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Barbara A. Koons-Witt
Associate Professor and Graduate Director
Ph.D., Michigan State University (2000)

Office: 109 Currel College
Phone: (803) 777-0107
Fax: (803) 777-9600
Email: bakoons@mailbox.sc.edu

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Areas of Specialization:

Women and Crime, Corrections, Sentencing Disparity, Evaluation Research 

Current Research and Interests:

 

Dr. Koons-Witt is presently involved in research examining violent female offenders, gender-responsive approaches for community corrections supervision, community supervision of sexual offenders, and the relationship between length of incarceration and recidivism.

Other Activities:

Dr. Koons-Witt is currently teaching courses on Women and Crime, Corrections, and Research Methods. She is Director of the Graduate Program in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Dr. Koons-Witt serves on the editorial boards of Feminist Criminology and Women and Criminal Justice and is a member of the SCCA Task Force on Adult and Juvenile Female Offenders.


Books (selected):

Schram, Pamela J. and Koons-Witt, Barbara (eds.). Gendered (In)Justice: Theory and Practice in Feminist Criminology. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press Inc. (In press)


Articles (selected):

Schram, Pamela J., Koons-Witt, Barbara A., Williams, Frank P., and McShane, Marilyn. (2006). Supervision strategies and approaches for female parolees: Examining the link between unmet needs and parole outcome. Crime & Delinquency, 52(3), 450-471.

Koons-Witt, Barbara and Schram, Pamela J. (2006). Does Race Matter?: Examining the Relationship between Co-Offending and Victim Characteristics for Violent Incidents involving Female Offenders. Feminist Criminology, 1(2), 125-146.

Schram, Pamela J., Koons-Witt, Barbara, and Morash, Merry. (2004). Management Strategies When Working with Female Prisoners. Women & Criminal Justice, 15 (2): 25-50.

Koons-Witt, Barbara and Schram, Pamela J. (2003). The prevalence and nature of violent offending by females. Journal of Criminal Justice,31(4): 361-371.

Burrow, John D. and Koons-Witt, Barbara A. (2003). Elderly status, extraordinary impairments and inter-circuit variation under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. The Elder Law Journal, 11(2): 273.

Koons-Witt, Barbara . (2002) Gender and justice: The Effect of gender and gender-related factors on the decision to incarcerate before and after sentencing guidelines. Criminology, 40(2): 297- 328.


 

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