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Position: Senior Research Fellow
Degree(s): Ph.D., State University of New York
Areas of Research/Interest: Gender and Justice, The History of Biological Theories of Crime, Crime and Film
Background:
A pioneer in the field of gender and justice and the history of biological theories on crime, Dr. Rafter is an international scholar, widely published and cited throughout the field of criminal justice and criminology. Having taught since 1977, Dr. Rafter left her full-time faculty position in 1999 to intensively pursue her research in 1999. After living in Rome and Venice for some time, she has returned to the U.S. to continue writing and teaching. Currently, she maintains her strong ties to NU as a Senior Research Fellow for the College. While at CCJ, Dr. Rafter will likely teach in one of her many areas of expertise, including biological theories of crime, and crime and film.
Currently, Dr. Rafter is working on three major books, the first of which is due out in late 2003 through Duke University Press. This work, Criminal Woman, co-edited with Prof. Mary Gibson of John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City, will be both a re-translation and resource guide to Cesar Lombroso's seminal work, La Donna Delinquente, originally written in 1895. A second book is a re-translation of Criminal Man, also by Lombroso. Both of these re-translations are expected to dramatically re-interpret Lombroso's theoretical work.
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Phone: 617.373.3327
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Email: n.rafter@neu.edu
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