Editorial: An Introduction to Commentary at Feminist Criminology

• Author: Patricia Y. Warren,Xia Wang,Emily M. Wright,Susan F. Sharp,Kristy Holtfreter,Leslie Gordon Simons
• DOI: 10.1177/15570851211022085
• Published date: 01 October 2021
• Date: 01 October 2021
• Subject Matter: Editorial

2021, Vol. 16(4) 399 –402

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Editorial

Editorial: An Introduction

to Commentary at Feminist

Criminology

Kristy Holtfreter1, Susan F. Sharp2,

Leslie Gordon Simons3, Xia Wang1,

Patricia Y. Warren4, and Emily M. Wright5

This issue includes the first set of comments published by Feminist Criminology (FC).

This newly adopted format is intended to help promote scholarly exchange and debate.

The “Comment and Reply” policy implemented by FC is similar to those used by

other Sage journals. Generally, comments take the form of short essays (i.e., a maxi-

mum of 2,500 words) that are written in response to articles published in the journal.

The substantive focus of these essays may vary. For example, comments might address

theoretical critiques, definitional issues, or statistical and/or data problems. To ensure

that diverse perspectives are represented and to promote a lively scholarly discourse,

multiple comments on a single FC article may be considered for publication. All com-

ments must be published within 1 year of the original article.

The comments featured in this issue were written in response to Burt’s (2020) cri-

tique of the U.S. Equality Act of 2019. While Mezey (2021), Sherrick (2021), and

Upadhyay (2021) are all critical of Burt’s arguments, they each take a unique perspec-

tive and identify significant avenues for future discussion. For example, Mezey holds

that contemporary legal theory and practice around sex discrimination already encom-

passes gender identity. This is most notably reinforced in the June 15, 2020 U.S.

Supreme court ruling which held that an employer who fires or discriminates against

an individual for being gay or transgender is in violation of Title VII of the Civil

1Arizona State University, Phoenix, USA

2University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA

3University of Georgia, Athens, USA

4Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA

5University of Nebraska, Omaha, USA

Corresponding Author:

Kristy Holtfreter, Arizona State University, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 411 N. Central

Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004-0685, USA.

Email: kholtfreter@gmail.com

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