Chrysanthi Leon
Chrysanthi S. Leon
Professor of Sociology & Criminal Justice
Joint Appointments: Women and Gender Studies and Legal Studies
Joint Appointments: Women and Gender Studies and Legal Studies
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Education
- Ph.D. – University of California, Berkeley, CA
- J.D. – University of California, School of Law, Berkeley, CA
- B.A. – Yale University, New Haven, CT
Biography
Chrysanthi Leon is a professor of sociology & criminal justice, women & gender studies, and legal studies at the University of Delaware. She is an interdisciplinary scholar in penology, law and society whose research and teaching includes sex crime and punishment, sex work, and law and literature.
Leon's book Sex Fiends, Perverts and Pedophiles: Understanding Sex Crime Policy in America is available from NYU Press. Leon co-authored The Compassionate Court?: Support, Surveillance, and Survival in Prostitution Diversion Programs with Corey Shdaimah and Shelly Wiechelt and is co-editor with Katie Hail-Jares and Corey Shdaimah of Challenging Perspectives on Street-Based Sex Work (both Temple University Press).
Media mentions
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UD class behind prison walls
February 20, 2025 | Written by Margo McDonough‘Inside-Out’ facilitates dialogue despite differences -
Poetic justice
May 16, 2022 | Written by Ann ManserDiscussion of prison reform features poems created from research
