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Forthcoming from Ashbook Press: Feminist Theories of Crime Edited by Meda Chesney-Lind, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA and Merry Morash, Michigan State University, USA This collection re-imagines the field of criminology with insights gleaned from feminist theory. Works included … Continue reading →

Professor Chesney-Lind is scheduled to speak at UCLA on Thursday, April 14, as part of a series sponsored by the UCLA Department of Social Welfare in the School of Public Affairs. The year-long lecture series, “GANGS: Strategies to Break the … Continue reading →

SUNY Press now has information online about the new book, “Fighting for Girls”. In addition to a brief description and Table of Contents, SUNY has a link to the first chapter of the book, as well as information on desk … Continue reading →

Meda Chesney-Lind’s 2006 article, “Patriarchy, Crime, and Justice: Feminist Criminology in an Era of Backlash”, was the most cited article in Feminist Criminology as of September 1, 2010, according to Sage Journals Online.

The first author’s copies of “Fighting for Girls” arrived in Honolulu last week from SUNY Press, and the book is now shown as available from Amazon.com.

Arrest Trends, Gang Involvement, and Truancy in Hawaii: An Interim Report to the Twenty-Second Hawaii State Legislature Prepared by: Meda Chesney-Lind, Principal Investigator Lisa Pasko, Project Coordinator Nancy Marker, Educational Specialist Shayna Freeman and Joanne Nakano, Research Assistants http://www.publicpolicycenter.hawaii.edu/images/PDF/gang04_1.pdf February … Continue reading →

On February 1, 2007, Professor Chesney-Lind presented the annual Beto Chair Lecture at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. A video of her presentation, “Bad Girls Go Wild? Media Hype and Trends in Girls’ Violence and Aggression,” can be … Continue reading →

Welcome to Chesneylind.com, which is the website of Meda Chesney-Lind, feminist criminologist. An earlier version of this site recently fell victim to computer hackers, apparently based in Russia, who were able to insert hidden but malicious computer code within the … Continue reading →