LISA PASKO

Department of Sociology & Criminology

University of Denver

2000 E. Asbury Avenue - Sturm Hall 441

Denver, CO 80208-0942

Office: (303) 871-2049

Fax: (303) 871-2090

E-mail: Lisa.Pasko@du.edu

EDUCATION

2006 Ph.D. Sociology, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Dissertation: The Gendered Nature of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency in

Hawaii.

1997 M.A. Sociology, University of Nevada, Reno

1994 B.A. Political Science, University of Nevada, Reno

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

Female Offenders, Juvenile Delinquency/Justice, Youth Violence, Punishment, Sexualities

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2012-present Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology, University

of Denver

2006-2012 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology, University of

Denver

2004-2006 Juvenile Justice Research Analyst, Department of the Attorney General,

Honolulu, HI

2002-2004 Instructor, Department of Sociology and Women’s Studies Department,

University of Hawaii at Manoa

2001-2004 Research Associate and Project Director, University of Hawaii at Manoa,

Social Science Research Institute, Youth Gang Project

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

American Society of Criminology

(Critical Criminology; Women and Crime Divisions member)

Western Society of Criminology

Society for the Study of Social Problems

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PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS

Books

Under Pasko, Lisa, Meda Chesney-Lind, and Janet T. Davidson. Girls, Women, and

contract Criminal Justice: Victims, Offenders, and Workers. Thousand Oaks, CA:

Sage Publications.

2004 Chesney-Lind, Meda and Lisa Pasko. The Female Offender (Second

Edition). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

2013. Third Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Edited Volumes, Anthologies, and Special Issues

Under Bernat, Frances (editor), Kelly Frailing (editor), Lisa Pasko (associate

contract editor), Loraine Gelthorpe (associate editor), and Sesha Kethineni (associate

editor). Encyclopedia of Women and Crime. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

2017 Lopez, Vera and Lisa Pasko (Guest Editors). Bringing Latinas to the

Forefront: Latina Girls, Women, and the Justice System: Special Issue.

Feminist Criminology 12(3).

Lopez, Vera and Lisa Pasko. “Bringing Latinas to the Forefront: Latina

Girls, Women, and the Justice System: Introduction.” Feminist Criminology

12(3): 195-198.

2004 Chesney-Lind, Meda and Lisa Pasko. Girls, Women, and Crime: Selected

Readings. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

2013. Second Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Refereed Articles

In press Pasko, Lisa and Vera Lopez. “The Latina Penalty: Juvenile Court and

Correctional Attitudes toward the Latina Juvenile Offender.” Journal of

Ethnicity in Criminal Justice (online Fall 2015)

DOI:10.1080/15377938.2015.1015196

2017 Pasko, Lisa. “Beyond Confinement: The Regulation of Girl Offenders’

Bodies, Sexual Choices and Behavior.” Women & Criminal Justice 27 (1): 4-

20.

2016 Pasko, Lisa and Meda Chesney-Lind. “Running the Gauntlet:

Understanding Commercial Sexual Exploitation and the Pathways

Perspective to Female Offending.” Journal of Developmental and Life-

Course Criminology 2(3): 275-295.

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2012 Mayeda, David T. and Lisa Pasko. “Youth Violence and Hegemonic

Masculinity among Asian American and Pacific Islander Adolescents.”

Critical Criminology 20 (2): 121-139.

2011 Davidson, Janet T., Lisa Pasko, and Meda Chesney-Lind. “‘She’s Way Too

Good to Lose:’ An Evaluation of Honolulu’s Girls Court.” Women &

Criminal Justice 21 (4): 308-327.

2011 Pasko, Lisa and David T. Mayeda. “Pathways and Predictors of Juvenile

Justice Involvement for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Youths: A

Focus on Gender.” Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work

20 (2): 114-130.

2010-2011 Pasko, Lisa. “Setting the Record ‘Straight:’ Girls, Sexuality, and the Juvenile

Correctional System.” Social Justice 37 (1): 7-26.

2010 Pasko, Lisa. “Damaged Daughters: The History of Girls’ Sexuality and the

Juvenile Justice System.” Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 100 (3):

1099-1130.

2010 Pasko, Lisa and Meda Chesney-Lind. “Under Lock and Key: Trauma,

Marginalization, and Girls’ Juvenile Justice Involvement.” Justice Research

and Policy 12 (2): 25-49.

2008 Pasko, Lisa. “The Wayward Girl Revisited: Understanding the Gendered

Nature of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency.” Sociology Compass 2 (2): 1-16.

2006 Mayeda, David T., Lisa Pasko, and Meda Chesney-Lind. “‘You Gotta Do So

Much to Actually Make It:’ Gender, Ethnicity, and Samoan Youth in

Hawaii.” Asian American Pacific Islander Nexus: Policy, Practice, and

Community 4(2): 69-94.

2002 Pasko, Lisa. “Naked Power: The Practice of Stripping as a Confidence

Game.” Sexualities 5(1): 49-66.

Reprint: "Naked Power: Stripping as a Confidence Game." In

Constructions of Deviance: Social Power, Context, and Interaction,

Sixth Edition, edited by Patricia Adler and Peter Adler. Belmont, CA:

Wadsworth Publishing. (2008).

Reprint: "Naked Power: Stripping as a Confidence Game." In

Constructions of Deviance: Social Power, Context, and Interaction,

Fifth Edition, edited by Patricia Adler and Peter Adler. Belmont, CA:

Wadsworth Publishing. (2006).

2002 Pasko, Lisa. “Villain or Victim: Regional Variation and Ethnic Disparity in

Federal Drug Offense Sentencing." Criminal Justice Policy Review 13(4):

307-328.

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Book Chapters

2017 Lopez, Vera and Lisa Pasko. “Making It on the Outside: Reintegration

Challenges of Girls and Women of Color” with Vera Lopez in Cathy Marcum

and Lisa Carter’s (eds) Female Offenders and Reentry: Pathways and

Barriers to Returning to Society. New York: Routledge.

2014 Lopez, Vera and Lisa Pasko. “Court-Involved Latina Girls: Shackled,

Silenced, and Invisible.” In S. Bowman (ed.), Color behind Bars: Racism in

the U.S. Prison System. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.

2014 Pasko, Lisa, Scott Okamoto, and Meda Chesney-Lind. “The Wayward Girl in

the 21st Century: Female Pathways to Delinquency.” In Wesley Church III, David

Springer, and Al Roberts, (eds). Juvenile Justice Sourcebook: Past, Present, and

Future (2nd

Edition). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

2013 Pasko, Lisa and Meda Chesney-Lind. “Incarcerated Females: A Growing

Population.” In Lior Gideon (ed.), Special Needs Offenders in Correctional

Institutions. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

2012 Pasko, Lisa and Meda Chesney-Lind. “Girls’ Violence and Juvenile Justice:

A Critical Examination.” In Walter DeKeseredy and Molly Dragiewicz (eds.),

Handbook of Critical Criminology. New York: Routledge.

2010 Pasko, Lisa, Scott Okamoto, and Meda Chesney-Lind. “What about the

Girls? Gender, Delinquency, and Juvenile Justice in the 21st Century.” In

David Springer and Al Roberts (eds.), Juvenile Justice and Delinquency.

Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett, Inc.

2008 Chesney-Lind, Meda and Lisa Pasko. “Girls’ Troubles and Female

Delinquency.” In Karen Evans and Janet Jamieson (eds), Gender and Crime:

A Reader. Liverpool: Open University Press.

2003 Pasko, Lisa, Meda Chesney-Lind and David T. Mayeda. "Effective

Responses and Outreach Challenges: Lessons from the Hawaii Youth Gang

Project." In Frieder Dunkel and Kirstin Drenkhahn's (eds.), Youth Violence:

New Patterns and Local Responses—Experiences in the East and West.

Munchengladbach: Forum Verlag Godesberg GmbH.

Encyclopedia Entries

2014 Pasko, Lisa. “Feminist Criminology.” In J. Mitchell Miller’s Encyclopedia of

Theoretical Criminology. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

2012 Pasko, Lisa. “Drug Trafficking.” In George Ritzer’s Wiley-Blackwell

Encyclopedia of Globalization, Vol. I-V. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

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2016. “Drug Trafficking.” In George Ritzer’s Wiley-Blackwell

Encyclopedia of Globalization Vol. I-V, Second Edition. Oxford:

Wiley-Blackwell.

Book Reviews

2012 Pasko, Lisa. “Multicultural Girlhood: Racism, Sexuality, and the

Conflicted Spaces of American Education by Mary E. Thomas.” Social

Forces DOI: 10.1093/sf/sos168.

2011 Pasko, Lisa. “Why Girls Fight: Female Youth Violence in the Inner City by Cindy D. Ness.” American Journal of Sociology 117 (2): 696-698.

2011 Pasko, Lisa. “Justice for Girls? Stability and Change in the Youth Justice

Systems of the United States and Canada by Jane S. Sprott and Anthony N.

Doob.” Theoretical Criminology 15(1): 108-110.

2005 Pasko, Lisa. “When Women Kill: Questions of Agency and Subjectivity by

Belinda Morrissey.” American Journal of Sociology 111(1): 341.

2001 Pasko, Lisa. “Sentencing As I See It by Richard Nygaard.” Criminal Justice

Review 26(1): 96.

Other Publications

2017 Pasko, Lisa and Meda Chesney-Lind. “Understanding the Pathway to

Commercial Sexual Exploitation.” Sexual Assault Report 20 (5): 71-72.

2013 Chesney-Lind, Meda and Lisa Pasko. “Some Rescue: The FBI’s Dubious

War on Street Girls.” Guest commentary in Feministing (online), retrieved

online on August 26, 2013 at:

http://feministing.com/2013/08/26/some-rescue-the-fbis-dubious-war-on-

street-girls/

Reprint: National Council on Crime and Delinquency News and

Events on January 15, 2014:

http://nccdglobal.org/blog/some-rescue-the-fbi-s-dubious-war-on-

street-girls

2012 Pasko, Lisa. “Another Tragedy, Another Debate about Gun Control.”

December 17, 2012 guest commentary column in The Denver Post (print),

retrieved online on 12/15/12 at:

http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_22194653/another-tragedy-another-

debate-over-guns

2008 Pasko, Lisa. “Threat of Adult Conviction Does Not Deter Juvenile Crime.”

May 8, 2008 edition of The Denver Post (online), retrieved on 5/30/08 at:

http://www.denverpost.com/opinionheadlines/ci_9184380

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2007 Pasko, Lisa and Meda Chesney-Lind. “Honolulu Girls’ Court: Lessons

Learned from a Process Evaluation.” Women, Girls, and Criminal Justice

8(6): 83-94.

Reprint: “Honolulu Girls’ Court: Lessons Learned from a Process

Evaluation.” In Women, Girls, and Criminal Justice: Policy Issues

and Practice Strategies, Volume II, edited by Russ Immarigeon.

Kingston, NJ: CRI Publications. (2012).

2005 Pasko, Lisa. “Criminal Justice in the Mother Tongue: A Feminist Critique of

Restorative Justice.” Women, Girls, and Criminal Justice 6(3):35-40.*

*2000 Winner, First Place Graduate Student Paper, American

Society of Criminology, Critical Criminology Division.

Reprint: “Criminal Justice in the Mother Tongue: A Feminist

Critique of the Promise of Restorative Justice.” In Women, Girls,

and Criminal Justice: Policy Issues and Practice Strategies, Volume

II, edited by Russ Immarigeon. Kingston, NJ: CRI Publications.

(2012).

2003 Chesney-Lind, Meda and Lisa Pasko. “Gang Prevention and Resistance.”

Safe Schools Program Newsletter. Retrieved on 9/15/03 at

http://www.dodea.edu/schools/cat/3-6.pdf

Forthcoming

“A Critical Examination of Girls’ Violence and Juvenile Justice” with Meda Chesney-Lind in

Handbook of Critical Criminology, 2nd Edition. New York: Routledge.

“Women and Girls in Conflict with the Law” with Katherine Irwin and Janet T. Davidson in

Handbook of Critical Criminology, 2nd Edition. New York: Routledge.

“All the Rage: Contextualizing Intersectionality and Violence in Delinquent Girls’ Lives”

with Vera Lopez in Krista McQueeney and Alicia Malone’s (eds) Female Aggression and

Intersectionality: Transforming the Discourse of "Mean Girls." New York: Routledge.

"Girls and Violence: Moral Panics and the Policing of Girlhood" with Meda Chesney-Lind in

Krista McQueeney and Alicia Malone’s (eds) Female Aggression and Intersectionality:

Transforming the Discourse of "Mean Girls." New York: Routledge.

“The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act” in Encyclopedia of Women and

Crime

“Magdalene Asylums” in Encyclopedia of Women and Crime

“Paula Cooper” in Encyclopedia of Women and Crime

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In Progress

“Demasiados Problemas: Exploring Latina Girls’ Pathways to Court Involvement.”

“’We Are the Nobodies:’ Understanding Gender, Adolescence, and School Shootings”

REPORT PUBLICATIONS

2017 Denious, Jean and Lisa Pasko. Characteristics and Predictors of Juvenile

Diversion Program Success for Girls: A Focus on the Latina First-Time

Offender. Washington, DC: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

Prevention.

2016 Pasko, Lisa. Meta-Analysis of Safe2Tell/Text2Tell Crisis Reporting

Systems. Denver, CO: Eytan-Nielsen LLC.

2016 Pasko, Lisa. Sociological Profile of School Shooters: Expert Report. Denver,

CO: Eytan-Nielsen LLC

2013 Pasko, Lisa. Evaluation of Women’s Resource Agency’s InterCept Too

Program: Final Results. Colorado Springs, CO: WRA.

2011 Pasko, Lisa. A Process Evaluation of Women’s Resource Agency’s InterCept

Too Program: Preliminary Results. Colorado Springs, CO: WRA.

2010 Pasko, Lisa and Lucy Dwight. Understanding and Responding to Female

Juvenile Offenders in Colorado. Denver, CO: Colorado Division of Criminal

Justice.

2010 Pasko, Lisa. Our Delinquent Daughters: How Family Factors Affect Girls’

Delinquency. Colorado Springs, CO: American Humane Research Brief.

2008 Pasko, Lisa. The Female Juvenile Offender in Colorado: A Preliminary

Report. Denver, CO: Colorado Division of Criminal Justice.

2006 Pasko, Lisa. Girls Court: Results from the 2005-2006 Process Evaluation.

Honolulu, HI: First Circuit Court.

2006 Pasko, Lisa. The Female Juvenile Offender in Hawaii: Understanding

Gender Differences in Arrests, Adjudications, and Social Characteristics of

Juvenile Offenders. Honolulu, HI: Department of the Attorney General.

2006 Pasko, Lisa. The Serious Juvenile Offender in Hawaii. Honolulu, HI:

Department of the Attorney General.

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2005 Chesney-Lind, Meda, Lisa Pasko, Nancy Marker, Amy Joy Matsen, Kristina

Lawyer, Erika Johnson, Traci Gushiken, and Shayna Freeman. Gender,

Ethnicity, and Delinquency in Hawaii: A Report to the Twenty-Third Hawaii

State Legislature. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii at Manoa Youth Gang

Project. Publication No. 419.

2005 Chesney-Lind, Meda, Lisa Pasko, Nancy Marker, Amy Joy Matsen, Kristina

Lawyer, Erika Johnson, Traci Gushiken, and Shayna Freeman. Gangs in

Hawaii, Past and Present Findings: A Report to the Twenty-Third Hawaii

State Legislature. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii at Manoa Youth Gang

Project. Publication No. 418.

2004 Chesney-Lind, Meda, Lisa Pasko, Nancy Marker, Shayna Freeman, and

Joanne Nakano. Arrest Trends, Gang Involvement, and Truancy in Hawaii.

Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii at Manoa Youth Gang Project.

Publication No. 417.

2003 Chesney-Lind, Meda, Lisa Pasko, Nancy Marker, Pavela Fiaui, and Steven

Connery. Volume I: Understanding Gangs and Delinquency on Oahu: A

Report to the Twenty-Second Hawaii State Legislature. Honolulu, HI:

University of Hawaii at Manoa Youth Gang Project. Publication No. 414.

2003 Chesney-Lind, Meda, Lisa Pasko, Nancy Marker, Pavela Fiaui, and Steven

Connery. Volume II: Youth Service Center Evaluation Research: A Report to

the Twenty-Second Hawaii State Legislature. Honolulu, HI: University of

Hawaii at Manoa Youth Gang Project. Publication No. 413.

2002 Chesney-Lind, Meda, Lisa Pasko, Nancy Marker, David T. Mayeda, Kristina

Woo, and Pavela Fiaui. Juvenile Arrests, Impact Assessments of Prevention

Programs, and Community Profiles: An Interim Report to the Twenty-

Second Hawaii State Legislature. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii at

Manoa Youth Gang Project. Publication No. 412.

2001 Chesney-Lind, Meda, David T. Mayeda, Jennifer Koo, Scott Okamoto, Nancy

Marker, Lisa Pasko, Kristina Woo and Ethel Balayan. Volume II:

Responding to Youth Gangs and Juvenile Delinquency in Hawaii. A Report

to the Twenty-First Hawaii State Legislature. Honolulu, HI: University of

Hawaii at Manoa Youth Gang Project. Publication No. 411.

2001 Chesney-Lind, Meda, David T. Mayeda, Jennifer Koo, Scott Okamoto, Nancy

Marker, Lisa Pasko, Kristina Woo and Ethel Balayan. Volume I: Dimensions

of Youth Gang Membership and Juvenile Delinquency in Hawaii. A Report

to the Twenty-First Hawaii State Legislature. Honolulu, HI: University of

Hawaii at Manoa Youth Gang Project. Publication No. 410.

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PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION

2016 “Demasiados Problemas: Exploring Differences in Latina and Caucasian

Girls’ Pathways to Court Involvement.” American Society of Criminology

Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA.

2016 “Running the Gauntlet: Re-conceptualizing Pathways Perspective,

Commercial Sexual Exploitation, and Female Offending.” Academy of

Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting. Denver, CO.

2016 with Meda Chesney-Lind. “Running the Gauntlet: Re-conceptualizing

Pathways Perspective in Female Offending.” Pacific Sociological Association

Annual Meeting. Oakland, CA.

2015 “Beyond Confinement: The Regulation of Girl Offenders’ Bodies, Sexual

Choices, and Reproduction.” American Society of Criminology Annual

Meeting. Washington, DC.

2015 “Damaged Daughters: Girls, Juvenile Justice, and the Regulation of

Sexuality.” Society of the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting.

Chicago, IL.

2014 Critic. Author Meets Critics: The Complexities of Police Corruption: Gender,

Identity, and Misconduct by Marilyn Corsianos. American Society of

Criminology Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA.

2014 “A Hard Sell: Girls, Their Mothers, and Commercial Sexual Exploitation.”

American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA.

2014 Session Chair. Prostitution and Sex Trafficking. American Society of

Criminology Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA.

2013 “Damaged Daughters: Girls, Juvenile Justice, and the Regulation of

Sexuality.” American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA.

2013 with Vera Lopez. “The Latina Penalty: Juvenile Court and Correctional

Attitudes toward the Latina Juvenile Offender.” Western Society of

Criminology. Berkeley, CA.

2012 Session Organizer. “Doing Social Justice Action Work: A Presentation of the

Thomas C. Hood Award Winner.” Society for the Study of Social Problems

Annual Meeting. Denver, CO.

2012 with Meda Chesney-Lind. “Mean Girls, Bad Girls, or Just Girls?” National

Coalition against Domestic Violence Annual Conference. Denver, CO.

2011 “Girls and Juvenile Justice: Emerging Issues,” Fifth Annual Colorado

Conference on Girls. Lakewood, CO.

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2011 “All the Rage: Female Juvenile Offenders’ Explanations for Assault at

School,” American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting. Washington,

DC.

2011 “All the Rage: Female Juvenile Offenders’ Explanations for Assault at

School,” Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting. Las

Vegas, NV.

2010 “‘I Wish I Had a Better Story:’ Reproductive Decision-Making, Sexual

Strategies, and the Female Juvenile Offender,” American Society of

Criminology Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA.

2010 Critic. Author Meets Critics: Offending Women: Power, Punishment, and the

Regulation of Desire by Lynn Haney, Social Science History Association

Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL.

2010 “Setting the Record ‘Straight:’ Girls, Sexuality, and Youth Corrections,”

American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA.

2010 Invited Presenter. “Damaged Daughters: The History of Girls’ Sexuality and

the Juvenile Justice System,” 100 Years of Criminal Law and Criminology

Symposium. Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.

2010 “‘I Wish I Had a Better Story:’ Reproductive Decision-Making, Sexual

Strategies, and the Female Juvenile Offender,” Western Society of

Criminology Annual Meeting. Honolulu, HI.

2009 “Understanding Girls’ Pathways to Aggression and Violence,” Third Annual

Colorado Conference on Girls. Aurora, CO.

2009 “Setting the Record ‘Straight:’ Girls, Sexuality, and the Youth Correctional

System,” Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting. San

Francisco, CA.

2009 “Why I Gotta Be So Hard: Girls' Pathways to Violence and Aggression,”

National Conference of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. Chicago, IL.

2009 “Setting the Record ‘Straight:’ Girls, Sexuality, and the Youth Correctional

System,” Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA.

2008 “Working with Girl Offenders: Challenges and Promising Directions from the

Field,” Second Annual Colorado Conference on Girls. Thornton, CO.

2008 Sessions Organizer. Hearing from the Heart: Girls' Experiences in the

Juvenile System; and Sex Trafficking and the Girl Offender: Current Issues

Facing Colorado, Second Annual Colorado Conference on Girls. Thornton,

CO.

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2008 “The Lost Boys and the Saved Girls: The Gendered Nature of the

Contemporary Juvenile Court,” American Society of Criminology Annual

Meeting. St. Louis, MO.

2007 with Meda Chesney-Lind. “Gender Differences in Predictors of Detention:

Results from the Hawaii Study,” American Society of Criminology Annual

Meeting. Atlanta, GA.

2007 “Gender and Asian Pacific Islander Youth: Understanding Pathways to

Delinquency,” Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting.

New York City, NY.

2006 “Disparate Pathways, Femininity Indictments, and Systematic Control: A Re-

conceptualization of the Female Juvenile,” American Society of Criminology

Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, CA.

2004 with Meda Chesney-Lind. “Feminism and Criminology Revisited,” American

Society of Criminology Annual Meeting. Nashville, TN.

2004 “No Pilikia: Gender, Delinquency, and Justice in Hawaii,” American Society

of Criminology Annual Meeting. Nashville, TN.

2003 with Meda Chesney-Lind. “Jailing Girls: Hawaii and National Trends,”

Hawaii Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Honolulu, HI.

2002 “From Sin to Syndrome: The Medicalization of Juvenile Sexual Offense,”

American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL.

2002 Session Chair. Sex Offenses, American Society of Criminology Annual

Meeting. Chicago, IL.

2002 “Sin to Syndrome: The Medicalization of Juvenile Sexual Offense,”

American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL.

2001 with Meda Chesney-Lind and David T. Mayeda. “Effective Responses and

Outreach Challenges: Lessons from the Hawaii Youth Gang Project,”

International Association for Research into Juvenile Criminology Annual

Conference. Greifswald, Germany.

2001 “Naked Power: The Practice of Stripping as a Confidence Game,” Hawaii

Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Honolulu, HI.

2000 “Villain or Victim: Social Predictors of Federal Drug Offense Sentencing,”

American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA.

2000 “Villain or Victim: Social Predictors of Drug Sentencing,” American

Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Washington, DC.

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2000 “The Practice of Stripping as a Confidence Game,” Pacific Sociological

Association Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA.

2000 Session Organizer. Crime and Punishment in Hawaii, Western Society of

Criminology Annual Meeting. Kona, HI.

1999 “Exotic Dance and the Social Act: A Symbolic Interactionist Perspective,”

American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL.

1999 “Juvenile Sex Offenses in Hawaii: Contemporary Response and Future

Directions,” Western Society of Criminology Annual Meeting. Oakland, CA.

1999 with David Chandler. “Crime and Restorative Justice in Hawaii,” Hawaii

Sociological Annual Meeting. Honolulu, HI.

1998 with Rochelle Herst. “Victim or Victimizer: An Examination of the

Developmentally Disabled Sex Offender,” Pacific Sociological Association

Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA.

1998 “The Medicalization of Juvenile Sex Offenses,” Pacific Sociological

Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA.

1997 with Matt Leone. “Juvenile Sex Offenders: Incarceration or Treatment?”

Western and Pacific Association of Criminal Justice Educators Annual

Meeting. Reno, NV.

1997 “Stigma as Self Identity: The Case of the Juvenile Sex Offender,” Pacific

Sociological Association Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA.

PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS

External Reviewer for Promotion/Tenure/Mid-Tenure

2016 Humboldt State University

2016 Indiana University, Northwest

2013 University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Reviewer for Journals

2017 Violence against Women, Social Problems

2016 Youth and Society; Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law & Society (2);

Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology (2); Gender Issues;

Feminist Criminology (2)

2015 Feminist Criminology, Social Problems

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2014 Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice and Criminology, Sociology Compass,

Law and Policy, Feminist Criminology

2013 Crime and Delinquency, Feminist Criminology, Social Science Research

Journal

2012 Social Problems, Social Justice

2011 Sociology Compass, Youth and Society, International Journal of Sociology

and Anthropology

2010 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Violence against Women, Youth

and Society

2009 Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

2008 Feminist Criminology, Sex Roles, National Women’s Studies Association

Journal, The Sociological Quarterly

2007 Latino Studies, Sociological Perspectives, American Journal of Sociology,

Sociology Compass

2006 Women and Criminal Justice

Reviewer for Publishers

2015 Palgrave MacMillan

2015 University of California Press

2014 University of California Press

2012 Jones and Bartlett Publishers

2008 SUNY Press

2007 Sage Publications, University of Texas at Austin Press

Editorial Board Member

2013-current Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law & Society

2007-current Sociology Compass

Section Editor

2014-current Crime and Deviance Section, Sociology Compass

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Chair

2012-2015 Colorado Coalition for Girls

2011-2012 Society for the Study of Social Problems Thomas C. Hood Social Action

Committee

Committee Member

2017 American Society of Criminology Division of Women and Crime Larry J.

Siegel Fellowship and Feminist Criminology Graduate Scholarship jury

member

2008-2015 Colorado Coalition for Girls (CCFG) Board Member

Conference Chair

2012 Sixth Annual Colorado Conference on Girls, “Voices to Action.” Pepsi

Center, Denver, CO.

2010 Fourth Annual Colorado Conference on Girls, “Relationships Matter, Girls

Matter.” Curtis Hotel, Denver, CO.

Consultant

2016 Arapahoe County District Court v. Brooke Higgins, expert witness (defense)

2012 Servicios de la Raza’s Female Juvenile Offender Re-entry and Employment

Program (Denver, CO).

2008-2012 Women’s Resource Agency’s InterCept Too Female Juvenile Offender

Gender-Specific Program (Colorado Springs, CO); Program evaluator (since

2010)

2008 Youth Justice Initiative Boys Report (San Francisco, CA)

Invited Lectures/Interviews

Fall 2016 Interviewed by the Associated Press, commentary on girls’ violence and best

practices

Spring 2016 Interviewed by Sage Publications, video series lecture on juvenile

delinquency

Fall 2015 Interviewed by Mother Jones, commentary on the reauthorization of the

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Act

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Winter 2015 Testimony, Senate Bill 1537, Colorado Senate Judiciary (bill postponed

indefinitely)

Fall 2013 Interviewed by Associated Press, commentary on Navy Yard shooting

Fall 2012 Interviewed by BBC morning radio show, commentary on Sandy Hook

school shooting.

Fall 2012 Interviewed by BBC midnight radio show, commentary on Sandy Hook

school shooting.

Fall 2012 Interviewed by CORREIO BRAZILIENSE, commentary on Sandy Hook

school shooting.

Fall 2012 “Putting Our Voices into Action.” Sixth Annual Colorado Conference on

Girls afternoon keynote address. Denver, CO.

Summer 2012 Interviewed by CORREIO BRAZILIENSE, commentary on Aurora Theater

shooting.

Summer 2012 Interviewed by BBC morning radio show, commentary on Aurora Theater

shooting.

Winter 2012 Testimony, House Bill 1271, Colorado House and Senate Judiciary

Committees.

Fall 2011 “Moving the Needle: Making a Difference in Girls’ Lives in Colorado.” Fifth

Annual Colorado Conference on Girls closing keynote address. Lakewood,

CO.

Summer 2011 Member profile spotlight. American Society of Criminology Division on

Women and Crime SARAH newsletter.

Winter 2011 “Gender Specific Programming: What It Is and What It Is Not,” lecture given

at the Juvenile Delinquency Practice Conference: Translating Current

Research into Convincing Advocacy. Colorado Springs, CO.

Fall 2010 at Everest College: “Girl Offenders and the Juvenile Justice System,” guest

lecturer in Derek Regensburger’s Corrections course.

Fall 2010 Interviewed by Denver Post: “Colo. programs target fastest-growing criminal

segment: teen girls.” http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_16382378

Fall 2010 “Preliminary Evaluation Results for the InterCept Girl Offender Program,”

morning address given at the Women’s Resource Agency Hopes and Dreams

Event. Colorado Springs, CO.

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Summer 2010 Interviewed by Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, “Why Girl Crime Is

Up.” http://journalismfor.us/JJIE/2010/06/2189/

Summer 2010 “The Mean Girl Phenomenon: Understanding Girls’ Pathways to Violence

and Aggression,” (3) workshop presentations given at Keeping Our Schools

Safe for Learning Conference, Colorado State University. Pueblo, CO.

Summer 2010 Interviewed by Channel 5, NBC affiliate Southern Colorado, commentary on

means girls.

Summer 2009 "Why I Gotta Be So Hard: Girls' Pathways to Violence and Aggression,"

workshop training for Savio House (juvenile offender residential facility).

Denver, CO.

Summer 2009 Interviewed by Glamour Magazine, commentary on girls in contemporary

gangs.

Spring 2009 “Girls’ Issues in the Juvenile Justice System,” presentation given to the

Colorado Women’s Bar Association Annual Meeting. Vail, CO.

Spring 2009 “In and Out of the System: The Female Juvenile Offender in El Paso

County,” presentation given to the Fourth Judicial District. Colorado Springs,

CO.

Winter 2009 “In and Out of the System: The Girl Offender in Colorado,” presentation

given to the Colorado Governor’s Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

Prevention Council. Denver, CO.

Fall 2008 at Colorado College: “Girl Offenders and the Educational System,” guest

lecturer in Megan Sheppard’s Education and Inequality course.

Fall 2008 “Understanding Girls’ Pathways to Violence and Aggression,” afternoon

lecturer at the Colorado School Social Workers Association Annual Meeting.

Winter Park, CO.

Summer 2008 Interviewed by Radar Magazine, commentary on Amanda Knox trial.

Fall 2007 “Understanding Girls’ Pathways to Violence and Aggression,” morning

keynote at First Annual Colorado Conference on Girls. Denver, CO.

Fall 2006 Interviewed by Youth Today on the efficacy of Honolulu Girls Court.

Summer 2006 “The Female Juvenile Offender in Hawaii County,” presentation given to the

Third Judicial District of Hawaii. Hilo, HI.

Spring 2006 “The Female Juvenile Offender and the Serious Juvenile Offender in

Hawaii,” presentation given to the Twenty-Fourth Hawaii State Legislature.

Honolulu, HI.

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Spring 2003 with Meda Chesney-Lind. “Girls, Juvenile Justice, and Detention,” morning

lecture given at the Family Court Annual Symposium. Honolulu, HI.

Graduate Student Representative

1999, 2004 Western Society of Criminology

AWARDS/GRANTS

2015-2017 “Characteristics and Predictors of Juvenile Diversion Program Success for

Girls: A Focus on the Latina First-Time Offender,” with OMNI Institute

(grant manager). Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention,

Department of Justice Grant #2015-MU-FX-0003. ($48,258)

2012 University of Denver Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning

Mini-Grant, Colorado Conference on Girls student participation. ($1,440)

2010 Colorado Division of Criminal Justice, Fourth Annual Colorado Conference

on Girls Development Grant. ($2,500)

2010 University of Denver Women’s Library Association, Collection Development

Grant. ($2,059)

2008-2009 “In and Out of the System: Understanding and Addressing the Female Juvenile

Offender in Colorado,” Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Formula Sub-Grant #27-JF-FX-0058 (awarded by Colorado Division of

Criminal Justice, second year of funding). ($21,960)

2008 University of Denver Faculty Research Award for “Understanding and

Addressing the Female Juvenile Offender in Colorado.” ($2,920)

2007-2008 “In and Out of the System: Understanding and Addressing the Female Juvenile

Offender in Colorado,” Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Formula sub-grant #26-JF-FX-0018 (awarded by Colorado Division of

Criminal Justice, first year of funding). ($22,444)

2007 University of Denver Professional Research Opportunity for Faculty (PROF)

award for “The Historical Experience of the Female Juvenile Offender.”

($13,851) 2007 University of Denver Internationalization Small Grant. ($700—Declined)

2006 University of Denver Women’s Library Association, Collection Development

Grant. ($3,508)

2005-2006 Honolulu Girls Court Evaluation Grant (awarded by the First Circuit Court of

Hawaii, Honolulu, HI). ($27,000)

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MISCELLANEOUS

2011 “Vagina Warrior,” University of Denver Vagina Monologues Award for

Advocacy.

2008 University of Denver Best Writing Intensive CORE proposal for “Murder in

America.”

2007 First Place Winner of CSA Sociological Abstracts Discovery Grand Prize for

the submission, “Igniting the Sociological Imagination: Creating CSA

Sociological Abstracts Student Anthologies.” with Hava Gordon and Jenny

Bowers. ($1000 each)

2002 University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Social Sciences travel scholarship.

($750)

2000 First Place Graduate Student Paper, American Society of Criminology,

Critical Criminology Division, for the paper titled, “Criminal Justice in the

Mother Tongue: A Feminist Critique of Restorative Justice.”

1999 University of Hawaii at Manoa Graduate Student Association Scholarship.

($700)

1998-2000 Teaching Assistantship, Department of Sociology, University of Hawaii at

Manoa.

1992-1994 Dean’s List, University of Nevada, Reno.

UNIVERSITY OF DENVER SERVICE

2017 Member: ASEM Conversations, Analyses, and Strategies workshop

2017 Member: AHSS Divisional Promotion and Tenure committee

2017 Member: AHSS Say n Play participant

2016 Member: Karen Albright Promotion and Tenure Committee

2015 Member: Faculty Recruitment committee

2013-2017 Member: PinS committee

2013-2014 Member: GWST Executive committee

2013 Chair: Jeffrey Lin Promotion and Tenure committee

2013 Member: AHSS Divisional Promotion and Tenure committee

2012 Member: Inclusive Excellence Scorecard committee

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2012 Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse Scholarship Interdisciplinary

Discussion Group, Sturm Law

2011-2014 Member: Elected Faculty committee

2011 Member: Faculty Recruitment committee

2011-2013 Member: AHSS “Directions” Integrated Communities committee

2010 Member: PROF review committee

2009-current Co-steering committee member: Socio-Legal Studies Program

2009-current Faculty member: Honors Program

2009-current Faculty member: Gender and Women’s Studies

2008-current Dissertation committee member and oral defense chair: Emma Espel

Thesis chair: Amanda Blue Debell

Thesis chair: Rachel Weatherly

Thesis chair: Rodolfo Diaz

Thesis chair: Nicole Vianzon

Thesis chair: Amber Stogsdill

Thesis chair and faculty Summer Research/PinS partner: Tom Albert

Thesis chair: Zach Welch

Thesis chair and faculty Summer Research/PinS partner: Britni Adams

Thesis chair: Esther Park

Thesis chair: Rachel Deaton

Thesis chair and faculty PinS partner: Michelle Molinar-Dominguez

Thesis committee member: Natalie Holifield (GWST)

Thesis committee member: Molly Gummersheimer

Thesis committee member: Joseph Dingle

Thesis committee member: Varinia Rodriguez

Thesis committee member: Alena Simon

Thesis committee member: Lynzi Maas

Thesis committee member: Faith Ojebuoboh

Thesis committee member: Rachel Tucker

Thesis committee member: Nicole Drake

Thesis committee member: Devyn Parnes

Independent

Studies: Katie Eichenberger (History of Girls in the Juvenile Justice System);

Melodi Billera (Masculinity in the Courtroom: A Comparison of the Phil

Spector and Robert Blake Trials);

Michelle Molinar-Dominguez (The Latina Juvenile Offender in Colorado);

Andrew Motch (Law Enforcement in Colorado);

Stuart Cobb (Gangs in America);

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Kasey Nielsen (GWST 3991: Girls, Sexuality, and Juvenile Corrections);

Annabelle Allen (Latinos in Criminal Justice);

Britni Adams (Passion behind the Practice: Women who Advocate for Girl

Offenders);

Esther Park (Gender, Delinquency, and Depression);

Tessa Permut (Boys, Sexualities and the Juvenile Justice System);

Amie Fontenot (Prostitution);

Tom Albert (Sexual Minority Youth);

Thomas Harris (Organized Crime);

Hugo Loya (Girls and Prostitution);

Amber Stogsdill (Gender and Gangs);

Nicole Vianzon (Marriage and the Military);

Thomas Harris (GWST 3991: Masculinities and the Mafia);

Elizabeth Bunker (Gender and Scientology);

Shelby Wesley (Cocaine Nation);

Whitney Reasoner (Mass Shootings);

Rachael Weatherly (Harm Reduction Policy);

Amanda Blue Debell (Police Use of Lethal Force)

2008-2009 Faculty member: Service Learning/Public Good Pod

2007 Faculty volunteer: New Student Advising and Registration

2007 Faculty consultant: Men as Allies Annual Conference

Invited Lectures/Interviews at DU:

Winter 2017 “Men and feMENism” by DU Student Coalition to Eradicate Sexual Assault,

panel discussant

Fall 2015 “Cannabis in Colorado.” Enrichment Program lecture.

Fall 2011 “Girls and the Juvenile Justice System,” guest lecturer in SOCI 2770: Kids in

Courts.

Fall 2010 “Girls’ Pathways to Aggression and Violence,” guest lecturer in SOCI 2770:

Kids in Courts.

Fall 2010 “Under Lock and Key: Trauma and Marginalization in Girls’ Juvenile Justice

Involvement,” presentation part of Developmental Psychology brownbag

lecture series.

Summer 2010 “All the Rage: Assistant Professor Lisa Pasko Has a Plan to Help Violent

Girls,” University of Denver Magazine.

Winter 2009 “From Mean Girls to Femme Fatales: Understanding Girls’ Violence and

Aggression,” presentation given at the ‘Moms and Grandmoms’ weekend.

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Fall 2008 “Why I Gotta Be So Hard: Girls’ Pathways to Aggression,” presentation part

of Developmental Psychology brownbag lecture series.

Fall 2008 “From Mean Girls to Femme Fatales: Girls’ Violence in the 21st Century,”

Discoveries presentation, University of Denver.

Winter 2008 “Women and the Death Penalty,” guest lecturer in CORE 2476: Capital

Punishment.

Spring 2008 “Criminology Research Methods,” guest lecturer in LIS 4379: Social Science

Research Sources.

Courses

The Female Offender; Criminology; Sexualities and the Law; Murder in America; Drugs and

Society; Men and Masculinities; Masculinities and Violence; Discipline and Punishment;

Juvenile Delinquency; Gender in Society

REFERENCES

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