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Dr. Karen Corteen is a Senior Lecturer in Criminal Justice at the School of Law at Liverpool John Moores University. Prior to this she has vast experience of working part time and full time as a researcher, lecturer and senior lecturer within different Universities in the North West. She has various publications including an article written with Ajay Corteen in 2012 called 'Dying to Entertain: The Victimisation of Professional Wrestlers in the USA'. Her current project is a co-edited book entitled' A Companion to Crime, Harm and Victimisation' (Policy Press, 2016). More recently she has published a piece on 'Homophobic Hate Crime' in 'Shades of Deviance' (Routledge, 2014). She has also co-published in Criminal Justice Matters on disability, normalcy and the police, and the impact of the coronial process on mental health professionals. She has co-edited a companion entitled 'A companion to Criminal Justice, Mental Health and Risk' (2015). She also has recently published two chapters, one is co-authored with Eric Allison which explores a former career criminals perspective of risk and one which examines visceral reactions to the coronial process following self-inflicted deaths. She has also co-edited a book entitled 'Expanding the Criminological Imagination: Critical Readings in Criminology' (Willan, 2007). Karen has several publications in the area of: sexuality, violence and space as a result of her involvement in the ESRC research project entitled, ‘Violence, Sexuality and Space’. This includes her single-authored article on lesbian safety talk in the journal 'Sexualities' (Sage, 2002). She has also published on the topic of childhood sexualities in 'The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology' (forthcoming 2015; and also 2011; 2007) and she has written about schools fulfilment of sex and relationship documentation in the journal 'Sex Education' (Routledge, 2006). Karen has also co-written about the experience of teaching Criminology in the journal 'Criminal Justice Education' (2010). Her area of interest is the commodification of professional wrestlers and the subsequent harms. Karen teaches in the area of criminal justice, criminology and victimology Karen also supervisors undergraduate dissertations and she is presently supervising two PhD students.
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Social & Cultural …, Jan 1, 2001
Professional wrestling in the USA, and elsewhere, is a profitable industry in which the commodifi... more Professional wrestling in the USA, and elsewhere, is a profitable industry in which the commodification of professional wrestlers can be evidenced. Being neither a pure sport nor pure entertainment, professional wrestling occupies an ambiguous position, which arguably, at best, facilitates the mystification and neglect of the harm and victimization caused to professional wrestlers as part of their craft, or at worst, causes the victimization of professional wrestlers. In this article we discuss the victimization of professional wrestlers in the USA as a result of the demands of the industry. It is our contention that they constitute the "Victimological Other" and, focusing on the wrestling business in the USA, it documents their unnecessary victimization. We maintain that whilst professional wrestlers engage in performative violence, they pay a high price for such a performance and, as such, they are victims of their craft and of the industry in which it is located. The self-inflicted and occupational-related harm and victimization experienced by professional wrestlers as a result of the pressure of this industry is discussed and the issue of accountability is raised. We conclude that this area of victimization requires further academic investigation and discussion.
Tobacco smoking is a contentious issue nationally and internationally. These issues of contention... more Tobacco smoking is a contentious issue nationally and internationally. These issues of contention are usually in response to observations of tobacco smoking taking place in civil society, with a considerable neglect to the issues surrounding smoking within closed institutional environments. This paper provides a critical realist analysis of tobacco smoking in prisons. It utilises a framework derived from a critical realist study of smoking and cessation amongst lower socio-economic groups. This paper suggests that there is much to explore and learn about the unique social environment that the prisoners find themselves within in relation to smoking, smoking bans and smoking cessation programmes. Three key areas are addressed in this analysis; the cultural status of the prisoner, the policing of tobacco and the cost. The authors contend that there remains a contradiction with regard to how to manage tobacco regulation in the secure estate whilst attempting to support prisoners with a smoking cessation agenda that neglects the reality of these smokers' positions.
No.: ISBN-13: 978-1-84392-156-1, Jan 1, 2007
Abstract: The book begins by outlining the problematic political context within which criminology... more Abstract: The book begins by outlining the problematic political context within which criminology as a discipline is operating. The subsequent chapters constitute a series of case studies which demonstrate that the current state of affairs within the discipline can be ...
Expanding the criminological …, Jan 1, 2007
The Concise Encyclopeida of Sociology, 2011
Sex Education, Jan 1, 2006
This article presents a critical evaluation of school policies, programmes of work and practices ... more This article presents a critical evaluation of school policies, programmes of work and practices in three state secondary schools in one district in one local authority in England. They are evaluated regarding Sex and Relationship Education (SRE) documentation, statutory and non-statutory from 1900 to the most recent SRE guidance introduced in July 2000 by the Department for Education and Employment. The article concludes that historically and contemporarily SRE documentation has mainly been inadequate and that in the three case studies legislative requirements concerning SRE policy and practice are predominantly not met. This is particularly the case regarding the most recent SRE guidance. Young people's access to information was institutionally limited and partial. Within the three case studies there was a failure to equip children and young people with an appropriate knowledge and understanding of sexuality, which reflects their lives and the realities of a diverse society.
Childhood in Crisis, Jan 1, 1997
Chapter 4 Prolonging'Childhood*, Manufacturing 'Innocence&a... more Chapter 4 Prolonging'Childhood*, Manufacturing 'Innocence'and Regulating Sexuality Karen Corteen and Phil Scraton No issue reveals the contradictions within the politics of childhood as starkly as that of sexuality, its definitions and regulation. As' non-adults' children are ...
Social & Cultural …, Jan 1, 2001
Professional wrestling in the USA, and elsewhere, is a profitable industry in which the commodifi... more Professional wrestling in the USA, and elsewhere, is a profitable industry in which the commodification of professional wrestlers can be evidenced. Being neither a pure sport nor pure entertainment, professional wrestling occupies an ambiguous position, which arguably, at best, facilitates the mystification and neglect of the harm and victimization caused to professional wrestlers as part of their craft, or at worst, causes the victimization of professional wrestlers. In this article we discuss the victimization of professional wrestlers in the USA as a result of the demands of the industry. It is our contention that they constitute the "Victimological Other" and, focusing on the wrestling business in the USA, it documents their unnecessary victimization. We maintain that whilst professional wrestlers engage in performative violence, they pay a high price for such a performance and, as such, they are victims of their craft and of the industry in which it is located. The self-inflicted and occupational-related harm and victimization experienced by professional wrestlers as a result of the pressure of this industry is discussed and the issue of accountability is raised. We conclude that this area of victimization requires further academic investigation and discussion.
Tobacco smoking is a contentious issue nationally and internationally. These issues of contention... more Tobacco smoking is a contentious issue nationally and internationally. These issues of contention are usually in response to observations of tobacco smoking taking place in civil society, with a considerable neglect to the issues surrounding smoking within closed institutional environments. This paper provides a critical realist analysis of tobacco smoking in prisons. It utilises a framework derived from a critical realist study of smoking and cessation amongst lower socio-economic groups. This paper suggests that there is much to explore and learn about the unique social environment that the prisoners find themselves within in relation to smoking, smoking bans and smoking cessation programmes. Three key areas are addressed in this analysis; the cultural status of the prisoner, the policing of tobacco and the cost. The authors contend that there remains a contradiction with regard to how to manage tobacco regulation in the secure estate whilst attempting to support prisoners with a smoking cessation agenda that neglects the reality of these smokers' positions.
No.: ISBN-13: 978-1-84392-156-1, Jan 1, 2007
Abstract: The book begins by outlining the problematic political context within which criminology... more Abstract: The book begins by outlining the problematic political context within which criminology as a discipline is operating. The subsequent chapters constitute a series of case studies which demonstrate that the current state of affairs within the discipline can be ...
Expanding the criminological …, Jan 1, 2007
The Concise Encyclopeida of Sociology, 2011
Sex Education, Jan 1, 2006
This article presents a critical evaluation of school policies, programmes of work and practices ... more This article presents a critical evaluation of school policies, programmes of work and practices in three state secondary schools in one district in one local authority in England. They are evaluated regarding Sex and Relationship Education (SRE) documentation, statutory and non-statutory from 1900 to the most recent SRE guidance introduced in July 2000 by the Department for Education and Employment. The article concludes that historically and contemporarily SRE documentation has mainly been inadequate and that in the three case studies legislative requirements concerning SRE policy and practice are predominantly not met. This is particularly the case regarding the most recent SRE guidance. Young people's access to information was institutionally limited and partial. Within the three case studies there was a failure to equip children and young people with an appropriate knowledge and understanding of sexuality, which reflects their lives and the realities of a diverse society.
Childhood in Crisis, Jan 1, 1997
Chapter 4 Prolonging'Childhood*, Manufacturing 'Innocence&a... more Chapter 4 Prolonging'Childhood*, Manufacturing 'Innocence'and Regulating Sexuality Karen Corteen and Phil Scraton No issue reveals the contradictions within the politics of childhood as starkly as that of sexuality, its definitions and regulation. As' non-adults' children are ...