Alexandra Cox - Biography
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| Email: ac524@cam.ac.uk | |
Education
University of Cambridge
- M.Phil. Criminological Research
- Manuel López-Rey Prize for the best performance on the M.Phil. programme
Yale University
- BA, American Studies
Selected Work Experience & Activities
- Social Services Case Worker, Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, New York, NY
- Senior Research Associate, Drug Policy Alliance, Office of Legal Affairs
- Project Director and Advisory Board Member, Literacy for Incarcerated Teens
Publications
- (Forthcoming) Book chapter (with Loraine Gelsthorpe) “Creative Encounters in Prisons” in Cheliotis, L. (editor) The Arts of Imprisonment: Essays on Control, Resistance and Empowerment, Ashgate.
- (2009) ‘Rooting Respect: Young People’s Perspectives on Respect, Responsibility and Government in the Criminal Courts,’ Childhoods Today, 3(1)
- (2009) Book review, “Irish Children and Teenagers in a Changing World,” Sociological Research Online (July)
- (2009) Book review, “Deep Inside,” Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 48(2): 222-3
- (2008) “Beats and Bars: Music in Prisons: an Evaluation” (with Dr. Loraine Gelsthorpe), The Irene Taylor Trust
- (2008) Book review, “W.E.B. on Crime and Justice,” Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 47(3): 336-8
- “Cracked Lenses: the Visual Exploitation of Crack Mothers,” Women and Prison: A Site for Resistance
- (2003) “Making Sense of Student Drug Testing: Why Educators Are Saying No” American Civil Liberties Union, (with Fatema Gunja, Marsha Rosenbaum, and Judith Appel)
- (2003) “When a Jury Should Just Say No,” San Francisco Chronicle op-ed co-authored with Judith Appel
- (2002) “Yale Fights the War on Drugs” San Francisco Chronicle op-ed