Christine E. Rasche

Christine E. Rasche, (crasche@unf.edu) Associate Professor of Criminal Justice (Ph.D., Washington University, St Louis). Women and Crime, gender and crime, theoretical criminology, deviance, corrections, domestic violence, homicide.

Dr. Rasche teaches core courses in both the undergraduate and graduate programs in Criminal Justice, as well as a variety of elective courses in both programs. She has been at the University of North Florida since its inception in 1972. She founded both UNF's undergraduate BACJ and graduate MSCJ programs in response to strong demand from the local community. Close ties with local criminal justice agencies for research, training and public service opportunities remain a key feature of the UNF Criminal Justice program to this day.

Dr. Rasche's major area of research expertise is in women and crime, with special emphasis on women in prison and the training of correctional staff to work with incarcerated women. She was a founding member of the American Society of Criminology's Division on Women and Crime, of which she served as the Chairperson in 1995-97. She developed a curriculum for training correctional staff which has been adopted by several state correctional departments. She has also served as a trainer in this capacity for the National Institute of Corrections. She most recently provided training to the Department of Defense at its Naval Consolidated Brig Miramar, San Diego, CA in June 2003.

Some of her most recent scholarly publications include:

She is currently writing a textbook for Roxbury Publications entitled Understanding Women and Crime, which should be published in 2004.

Contact Information:

• Phone:  (904) 620-1652

• E-mail: crasche@unf.edu

• Office: 50/2804

Links:

• Dr. Rasche's Vita