Ep. 74 Career Reflection: Studying Victimization with Janet Lauritsen

This week we talk with Janet Lauritsen who is Curators' Distinguished Professor Emerita in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri -St. Louis. We walk through the journey to her becoming a criminologist and studying victimization. We then discuss a piece she wrote on victimization for the Annual Review of Criminology. Finally, Janet gives us her thoughts on the field of criminology. 

 

Janet has been published in journals such as Criminology, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, and Social Forces.