Victoria E Collins
Biographic Data
| ID | 4076340 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Victoria E Collins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Victoria E |
| FAMILY NAME | Collins |
| SIGNATURE | COLLINS V E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Eastern Kentucky University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5597-7172 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Propagandizing the visible, ignoring the invisible-visible
We draw from green cultural and visual criminology to analyze and discuss how the visual is manufactured to promote space expansionism in terms of the idyllic, simultaneously obscuring the visible (i.e. harms and destructive forces) into the invisible. We engage with the representational narrative that forms the dogma of cultural production into a normalized “seeing.” Offering examples that highlight the dominant narrative that space expansionism…
What’s She Doing Here?!”: Negotiating Gender Identity and Harassment in Gendered, Sexualized, and “Taboo” Research Spaces
Scholarly inquiry into the experiences of women researchers engaged in ethnographic fieldwork is a growing area of study. While important to feminist criminology, most of the literature addressing this topic comes from sociology and anthropology. Drawing on qualitative ethnographic research in the United States, conducted in gendered, sexualized and “taboo” spaces, this study examines two women’s experiences. Findings indicate that women research…
Planetary Geopolitics, Space Weaponization and Environmental Harms
While the militarization of space has been occurring since the 1950s, it was not considered a domain of fighting nor was it being fully weaponized until recently. Yet, there is a glaring absence of research on space weaponization or space environmental harms by criminologists. Here, using a retrospective approach we juxtapose the environmental harms from wars, military weapon development, maintenance and readiness on Earth and known harms that ha…
Academics Versus Athletics? The Protection and Prioritization of College Athletics in an Era of Neoliberal Austerity
In an era of neoliberal capitalism, public funding to higher education has increasingly been subject to austerity measures that, based on cost-benefit analyses, have resulted in privatization, tuition hikes, outsourcing, and program, staff, and pay cuts. Official rationales for such measures center on cost effectiveness as well as institutional health and efficiency, yet the elephant in the room remains: that of continued financial and institutio…
The capitalist voyeur: Commodification, consumption and the spectacle of the cruise
This article explores the pervasive forms of consumerism which underpin the cruise experience. Drawing upon Baudrillard, among others, we examine the process of ‘magical thinking’ utilised by passengers to mask the hidden social, economic, environmental, and cultural harms that surround the international cruise industry and which in turn serves to reinforce inequalities and structural harms between the Global North and South, particularly in deve…
Violence of Neoliberalism
Consent and Consumption of Spectacle Power and Violence
This article focuses on the facilitation, consent and consumption of state violence, as an aspect of the state's hegemonic control in the current stage of neoliberal capitalism. We suggest that the commoditized symbols of state violence are a part of everyday life for millions within the United States and are embedded within ideologies of nationalism-national security, supported and reinforced through consumerism. The consumption (figuratively an…
The Illusion of Resistance: Commodification and Reification of Neoliberalism and the State
The nomadic pastoralist, the fisherman and the pirate
This chapter discusses piracy in Somalia to include the historical legacy of interventionist policies that have eradicated tribal traditions of nomadic pastoralism and agriculture and all but destroyed the country&s;s fishing industry. The kidnappers in the case were described as &s;organized criminals&s; associated with pirates operating on the east coast of Africa in waters that have been described as &s;the most dangerous in the world&s;. The …
My pain grows as my life dwindles”: Women, poetry, and resisting state violence in Afghanistan
Western media reporting on the post-9/11 Taliban regime in Afghanistan propagated the image of Afghani women as being helpless, voiceless victims in desperate need of external intervention to rescue them from oppression—i.e. the faceless woman dressed in the all-encompassing blue burqa. Contrary to such symbolizing, and drawing on Hayward and Schuilenburg’s (2014) criteria for resistance, this article examines the longevity and endurance of Pasht…
Secrets Exposed: Selective State Concern and the Prosecution of Notorious Arms Trafficker Viktor Bout
Does 'Violent' Mean 'Bad'? Individual Definitions of Violence
People use the word "violent" to describe a wide range of behaviors. When referring to acts of force, however, past research indicates that people often reserve the word "violent" to refer to acts of force that they define as "bad." In the current study we use vignettes to explore variation in people's definitions of a particular instance of the use of force. The findings indicate support for the idea that people reserve the word "violent" to ref…
Kerry Carrington: Feminism and Global Justice
A Lust for Treasure and a Love of Gold…or Desperation? Global Facilitation of Piracy, Neoliberal Policies and the Control of the Somali Pirate
Guilty until proven guilty: An examination of the anti-piracy response at the interactional level
The Normality of Political Administration and State Violence: Casuistry, Law, and Drones
The International Criminal Court: A Pipe Dream to End Impunity
The prospects of the emerging international criminal justice system, namely the International Criminal Court, serving as a catalyst to end impunity of those most responsible for crimes against humanity, war crimes, genocide, and massive violations of human rights, remains bleak given four underlying factors: the ideology of deterrence that undergirds the system, jurisdictional limitations, the backlash of its involvement in and issuance of arrest…
Teaching Criminological Theory: The Power of Film and Music
Deadly Love: Images of Dating Violence in the “Twilight Saga”
It has been well established that adolescents face a high risk of dating violence in the United States. One explanation links these behaviors to attitudes and behaviors that are reflected in the media, such as books, movies, and video games that target a teenage audience. In the study presented here, a content analysis of the popular four-book Twilight series provided evidence of behaviors and attitudes that are conducive to dating violence. Case…
Deadly Love: Images of Dating Violence in the “Twilight Saga”
It has been well established that adolescents face a high risk of dating violence in the United States. One explanation links these behaviors to attitudes and behaviors that are reflected in the media, such as books, movies, and video games that target a teenage audience. In the study presented here, a content analysis of the popular four-book Twilight series provided evidence of behaviors and attitudes that are conducive to dating violence. Case…
The capitalist voyeur: Commodification, consumption and the spectacle of the cruise
This article explores the pervasive forms of consumerism which underpin the cruise experience. Drawing upon Baudrillard, among others, we examine the process of ‘magical thinking’ utilised by passengers to mask the hidden social, economic, environmental, and cultural harms that surround the international cruise industry and which in turn serves to reinforce inequalities and structural harms between the Global North and South, particularly in deve…
The Normality of Political Administration and State Violence: Casuistry, Law, and Drones
The Illusion of Resistance: Commodification and Reification of Neoliberalism and the State
Teaching Criminological Theory: The Power of Film and Music
What’s She Doing Here?!”: Negotiating Gender Identity and Harassment in Gendered, Sexualized, and “Taboo” Research Spaces
Scholarly inquiry into the experiences of women researchers engaged in ethnographic fieldwork is a growing area of study. While important to feminist criminology, most of the literature addressing this topic comes from sociology and anthropology. Drawing on qualitative ethnographic research in the United States, conducted in gendered, sexualized and “taboo” spaces, this study examines two women’s experiences. Findings indicate that women research…
Academics Versus Athletics? The Protection and Prioritization of College Athletics in an Era of Neoliberal Austerity
In an era of neoliberal capitalism, public funding to higher education has increasingly been subject to austerity measures that, based on cost-benefit analyses, have resulted in privatization, tuition hikes, outsourcing, and program, staff, and pay cuts. Official rationales for such measures center on cost effectiveness as well as institutional health and efficiency, yet the elephant in the room remains: that of continued financial and institutio…
Consent and Consumption of Spectacle Power and Violence
This article focuses on the facilitation, consent and consumption of state violence, as an aspect of the state's hegemonic control in the current stage of neoliberal capitalism. We suggest that the commoditized symbols of state violence are a part of everyday life for millions within the United States and are embedded within ideologies of nationalism-national security, supported and reinforced through consumerism. The consumption (figuratively an…
My pain grows as my life dwindles”: Women, poetry, and resisting state violence in Afghanistan
Western media reporting on the post-9/11 Taliban regime in Afghanistan propagated the image of Afghani women as being helpless, voiceless victims in desperate need of external intervention to rescue them from oppression—i.e. the faceless woman dressed in the all-encompassing blue burqa. Contrary to such symbolizing, and drawing on Hayward and Schuilenburg’s (2014) criteria for resistance, this article examines the longevity and endurance of Pasht…
Does 'Violent' Mean 'Bad'? Individual Definitions of Violence
People use the word "violent" to describe a wide range of behaviors. When referring to acts of force, however, past research indicates that people often reserve the word "violent" to refer to acts of force that they define as "bad." In the current study we use vignettes to explore variation in people's definitions of a particular instance of the use of force. The findings indicate support for the idea that people reserve the word "violent" to ref…
Guilty until proven guilty: An examination of the anti-piracy response at the interactional level
The International Criminal Court: A Pipe Dream to End Impunity
The prospects of the emerging international criminal justice system, namely the International Criminal Court, serving as a catalyst to end impunity of those most responsible for crimes against humanity, war crimes, genocide, and massive violations of human rights, remains bleak given four underlying factors: the ideology of deterrence that undergirds the system, jurisdictional limitations, the backlash of its involvement in and issuance of arrest…
Deadly Love: Images of Dating Violence in the “Twilight Saga”
It has been well established that adolescents face a high risk of dating violence in the United States. One explanation links these behaviors to attitudes and behaviors that are reflected in the media, such as books, movies, and video games that target a teenage audience. In the study presented here, a content analysis of the popular four-book Twilight series provided evidence of behaviors and attitudes that are conducive to dating violence. Case…
The International Criminal Court: A Pipe Dream to End Impunity
The prospects of the emerging international criminal justice system, namely the International Criminal Court, serving as a catalyst to end impunity of those most responsible for crimes against humanity, war crimes, genocide, and massive violations of human rights, remains bleak given four underlying factors: the ideology of deterrence that undergirds the system, jurisdictional limitations, the backlash of its involvement in and issuance of arrest…
Teaching Criminological Theory: The Power of Film and Music
A Lust for Treasure and a Love of Gold…or Desperation? Global Facilitation of Piracy, Neoliberal Policies and the Control of the Somali Pirate
Guilty until proven guilty: An examination of the anti-piracy response at the interactional level
The Normality of Political Administration and State Violence: Casuistry, Law, and Drones
Kerry Carrington: Feminism and Global Justice
The nomadic pastoralist, the fisherman and the pirate
This chapter discusses piracy in Somalia to include the historical legacy of interventionist policies that have eradicated tribal traditions of nomadic pastoralism and agriculture and all but destroyed the country&s;s fishing industry. The kidnappers in the case were described as &s;organized criminals&s; associated with pirates operating on the east coast of Africa in waters that have been described as &s;the most dangerous in the world&s;. The …
My pain grows as my life dwindles”: Women, poetry, and resisting state violence in Afghanistan
Western media reporting on the post-9/11 Taliban regime in Afghanistan propagated the image of Afghani women as being helpless, voiceless victims in desperate need of external intervention to rescue them from oppression—i.e. the faceless woman dressed in the all-encompassing blue burqa. Contrary to such symbolizing, and drawing on Hayward and Schuilenburg’s (2014) criteria for resistance, this article examines the longevity and endurance of Pasht…
Secrets Exposed: Selective State Concern and the Prosecution of Notorious Arms Trafficker Viktor Bout
Does 'Violent' Mean 'Bad'? Individual Definitions of Violence
People use the word "violent" to describe a wide range of behaviors. When referring to acts of force, however, past research indicates that people often reserve the word "violent" to refer to acts of force that they define as "bad." In the current study we use vignettes to explore variation in people's definitions of a particular instance of the use of force. The findings indicate support for the idea that people reserve the word "violent" to ref…
The Illusion of Resistance: Commodification and Reification of Neoliberalism and the State
Consent and Consumption of Spectacle Power and Violence
This article focuses on the facilitation, consent and consumption of state violence, as an aspect of the state's hegemonic control in the current stage of neoliberal capitalism. We suggest that the commoditized symbols of state violence are a part of everyday life for millions within the United States and are embedded within ideologies of nationalism-national security, supported and reinforced through consumerism. The consumption (figuratively an…
Violence of Neoliberalism
The capitalist voyeur: Commodification, consumption and the spectacle of the cruise
This article explores the pervasive forms of consumerism which underpin the cruise experience. Drawing upon Baudrillard, among others, we examine the process of ‘magical thinking’ utilised by passengers to mask the hidden social, economic, environmental, and cultural harms that surround the international cruise industry and which in turn serves to reinforce inequalities and structural harms between the Global North and South, particularly in deve…
Academics Versus Athletics? The Protection and Prioritization of College Athletics in an Era of Neoliberal Austerity
In an era of neoliberal capitalism, public funding to higher education has increasingly been subject to austerity measures that, based on cost-benefit analyses, have resulted in privatization, tuition hikes, outsourcing, and program, staff, and pay cuts. Official rationales for such measures center on cost effectiveness as well as institutional health and efficiency, yet the elephant in the room remains: that of continued financial and institutio…
What’s She Doing Here?!”: Negotiating Gender Identity and Harassment in Gendered, Sexualized, and “Taboo” Research Spaces
Scholarly inquiry into the experiences of women researchers engaged in ethnographic fieldwork is a growing area of study. While important to feminist criminology, most of the literature addressing this topic comes from sociology and anthropology. Drawing on qualitative ethnographic research in the United States, conducted in gendered, sexualized and “taboo” spaces, this study examines two women’s experiences. Findings indicate that women research…
Planetary Geopolitics, Space Weaponization and Environmental Harms
While the militarization of space has been occurring since the 1950s, it was not considered a domain of fighting nor was it being fully weaponized until recently. Yet, there is a glaring absence of research on space weaponization or space environmental harms by criminologists. Here, using a retrospective approach we juxtapose the environmental harms from wars, military weapon development, maintenance and readiness on Earth and known harms that ha…
Propagandizing the visible, ignoring the invisible-visible
We draw from green cultural and visual criminology to analyze and discuss how the visual is manufactured to promote space expansionism in terms of the idyllic, simultaneously obscuring the visible (i.e. harms and destructive forces) into the invisible. We engage with the representational narrative that forms the dogma of cultural production into a normalized “seeing.” Offering examples that highlight the dominant narrative that space expansionism…
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