Brenda V. Smith

Not to be confused with the model, Brenda Smith.
Brenda V. Smith
NationalityAmerican
OccupationProfessor of Law
Academic background
Education
Academic work
DisciplineLegal scholar
Main interestsPrisoners' rights, criminal law, civil rights, constitutional law, housing law

Brenda V. Smith is a law professor at American University's Washington College of Law.[1] She served on the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission.[2]

Early life and education

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She graduated magna cum laude from Spelman College in 1980 and from Georgetown University Law Center in 1984.[3]

Career

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She is the co-director of the Community and Economic Development Law Clinic. Smith is also the Project Director for the United States Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections Cooperative Agreement for the Project on Addressing Prison Rape.[4] From 2004 to 2009 she served on the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission.[2][5] Smith was appointed to the Prison Rape commission by current House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.[3] In 1993, Smith was awarded the Kellogg National Leadership Fellowship and, in 1998, inducted into the D.C. Women's Hall of Fame for her work on behalf of low-income women and children.[6]

Smith's writing focuses on the intersections of gender, crime and sexuality. She received the Emmalee C. Godsey Research Award for her scholarship.[citation needed] Her publications include Battering, Forgiveness and Redemption;[7] Rethinking Prison Sex: Self -Expression and Safety, Symposium on Sexuality and the Law;[8] Sexual Abuse of Women in Prison: A Modern Corollary of Slavery;[9] Uncomfortable Places, Close Spaces: Theorizing Female Correctional Officers' Sexual Interactions with Men and Boys in Custody;[10] and Boys, Rape and Masculinity, Reclaiming Male Narrative of Sexual Violence in Custody.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "The Commissioners". National Prison Rape Elimination Commission. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
  2. ^ a b Marshall, Carolyn (August 20, 2005). "Panel on Prison Rape Hears Victims' Chilling Accounts". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
  3. ^ a b "Prison Litigation: A Workshop for Plaintiffs' Attorneys Archived October 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine", prisonlitigation.org, George Washington University School of Law, March 2008, retrieved July 2, 2009.
  4. ^ Gately, Gary (June 26, 2014). "DOJ Faulted for Not Requiring PREA Audits". Juvenile Justice Information Exchange. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  5. ^ Johnson, Carrie. "Panel Sets Guidelines For Fighting Prison Rape", The Washington Post, June 23, 2009, retrieved July 2, 2009.
  6. ^ "Brenda V. Smith". American University Washington College of Law. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
  7. ^ "Battering, Forgiveness and Redemption". American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law. 12. 2003.
  8. ^ "Rethinking Prison Sex: Self -Expression and Safety, Symposium on Sexuality and the Law". Colum. J. Gender & L. 15: 185. 2006.
  9. ^ "Sexual Abuse of Women in Prison: A Modern Corollary of Slavery". Fordham Urb. L.J. 33: 571. 2006.
  10. ^ "Uncomfortable Places, Close Spaces: Theorizing Female Correctional Officers' Sexual Interactions with Men and Boys in Custody". UCLA L. Rev. 59: 1690. 2012.
  11. ^ "Boys, Rape and Masculinity, Reclaiming Male Narrative of Sexual Violence in Custody". N.C.L. Rev. 29: 1559. 2015.
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