Kayla M. Martensen
College of Arts and Sciences
Instructor
Office:
LWH 4034
Phone:
(773) 442-4084
Email:
k-martensen@neiu.edu
Fax:
(773) 442-4085
Office Hours:
Spring 2019: By Appointment Only
Country:
United States
JUST 319 Latinos/as and the Criminal Justice System
Research Interests
Critical and feminist qualitative research methodologies; juvenile justice; Latinos/as in the criminal legal system; mass incarceration and prison nation; female gangs; girls and women in the criminal legal system; critical race theory; Chicana feminism
Education
• M.A., Criminology, Law and Justice, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 2012
• B.A., Justice Studies, ŷϷ Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois, 2011
Selected Publications
Martensen, K. (2012). “The price that US minority communities pay: Mass incarceration and the ideologies that fuel them.” Contemporary Justice Review, 15(2), 211-222.