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Dr. Victoria E. Collins

  • Professor / Interim Chair

Bio  •  Curriculum Vitae

Contact Information

  • Department: School of Justice Studies
  • Office: Stratton 467C
  • Mailing Address: Stratton 467
  • Email: victoria.collins@eku.edu
  • Phone: 859-622-7998

Bio

Dr. Victoria E. Collins

Professor

Victoria E. Collins is a Professor in the School of Justice Studies at Eastern Kentucky University. Victoria’s research and teaching interests include state crime/crimes of the powerful, victimology, violence against women, and the sociology of sport. Victoria has published four books Fighting Sports, Gender, and the Commodification of Violence: Heavy Bag Heroines (Lexington Books), State Crime, Women and Gender (Routledge Taylor & Francis), The Violence of Neoliberalism: Crime, Harm and Inequality (Routledge Taylor & Francis, co-authored), and Explorations in Critical Criminology: Essays in Honor of William Chambliss (Brill, co-edited). Some of Victoria’s recent publications have appeared in journals such as Crime, Media, Culture, Critical Criminology, and Critical Sociology.

Books:
Fighting Sports, Gender, and the Commodification of Violence: Heavy Bag Heroines
State Crime, Women and Gender
The Violence of Neoliberalism: Crime, Harm and Inequality

Courses

Subject  TitleDatesLocationTerm
CRJ 424Field Experience  Internet Classes Spring 2023
CRJ 424Field Experience  Internet Classes Spring 2023
CRJ 424Field Experience  Internet Classes Spring 2023
CRJ 870Theories of Crime & Crim JustT 2:00pm-4:45pm Stratton Building 446Spring 2023
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