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