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Joanne Belknap

Joanne Belknap

Professor
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Institute of Behavioral Science Room 351
(303) 735-2182

Joanne's Vitae


Research Interests, Publications, Teaching, Service, and Awards: click here.

Interests: Intimate partner abuse, sexual victimization, incarceration of women and girls, criminal legal policy, and feminist criminology

Awards & Honors:
2009: Best Article of 2008 in the journal Violence Against Women
2008-2011: Executive Board Member of the American Society of Criminology
2004: Boulder Faculty Assembly Teaching Excellence Award
2004: Inconvenient Woman of the Year. From the Division on Women and Crime of the American Society of Criminology.
2002: Residence Life Academic Teaching Award, University of Colorado
2002: Exemplary Advocate of Battered Women Award, Denver Domestic Violence Task Force
2001: SOAR Teaching Award, University of Colorado
2000: Mortar Board Outstanding Faculty Recognition, University of Colorado
2000: University of Colorado Elizabeth Moen "Walk the Talk" Award.
1997: American Society of Criminology, Division on Women and Crime: Distinguished Scholar Award

Recent Publications:

Belknap, Joanne. (2007). The Invisible Woman: Gender, Crime, and Justice, 3rd Edition. Belmont, CA. Thomson Wadsworth Publishing Company. (The first edition was published in 1996; the second edition was published in 2001, the fourth edition is under contract.)

Belknap, Joanne, Jennifer Hartman, and Victoria L Lippen. (2010). “Misdemeanor Domestic violence Cases in the Courts,” in Venessa Garcia and Janice Clifford (Eds.) Female Victims of Crime: Reality Reconsidered. Columbus, OH: Prentice Hall., pp. 259-278.

Belknap, Joanne, Heather C. Melton, Justin T. Denney, Ruth Fleury-Steiner, and Cris M. Sullivan. "The Levels and Roles of Social and Institutional Support Reported by Survivors of Intimate Partner Abuse." Feminist Criminology (forthcoming).

McDaniels-Wilson, Cathy, and Joanne Belknap. (2008) "The Extensive Sexual Violation and Sexual Abuse Histories of Incarcerated Women.” Violence Against Women, 14(10):1090-1127. (Winner of the Best Article of 2008 in Violence Against Women).

Belknap, Joanne, and Bonnie Cady. (2008). “Pre-Adjudicated and Adjudicated Girls’ Reports on Their Lives Before and During Detention and Incarceration,” in Ruth T. Zaplin (Ed.) Female Offenders: Critical Perspectives and Effective Interventions, 2nd Edition. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc., pp. 251-282.

Belknap, Joanne and Kristi Holsinger. (2008). “An Overview of Delinquent Girls: How Theory and Practice Have Failed and the Need for Innovative Changes,” in Ruth T. Zaplin (Ed.) Female Offenders: Critical Perspectives and Effective Interventions, 2nd Edition. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc., pp. 3-42.

Belknap, Joanne, and Hillary Potter. (2007). “From Passion to Practice,” in Criminal Justice Research and Practice: Diverse Voices from the Field, Susan L. Miller, Ed. Boston: Northeastern University Press, pp. 3-20.

Belknap, Joanne and Edna Erez. (2007). “Violence Against Women on College Campuses: Rape, Intimate Partner Abuse, and Sexual Harassment” in Campus Crime: Legal, Social, and Policy Issues, 2nd Ed. Bonnie Fisher and John Sloan, Eds. Springfield, IL: Charles A. Thomas Publishers, pp. 188-209.

Belknap, Joanne, and Hillary Potter. (2006). “Intimate Partner Abuse,” in Women, Crime, and Criminal Justice (2/e), C. Renzetti, L. Goodstein, and S. Miller (Eds.). Roxbury Publishing Co., pp. 168-184.

Fleury-Steiner, R. Bybee, D. Sulivan, C. Belknap, J. & Melton, H. 2006. "Contextual Factors Impacting Battered Women's Intentions to Re-Use the Criminal Legal System." Journal of Community Psychology 34(3): 327-342.

Belknap, J., & Holsinger, K. 2006. "The Gendered Nature of Risk Factors for Delinquency." Feminist Criminology 1(1):48-71.

Black, Tyra, Joanne Belknap, and Jennifer Ginsburg. (2005). "Racism, Sexism And Aggression: A Study of Black And White Fraternities," in African American Fraternities and Sororities: The Legacy and the Vision, Tamara L. Brown, Gregory S. Parks, and Clarenda M. Phillips, Eds. Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, pp. 363-392.

Belknap, Joanne and Melton, Heather. (2005). Are Heterosexual Men Also Victims Of Intimate Partner Abuse? Harrisburg, PA : National Electronic Network on Violence Against Women, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, 13 pp. Read it Here.

Hartman, Jennifer, and Joanne Belknap. (2003). “Beyond the Gatekeepers: Court Professionals’ Self-Reported Attitudes About and Experiences with Domestic Violence Cases.” Criminal Justice & Behavior, 30(3):349-373.

Gaarder, Emily and Joanne Belknap. (2004). "Little Women: Girls in Adult Prison." Women & Criminal Justice, 15(2):51-80.

Melton, Heather C., and Joanne Belknap. (2003). "He Hits, She Hits: Assessing Gender Differences and Similarities in Officially Reported Intimate Partner Violence." Criminal Justice & Behavior, 30(3):328-348.