Maureen Norton-Hawk, Associate Professor

Maureen Norton-Hawk, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

 

Mailing address:
Department of Sociology
Suffolk University
8 Ashburton Place
Boston, Massachusetts 02108

 

Phone: 617.573.8491
Fax: 617.994.4278
mhawks@suffolk.edu
Office:  73 Tremont Street, 5th Floor, Room 581

Office Hours, Spring 2008

T, 12:00-2:00PM

Research Interests

Women, women in conflict with the law, drugs and society both national and international, and criminal justice policy and research in the United States and Latin America.

 

Education

1996  Brown University -- Post Doctoral Fellowship in Addiction Studies
1994  Northeastern University -- Ph.D. in Sociology
1988  University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa -- M.S. in Social Work
1987  Virginia Commonwealth University -- M.S. in Rehabilitation Counseling
1983  Mary Washington College -- B.A. in Sociology

 

Employment History

Teaching Experience

2001-present Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Suffolk University
1997-2001 Assistant Professor; Department of Sociology, Suffolk University
1996-1997 Visiting Professor; Department of Sociology, Suffolk University
1993-1996 Instructor; Department of Sociology, Suffolk University
1989-1996 Instructor; Department of Sociology, Northeastern University

 

Professional Activity

Current Research

2007-present Longitudinal study of women post incarceration “Where are they now?  Middle-aged women post incarceration”.
2006-present  Survey of employees use of criminal background checks.
2005-present Qualitative analysis “Impact of the U.S. War on Drugs on Incarceration of Women and Children in Ecuador”.

 

Publications

Articles
2008 “Unproductive Expenditures: Why Healthcare Services for Post-Incarceration Women Are Ineffective” in Women, Girls and Criminal Justice, with Susan Sered forthcoming
2008 “Disrupted lives, fragmented care: Illness experiences of criminalized women” Women and Health,  with Susan Sered forthcoming.
2004 “A comparison of pimp-controlled versus non-pimp controlled prostitutes” Violence Against Women, 10(2):189-194.
2003  “Social class, drugs, gender and the limitations of the law: Contrasting the elite prostitute with the street prostitute,” Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, 29:115-131.
2003  “The forgotten victims: The children of incarcerated mothers” Women, Girls & Criminal Justice, 4:1. 5-6.
2002  “The lifecourse of prostitution,” Women, Girls & Criminal Justice, 3:1, 1, 7-9. 
2001 "The counter-productivity of incarcerating female street prostitutes,” Deviant Behavior,  221:5, 403-418.
1997  "Prevalence of drug use in pregnancy: Assessment, critique and policy implications," Journal of Drug Issues, 27:3, 447-462.
1994  "How social policies make matters worse," Journal of Drug Issues, 24:3, 517-526.       

Technical Reports
2007 “Barriers to Health Care for Women who have been Incarcerated” Commonwealth of Massachusetts  Executive Office of Public Safety Department of Parole Reentry.
2007 “Student interactions and perception of police: Everett Massachusetts” sponsored by the Suffolk University Juvenile Justice Center.
2007 “Student interactions and perception of police: Cambridge Massachusetts” sponsored by the Suffolk University Juvenile Justice Center.
2006 “Hospital Safe Bed Availability in Massachusetts” commissioned by the Governor’s Commission on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault.
2005 “Pathway to prison” Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Corrections, MCI-Framingham.
2003 “Family network and children’s needs” commissioned by West Roxbury District Court, West Roxbury Massachusetts.
1999 "Needs assessment of children of incarcerated mothers: Nashua Street Jail" Technical Report commissioned by Commonwealth of Massachusetts-Office of the Trial Court, November.
1998 "Lifecourse of street prostitution" Technical Report commissioned by Boston Police Department.

Invited Guest Speaker

May 2008 “The Gendered Impact of the U.S. War on Drugs in Ecuador” United Nations Women’s Development Fund Boston.
May 2006 “Alternatives to Prostitution: Visions for Change” Suffolk County House of Corrections-South Bay.July 2005 “Girl Trouble” Commonwealth of Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators.
December 2004 “Pathway to prison: Incarcerated females at Suffolk County House of Corrections-South Bay” Criminal Justice Agencies Researchers Group, Milford, Massachusetts.
December 2003 Speaker “Understanding and responding to special needs of female offenders” Massachusetts Trial Court Office of the Commissioner  of Probation, Clinton, Massachusetts.
October 2003 Speaker “Violence Against Women Act S.T.O.P. grant Technical Assistance Conference, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety, Boston, Massachusetts.
September 2003 Keynote Speaker. “Addressing prostitution effectively” Commonwealth of Massachusetts Administrative Office of the Trial Court Judicial Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
June 2003 “Children of female offenders in America” Sociology Department University of Yerevan, Yerevan, Armenia
December 2002 “The female offender and her children” PHARE Office of Ministry of Education, Budapest, Hungary.
April 2002 “A question of justice: Women offenders and their children” Women’s Research Council University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts.
January 2001 “Female offender profile: Seeking equity in an inequitable system” Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives Women’s Caucus Task Force on Criminal Justice,  Boston, Massachusetts.
June 2000 “Prostitution and the criminal justice system” Criminal Justice Policy Coalition, Boston, Massachusetts.
May 1998 "Prostitution and American minorities" UNESCO Conference on Minority Problems, Budapest, Hungary.

 

Academic Presentations

August 2008 “Differential Enforcement: Women in Prostitution in Boston” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting Boston.
March 2008  “Barriers to healthcare for women who have been incarcerated” American Criminal Justice Society March 2008.
March 2008  “Criminal records: Employer hiring preferences and perceptions about the process” American Criminal Justice Society March 2008.
March 2008  “Unintended consequences: The gendered impact of the U.S. war on drugs in Ecuador” American Criminal Justice Society March 2008.
May 2006 “Employment Screening and Criminal Records” Suffolk University Academic Conference.
June 2005 “Things Just Stay the Same: Ninety Years of Females Incarcerated in Massachusetts” Law and Society Conference Las Vegas, Nevada.
November 2003 “The life experiences of pimp vs non-pimp controlled prostitutes”American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado
March 2003 “Social class, drugs, gender and the limitations of the law: Contrasting the elite prostitute with the street prostitute” Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts.
June 2002 “Crimes without victims and social class: Contrasting the elite and the street prostitute” Law and Society Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia. 
November 2001 “Women are different: The criminal justice’s failure to acknowledge the differing needs of the female offender” IV  International Workshop Women in the XXI Century, Havana, Cuba.
October 2001 “The forgotten victims: The children of incarcerated females” New England Council on Crime and Delinquency, North Conway, New Hampshire.
July 2001 "Pushing the problem in the future: Criminal law’s failure to take into account the children of female inmates" Law and Society  Association, Budapest, Hungary.
September 2000 "Female offenders: Seeking equity in an inequitable system" National Association of Social Workers, Boston, Massachusetts.
March 2000 "The needs of children of incarcerated mothers" Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, New Orleans, Louisiana.
November 1999 "The counter-productive aspects of anti-prostitution law" American Society of Criminology, Toronto, Canada.
March 1999 "A harm reduction approach to street prostitution in the United States" Conference on the Reduction of Drug-Related Harm, Geneva, Switzerland.
June 1998 "How matters are made worse: The law and prostitution" Law and Society Association, Snowmass, Colorado.
March 1998 “Violence against prostitutes” Center for the Study of Conflict and Violence, Boston, Massachusetts.
August 1997 "Learning a culture: A classroom exercise in diversity" American Sociological Association, Toronto, Canada.
August 1995 "Career of a crisis: Cocaine babies and the interrelationship of professional, political, and ideological forces" merican Sociological Association, Washington, D.C..
June 1995 "When bad laws happen to bad people: The prosecution of the pregnant addict" Law and Society Association, Toronto, Canada.
August 1994 "The social dynamics of law: Limitation to prosecutorial discretion in the case of pregnant addicts" American Sociological Association, Los Angeles, California.
August 1993 "A macrofunctional approach to fetal rights" Society for the Study of Social Problems, Miami, Florida.
April 1993 " Expansion of fetal rights: Development and analysis" Eastern Sociological Association, Lowell, Massachusetts.
February 1992 "Treating chemically dependent women" Sociologists for Women in Society, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
August 1991 "Children and violence" presider American Sociological Association, Cincinnati, Ohio.
March 1990 "Maternal substance abusers" Eastern Sociological Association, Boston, Massachusetts. Professional Training Seminars Taught 
October 2005 “Constrained Choices: Juvenile Females, Violence and Aggression” Massachusetts Bay Transportation Association  Training provided by the Juvenile Justice Center at Suffolk University.
September 2003 “Working with the female offender” Forensic Access to Community Services, Boston, Massachusetts.
August 2001 "Profile of Massachusetts female offenders" Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives, Boston, Massachusetts, Aired on Gavel to Gavel.
June 2001 "The need for a coordinated public health and criminal approach to crime" Massachusetts Public Health Association, Boston, Massachusetts.
January 2001 "Female offender profile" Commonwealth of Massachusetts-Working Group on Women in Prison House of Representatives, Boston, Massachusetts.
December 2000 "Needs assessment of the children of incarcerated mothers" Women’s Resource Center, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.
December 2000 "Female offenders in the criminal justice system" Suffolk County Sheriffs Department Directions 2000, Boston, Massachusetts.
October 2000 "Female offender profile" Women’s Resource Center, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.
August 2000 "Who are the female offenders?" Commonwealth of Massachusetts Administrative Branch of the Trial Court-Office of Community Corrections, Marlboro, Massachusetts.
July 2000 "Needs assessment of the children of incarcerated mothers" Commonwealth of Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Boston, Massachusetts.
June 2000 "Focus on the female offender" Commonwealth of Massachusetts Administrative Branch of the Trial Court-Office of the  Commissioner of Probation, Boston, Massachusetts.
April 2000 "Needs assessment of the children of incarcerated mothers" Adcare Criminal Justice Services, Brewster, Massachusetts.
March 2000 "Needs assessment of the children of incarcerated mothers" Commonwealth of Massachusetts Administrative Branch of the Trial Court-Office of Community Corrections, Boston, Massachusetts.
March 1998 "Street prostitution in the U.S: The drug crime nexus" Graduate School of Sociology and Social Policy, Budapest, Hungary.
October 1996 “Death and Dying” Family Services of Greater Boston, Boston, Massachusetts.

Invited Interviews
July 2008 “Demand Side of Prostitution” with Ambassador Swanee Hunt.
October 2005 Interview by Girls’ Coalition of Greater Boston published in Girl Matters.
November 2003 Interview by Boston Globe on teenage prostitution.
January 2002 Interview by Monte Morin Los Angeles Times on street prostitution.
April 2001 Interview by Boston Globe on sentencing guidelines
January 2001 Quoted in American Prospect , 12:1, 33-37.

Community Service

October 2005 Consultant for Suffolk County House of Corrections-South Bay Statistical Analysis.
June 2005 Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety Dedicated External Female offender Review Panel.  
March 2004 National Institute of Justice Consultant
December 2003 Elected to the Governor’s Commission on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Boston, Massachusetts.
November 2003 Elected to the board of directors at the Sex Workers Project at The Urban Institute, New York, New York.
August 2002 English instructor for Russian children in Novosibirsk Russia.
July 2002 Elected to the Steering Committee on Working Group on Female Prostitution, Boston Massachusetts
June 2001 Elected to the Steering Committee of the Women’s Working Group on Women in Prisons, House of Representatives,  Boston, Massachusetts.
April 2001 Elected to the Federal Bureau of Investigation Citizen’s Academy, Boston, Massachusetts.
April 2001 Elected to the Steering Committee of the Criminal Justice Policy Committee, Boston, Massachusetts. 

 

Suffolk University Service

2000-present Director of the Masters of Criminal Justice Internship and Practicum Program.
2000-present Instructor Suffolk University’s Dean College.
1999-present Academic Standing Committee.
1996-present Faculty Advisor.

Courses Taught

Drugs and Society
Corrections
Social Theory
Social Research Methods