Division on Women and Crime Teaching Resources: Syllabi and Assignment Collection Edited by Kate Luther and Allison Foley (co-chairs) and the Ad hoc Syllabus Collection Committee American Society of Criminology Division on Women and Crime November 2011 DWC Teaching Resources 1 Table of Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………….….... 3 Syllabi and Assignments Women, Crime, and Justice Feminist Theory, Crime, and Justice (Morash)……………......... 5 Gender and the Law (Muraskin).…………………...…….......... 10 Gender Issues in International Criminal Justice (Barberet)..…... 21 Inequalities and Justice Processes: Race, Class and Gender (Hayes).......................................................................................... 31 Sociology of Gender and Crime (D‘Unger).................................. 36 Women and Crime (Nofziger)....................................................... 49 Women and Crime (Sokoloff)....................................................... 57 Women and Crime (Severance)..................................................... 64 Women, Crime and the Criminal Justice System (Foley)............ 66 Violence Against Women Domestic Violence (Dragiewicz)................................................... 76 Domestic Violence (Fleury-Steiner).............................................. 83 Domestic Violence (Sokoloff)........................................................ 89 Gender and Violence (Luther)........................................................ 98 Violence Against Women (Schwartz).......................................... 104 Victimology Victimology (Michalsen)............................................................. 110 Victimology Graduate-Level (Cohn) ......................................... 122 Victimology Undergraduate-Level (Cohn).................................. 133 DWC Teaching Resources 2 Qualitative Research Methods (Graduate Level) Qualitative Data Analysis (Cook)................................................ 140 Qualitative Methods (Moe).......................................................... 145 Qualitative Research Methods (Britton)...................................... 153 Special Topics Advanced Justice Studies: Human Trafficking (Dragiewicz)..... 161 Sex, Sexuality and the Law (Lenning)........................................ 168 Social Work in Corrections (O‘Brien)........................................ 175 Additional Resources DWC Film Recommendations (Hayes) .............................................. 183 Citation Recommendation .................................................................. 200 DWC Teaching Resources 3 Dear DWC Membership, The Ad hoc Syllabus Collection Committee is pleased to share the 2011 Division on Women and Crime Teaching Resource Collection with you! After numerous conversations regarding teaching on the DWC listserv, the Ad hoc Syllabus Collection Committee was formed as a way to share teaching materials within the division. Through this collection we hope to provide the DWC membership with an excellent teaching resource that both helps you to develop new courses and challenges you to think about teaching in new and creative ways. This collection, which includes syllabi and assignments, is organized into five sections. The first section addresses teaching about women, crime, and justice. Although these syllabi and assignments fall under a common theme, you will see that a variety of topics pertaining to the criminal justice system are addressed in each particular syllabus. These topics include: feminist theory, intersectionality, the law, and international issues in criminal justice. The second portion of the collection is focused on violence against women, including intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and stalking. On a related, but distinct topic, the third section addresses teaching victimology at both the graduate and undergraduate level. Next, the fourth section is specific to graduate level qualitative research methods. Although these syllabi may not specifically apply to your particular teaching load, they contain great ideas and recommendations that are applicable to teaching undergraduate research methods or courses on studying women‘s criminality. Finally, the last category addresses a variety of special topics including human trafficking, sex and the law, and social work in corrections. If you choose to use an assignment or idea from the collection, we do ask that you provide an acknowledgement to the author on your syllabus. There is a recommendation for how you can do this at the end of the collection. We would like to thank all of the DWC members who graciously contributed to this collection. Not only are we a group of excellent scholars, but we also have a wealth of teaching knowledge within our division. We hope this collection can be a catalyst for continued discussion of teaching within the DWC. Enjoy! The DWC Ad hoc Syllabus Collection Committee Kate Luther and Allison Foley (Co-Chairs) Molly Dragiewicz, Venessa Garcia, Rebecca Hayes, Roslyn Muraskin, Tara Opsal, Devon Thacker Thomas, and Fay Williams (2009-2010 and 2010-2011 committee members) DWC Teaching Resources 4 Category 1: Syllabi and Assignments Women, Crime, and Justice DWC Teaching Resources 5 CJ908: FEMINIST THEORY, CRIME, AND JUSTICE Instructor: Merry Morash Semester: Spring 2010 ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING By the end of the course, you will have: 1. Journal entries culminating in a list of criteria with brief statements defining each one that you can use to determine whether a theory or piece of research fits in a feminist paradigm. 15% of grade 2. Journal entries culminating in a list of criteria with brief statements defining each one that you can use to determine whether research methods are consistent with a feminist paradigm. 15% of grade 3. ONE of the following in written and classroom presentation format: Whatever final assignment is selected, the product it should reflect a deep understanding of feminist theory and research. 30% of grade A. A proposal for a study that is ―doable‖ for a dissertation. The proposal must meet the requirements of either an NIJ dissertation fellowship, an NSF dissertation fellowship, or some other actual dissertation fellowship. The proposed research must contribute to feminist theory. NSF: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13453 NIJ: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/funding/graduate-research- fellowship/faqs.htm NIJ Graduate Research Fellowship info: http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/172869.pdf B. A week-by-week syllabus with accompanying objectives, readings, abstracts for the readings, and explanations of reasons for the choice of readings that teaches about a core topic area in CJ/Criminology, for example, policing, courts, corrections, causes of crime – from a feminist perspective. Assignments should be included, with explanation of how the assignment will inform students of key feminist theory and methods. Specify whether the course is to be offered at the masters or undergraduate level. C. A 15-20 article reader (collection of journal articles) plus an excellent introductory chapter for the reader for a book to be used to teach students about feminist perspectives on some major topic relevant to criminal justice or criminology. The introduction must explain the order and choice of articles, and how the articles contribute to and are consistent with feminist theory and practice. The full article must be handed in as part of the packet. DWC Teaching Resources 6 4. A three part journal on ANGEL that reflects your thoughts about how class readings inform all of the above. 30% of grade Theory Journal: Criteria for determining that a theory is ―feminist‖. Date the entry. Use dated ‗track changes‘ or crossing out to delete or alter the entry in the future. Methods Journal: Criteria for determining that research methodology is consistent with a feminist paradigm. Date the entry. Use dated ‗track changes‘ or crossing out to delete or alter the entry in the future. Final Project Journal: Reflect on how ideas in assigned readings can be used to develop your final project. 5. Classroom participation 10% of grade READINGS Part I: Introduction and Overview Jan. 11, 2010 Discussion of Key Terms Class members‘ pressing research questions Key concepts Structure of the course Continuous journal entries cpReading for a purpose Part II: An Overview of Key Research Topics and Questions, Advances in Research, Methodologies Jan. 25 – Old Theories, New Theories, Research Questions Objectives: Understand the criticisms that feminist theorists have of other theories – historical and contemporary. Know the different topic areas that are of interest and high concern to criminologists/criminal justice researchers who work from a feminist perspective. Know key concepts imported and developed within feminist criminological/criminal justice theory. Read: Belknap, The Invisible Woman. To clarify Belknap‘s key concepts mentioned around p. 9, read/review (available on Angel): West and Zimmerman (1987) West and Fenstermaker (1995) DWC Teaching Resources 7 Joan Aker (1990) Write: FINAL PROJECT Journal Entry: Baseline understanding of research questions and key concepts 1. State the research question that you feel is particularly meaningful. It does NOT have to be relevant to feminist theory or research methods. It should be a question that you feel is worth investing much of your time and effort to answer. It must have something to do with crime, justice, and/or criminal justice. 2. Do you ask this question, and seek to answer