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.