Loraine Gelsthorpe, from the University of Cambridge, gives a lecture about women and criminal justice
On Thursday 13 November, at 4 p.m., Loraine Gelsthorpe, professor from the University of Cambridge gives the lecture “Look at you, look at us. Women, crime and criminal justice: victims or offenders?”, at the Aula Magna of the Faculty of Economics and Business. The lecture is part of the International Sociological Debates Seminar of the UB (ISDUB), a forum opened to the general public in which prestigious international experts analyse sociological issues. Moreover, the lecture pronounced by Professor Gelsthorpe opens the 2nd Conference on Women and the Criminal Justice System: “Dones, sistema penal i exclusió social: construint alternatives des del gènere”.
On Thursday 13 November, at 4 p.m., Loraine Gelsthorpe, professor from the University of Cambridge gives the lecture “Look at you, look at us. Women, crime and criminal justice: victims or offenders?”, at the Aula Magna of the Faculty of Economics and Business. The lecture is part of the International Sociological Debates Seminar of the UB (ISDUB), a forum opened to the general public in which prestigious international experts analyse sociological issues. Moreover, the lecture pronounced by Professor Gelsthorpe opens the 2nd Conference on Women and the Criminal Justice System: “Dones, sistema penal i exclusió social: construint alternatives des del gènere”.
Her speech analyses several studies about women and crime developed in the United Kingdom and highlights the need to address issues relating to women victimization. Professor Gelsthorpe argues that we need to address broad pathways into crime and broad notions of justice in dealing with women in the criminal justice system, and that ultimately, justice reinvestment is required. Loraine Gelsthorpe is member of the Institute of Criminology of University of Cambridge. She is also the current president of the British Society of Criminology. Her academic work has revolved around women, crime and criminal justice, and includes criminal justice responses to human trafficking, migration and crime, and women and sentencing.
The lecture series ISDUB considers that sociology is a key discipline to understand societyʼs problems and contribute to solve conflicts. Each lecture is previously presented and contextualised by UB lecturers who collaborate with guest speakers. The third edition of the series is organised by the following consolidated research groups on Sociology of the UB: Welfare, Community and Social Control (COPOLIS); Centre for the Study of Culture, Politics and Society (CECUPS); Power and Privilege Research Group (GEPP); Creativity, Innovation and Urban Transformation (CRIT); Research Group on Territory, Population and Citizenship; Sociological Theory and Impact of Social Research (TSIRES); Sociology of Education and Gender Studies (SEGEN); Research Group on Economic and Social Ethics and the Epistemology of the Social Sciences (GREECS) and Group on Applied Social Research: Quality of Life, Security and Citizenship (GRISA).
The 2nd Conference on Women and the Criminal Justice System is organised by the research group COPOLIS; the group Cassandra (composed by women who were interned in Catalan prisons) and the network GEISPE, which is focused on gender and the penal system.