> 5)      How are women or girls treated as they move through the criminal
> justice process? For example, do beliefs about how women or girls should or
> should not behave effect the way the criminal justice system responds to
> crime or delinquency?
> 6)      What are the issues facing women who are incarcerated in U.S. local,
> state, and federal institutions? Such issues may include sexual abuse by
> guards, HIV/AIDS, providing care for dependent children, and accessing
> medical care and educational programs. What issues are faced by women in
> prison outside the U.S.?
> 7)      What impact do current criminal justice policies have on women? Such
> policies may include the impact of mandatory sentencing laws, the war on
> drugs, and policies that criminalize maternal drug use.
> 8)      What are the issues facing women professionals in the criminal
> justice field, for instance, police officers, prosecutors, defense
> attorneys, judges, and corrections officers?
> 9)      What are the issues facing female criminologists today? What
> obstacles shape their intellectual and career progress, and how does gender
> influence them as teachers and researchers? What might feminist
> criminological theory and practice look like in coming decades?
> 10)     How does current female criminality relate to historical stereotypes
> and/or historical patterns, and how does the present criminal justice system
> differ from that of the past in its approach to women and gender-related
> issues?
> 11)     How can teachers incorporate women and crime into the curriculum to
> foster learning and debate about gender and power relations at the local,
> national, and international levels?
>
> Submissions to this special issue will be reviewed with the understanding
> that the materials have not been submitted to another journal. All
> submissions should be double-spaced, printed on one side of paper with
> 1-inch margins, and conform to the APA (in-text) citation style. Articles
> should not exceed 20 pages (7,000 words) in length, excluding references.
> Essays, short stories, and strategies for teaching (with syllabi) should not
> exceed 15 pages (5,250 words). Please send a disk and three hard copies of
> submissions along with a full mailing address, daytime telephone number, and
> an e-mail address to Professor LaVerne McQuiller Williams, Rochester
> Institute of Technology, Department of Criminal Justice, 93 Lomb Memorial
> Drive, Rochester, NY, 14623, USA. Queries should be sent to LaVerne
> McQuiller Williams at 
> .
>  The deadline for submission is August
> 1, 2003.
>
> Sources Cited:
> Belknap, J. 2001. The Invisible Women: Gender, Crime and Justice (2nd ed.).
> Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Group.
> Bloom, B. and M. Chesney-Lind. 2003. "Women in Prison: Vengeful Equity." In
> R. Muraskin (ed.), It's a Crime: Women and Justice (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle
> River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Claire N. Kaplan
Coordinator, UVA Sexual Assault Education Office
Doctoral Candidate, Curry School of Education
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