Teaching Criminology at the Intersection

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

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 that was recently released as a how-to guide and this roundtable will discuss this book.

Sub Unit

• Area VIII: Roundtables

Chairs

• Kate Luther, Pacific Lutheran University

• Rebecca Hayes, Central Michigan University

Discussants

• Walter Steven DeKeseredy, West Virginia University

• Emily Lenning, Fayetteville State University

• Helen Taylor Greene, Texas Southern University

• Kathryn Branch, University of Tampa

• Tara Richards, University of Baltimore

• Elizabeth Bradshaw, Central Michigan University