Allison Cotton

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Allison Cotton

Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology

Criminal Justice & Criminology

Office Hours

Tuesday - [13:30 to 16:00 ]

Thursday - [13:30 to 16:00]

Biography

Dr. Cotton is a Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology. She is a Colorado native with degrees from CU-Boulder (BA, PhD) and Howard University (MA). She is the author of 3 books.

Research Interests

    Race, Class, Gender and Crime (Social Structure); Women and Violence; Female Offenders; Punishment and Society; Wrongful Convictions

Teaching Interests

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    Race, Class, Gender and Crime (Social Structure); Women and Violence; Female Offenders; Punishment and Society; Criminological Theories

Education

PhD in Sociology

University of Colorado

MA in Sociology

Howard University

BA in Sociology

University of Colorado

Published Works

    Paul Leighton., Gregg Barak., Cotton, A. (2025). Class, Race, Gender & Crime: The Social Realities of Justice in America. Rowman & Littlefield, https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538173299/Class-Race-Gender-and-Crime-The-Social-Realities-of-Justice-in-America-Sixth-Edition Cotton, M. A. (2021). Femicide and Female Violence: Intersectional Selections. (). Cognella Custom Publishing. https://store.cognella.com/22169 Cotton, A. (2019). Southall Black Sisters. Wiley-Blackwell, Cotton, A. (2019). Eunice Hunton Carter. Wiley-Blackwell, Barak, G., Leighton, P., Cotton, A. (2018). Class, Race, Gender & Crime: The Social Realities of Justice in America, 5th edition. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Barak, G., Leighton, P., Cotton, A. (2014). Class, Race, Gender & Crime: The Social Realities of Justice in America, 4th edition. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Cotton, A. (2013). Beth E. Richie: Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America's Prison Nation. Critical Criminology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10612-013-9210-7 Cotton, A. (2011). Martin Luther King . Sage Publications, Cotton, A., Ntepp, Y. R. (2009). Media Portrayals of African Americans in Helen Taylor Greene and Shaun Gabbidon (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Race and Crime. Sage Publications, Cotton, A. (2008). Effigy: Images of Capital Defendants. Lexington Books (A Division of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers), Cotton, A. (2007). Expert Witness Testimony. Greenwood Press, Cotton, A. (2007). Eye Witness Identifications. Greenwood Press, Cotton, A. (2007). Stipulations: A Typology of Citizenship in the United States after Hurricane Katrina. In Hillary Potter (Ed.) Racing the Storm: Racial Implications and Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina. (). Lexington Books (A Division of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers). Cotton, A. (2006). Play the Race Card For Pete's Sake!. American Society of Criminology , Cotton, A. (2005). Death Row Attorneys . Salem Press, Cotton, A. (2005). Defendants. Salem Press, Cotton, A. (2004). Is There a Relationship Between Death and Anxiety and Engagement in Lethal Behavior Among African-American Students?. Introductory Sociology Custom Edition for Prairie View A & M University, Cotton, A. (1997). Is There a Relationship Between Death and Anxiety and Engagement in Lethal Behavior Among African-American Students?. Omega: Journal of Death and Dying,