Brittany T. Martin, T. G. Edgemon, Veronica L. Horowitz
{"title":"Paying More Than Money: Exploring the Reality of Legal Financial Obligations for Women in Georgia and Minnesota","authors":"Brittany T. Martin, T. G. Edgemon, Veronica L. Horowitz","doi":"10.1177/15570851241265718","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15570851241265718","url":null,"abstract":"The current study explores the role of legal financial obligations in the lives of women in Georgia and Minnesota. Using a feminist perspective, we investigate women’s lived experiences with owing criminal legal debt and the consequences that are accrued because of this debt. Through interviews with 50 women, the study reveals the profound impact of LFOs, underscoring the socio-economic and emotional strain these obligations impose. Women’s narratives illustrate a cycle of debt and fear of nonpayment sanctions, highlighting the pervasiveness of criminal legal debt in their everyday lives, including material hardship, continued legal impacts, and issues with family roles.","PeriodicalId":505602,"journal":{"name":"Feminist Criminology","volume":"22 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141802961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Deena A. Isom, J. Grosholz, Sarah Franklin, Sarah A. Rogers
{"title":"Strains and Self-Harm: A Look at LGBQ, Transgender, and Non-binary College Students","authors":"Deena A. Isom, J. Grosholz, Sarah Franklin, Sarah A. Rogers","doi":"10.1177/15570851241265940","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15570851241265940","url":null,"abstract":"Queer criminology is quickly growing but is often not integrated within orthodox theoretical frameworks. Moreover, many studies analyze the experiences of LGBTQ+ individuals as a monolithic experience instead of investigating the nuances between sexuality and gender identity. This study bridges these gaps by using a national sample of college students and applying an intersectional, queer criminological lens to a general strain theory framework to understand how LGBQ and trans and non-binary individuals experience and respond to strain in relation to self-harm. We find distinct variations among these groups. We discuss the implications of these findings and directions for future research.","PeriodicalId":505602,"journal":{"name":"Feminist Criminology","volume":"119 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141820830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stephanie Bonnes, Kylie E. McCarthy, Samantha A. Tosto
{"title":"“My Coping Doesn’t Really Matter:” How Military Lawyers Navigate Vicarious Trauma Through Emotional Labor and Emotion Work","authors":"Stephanie Bonnes, Kylie E. McCarthy, Samantha A. Tosto","doi":"10.1177/15570851241251919","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15570851241251919","url":null,"abstract":"Rampant sexual assault within the United States military contributes to an environment where military lawyers are exposed to vicarious trauma while handling sexual violence cases. Through in-depth interviews, we argue that military lawyers, trained to suppress emotions during military training, often negate their own trauma. Further, prosecutors are encouraged to take victim-centric approaches, that require emotional labor and minimizing their own emotional expressions. Therefore, they professionalize, minimize, and abstract the impact of vicarious trauma on their lives. Findings underscore how societal and professional expectations constrain the emotional expressions of military lawyers, highlighting the need to address mental well-being in the military.","PeriodicalId":505602,"journal":{"name":"Feminist Criminology","volume":"4 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140963189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"‘I don’t want them to see me like that’: Negotiating Motherhood Through Prison Visitation","authors":"Zimife Umeh","doi":"10.1177/15570851241250334","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15570851241250334","url":null,"abstract":"Scholars have highlighted the significant challenges faced by system-involved mothers in adhering to dominant motherhood ideologies. However, a research gap persists regarding the decision-making process of incarcerated mothers concerning child visitation. This study delves into the intricate dynamics of mothers’ decision-making surrounding visitation, shedding light on the interplay between maternal identity, prison environments, and societal norms of motherhood. Through qualitative interviews with forty formerly incarcerated mothers, the study reveals a spectrum of strategies employed by mothers to uphold their maternal identities, including navigating stigma, shielding their children from perceived risks, and engaging in self-sacrificial behaviors in line with societal expectations.","PeriodicalId":505602,"journal":{"name":"Feminist Criminology","volume":"10 25","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141004780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pathways Leading to Arrest for Transgender Women","authors":"Jane E. Hereth","doi":"10.1177/15570851241250126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15570851241250126","url":null,"abstract":"Transgender women experience high rates of police contact, arrest, and incarceration, yet little attention has been paid to the specific life experiences and circumstances leading up to arrest for transgender women. This study conducted in-depth interviews with 21 transgender women living in Chicago using a life timeline method to examine pathways that lead to or prevent transgender women from entering the criminal legal system. Findings indicate that transgender women’s pathways mirror those experienced by cisgender women but are distinctly contoured by anti-transgender discrimination and marginalization. Participants also identified forms of resilience and protective factors against police contact and arrest.","PeriodicalId":505602,"journal":{"name":"Feminist Criminology","volume":"34 S134","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141003632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Collaborations Between Community Corrections and Community Organizations: Understanding their Potential for System-Involved Women and Gender Responsive Programming","authors":"Tara Opsal, India Luxton","doi":"10.1177/15570851241246850","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15570851241246850","url":null,"abstract":"Central to gender responsive programming is providing holistic resources to women. Here, we examine the possibilities of using collaborations between community corrections agencies and community-based organizations to meet the unique needs of women. We draw on fieldwork at a community corrections agency for women alongside interviews with them, staff, and community organizations. In doing so, we illustrate how different stakeholders viewed the unique benefits of these collaborations in terms of their ability to advance gender responsive principles. Simultaneously, we illuminate how correctional organizational priorities—including those designed to advance gender responsive principles—can stymie the development of these collaborations.","PeriodicalId":505602,"journal":{"name":"Feminist Criminology","volume":"43 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140709910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"‘A Safe Place to be Happy and Content’: Housing and ‘Home’ in Women’s Desistance","authors":"Grace Low, Alice Mills","doi":"10.1177/15570851241246846","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15570851241246846","url":null,"abstract":"Through narrative interviews with 15 women with histories of imprisonment in Aotearoa New Zealand, this article explores the role of housing and ‘home’ in women’s desistance. The article argues that safety and control are key psycho-social benefits of ‘home’ that support women’s ontological security. The women’s ‘homes’ – as sites of safety and control – could provide a space for them to construct drug and crime free identities and ultimately ‘do’ desistance. Moreover, their ‘homes’ became a physical manifestation or ‘expression’ of their changing identities which served to motivate and further reinforce their desistance.","PeriodicalId":505602,"journal":{"name":"Feminist Criminology","volume":"12 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140711115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Blurring the Lines Between Victimhood and Responsibilization? Sex as Behavioral Problems in Court Decisions on Compulsory Care of Young People","authors":"Maria A. Vogel, Tove Pettersson","doi":"10.1177/15570851241246580","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15570851241246580","url":null,"abstract":"Formal social control of girls has historically focused on disciplining their sexual behavior, and studies show this is still present. This article analyses how authorities describe and give meaning to young people’s sexual behavior when assessing their need of compulsory care. The results show that in the few cases when boys’ sexual behavior is highlighted, it concerns sexual delinquency. The assessments of girls’ sexual behavior largely regards situations where they are exposed to others’ sexual transgressions, risking to victim-blame girls. This is discussed in relation to gendered understandings of sexual behavior and supposed gaps in legislation.","PeriodicalId":505602,"journal":{"name":"Feminist Criminology","volume":"26 21","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140711700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Working Within and Outside the System: Why and When Survivors Seek Help After Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence","authors":"Maria Paula Mendoza, Elle Rochford","doi":"10.1177/15570851241246113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15570851241246113","url":null,"abstract":"This paper explores the experiences of survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) who seek help or avoid help from both within and outside the criminal legal system (CLS). Data derived from 22 interviews reveal four types of help-seeking experiences: (1) addressing harm (2) increasing harm (3) mandating participation and (4) avoiding participation. These types reflect the interactions between the CLS and vulnerable populations who frequently mistrust the CLS but are compelled to interact with it. This typology uncovers the complex realities of survivors’ contact with the CLS and suggests less harmful alternatives as desired by the participants in our sample.","PeriodicalId":505602,"journal":{"name":"Feminist Criminology","volume":"1999 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140718611","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Centering Mothers in Feminist Criminology: A Critical Review of Literature on Mothers of Victims and Offenders","authors":"Keren Gueta, Rachel Condry","doi":"10.1177/15570851241241069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15570851241241069","url":null,"abstract":"This article reviews the literature on mothers of victims and mothers of offenders through a feminist criminological lens. Results of our analysis of 52 articles from a twenty-year period indicated that, though situated on opposite sides of the criminal justice system, aspects of the experiences of mothers of victims and offenders were similar. Specifically, the mothers shared perceived accountability for their offspring’s involvement in crime, the burden of care for their offspring, and the negotiation strategies they employed. Our analysis makes visible these mothers as a unique sub-category in the study of crime and proposes a matricentric feminist criminology model.","PeriodicalId":505602,"journal":{"name":"Feminist Criminology","volume":"118 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140223737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}