you shouldn't leave las vegas

Meda Chesney-Lind (sometimes referred to as the mother of feminist criminology) is going to speak at UNLV on the 1st.

Nour, what's the big deal?

She is pretty much the person that I wanted to be when it came to criminal justice and research. This woman took all those studies that had been done over the years and asked the simple question, "what about the girls?" She brought female delinquency to the forefront, and helped the criminal justice community understand that you can't apply the same methods to females as you can males. That female delinquency is often triggered by different things than male delinquency.

I have read countless studies, articles, etc written by her. She is quoted in every single one of my research papers - which would make sense considering they always had to do with women and crime (in some way, shape or form).

I am so beyond bummed that I'm going to miss this ... I think I'd be completely speechless if I ever had the opportunity to meet her.

=( Sad panda.

On a side note .. I miss criminal justice.