Victoria Collins
Associate Professor, Director of Criminal Justice Programs
Areas of Expertise
- CJ 431 Application of Theory in Criminal Justice Settings
Highlighted Publications
- Women’s Resistance in Global Context: Challenging oppression and inequality. Routledge (Taylor & Francis).
- Collins, V.E., & Rothe, D.L. 2026. Space Expansionism: A Pre-Disaster Legacy in the Making. International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy. Online first:
- Rothe, D.L. & Collins, V.E. 2025. Space Expansionism: The Emerging Terrain of Crime, Harm, and Violence. Routledge (Taylor & Francis).
Current Projects
- The Spectacle of Rural Fighting Matches: Appalachian Stereotypes of Masculinity for Capitalist Exploitation
Student & Research Availability
- Accepting Students in Programs: Bachelors | Doctoral | Masters
- Available Student Positions: Honors Thesis | Independent Study | Other Opportunities
- Research or Interest Area Key Words: Crimes of the powerful, state crime, white collar and corporate crime, space expansionism, gender-based violence, violence against women, victimology, sociology sport/ sport criminology.
Get to Know Victoria
Victoria E. Collins is an Associate Professor and Director of Criminal Justice Programs in the College of Social Work at the University of Kentucky. Her research and teaching interests include space expansionism, state crime/crimes of the powerful, gender-based violence/violence against women, and the sociology of sport. Victoria has published several books, the most recent being Women’s Resistance in Global Context: Challenging Oppression and Inequality (Routledge), and Space Expansionism and Criminology: The emerging terrain of crime, harm, and violence (co-authored, Routledge). Some of Victoria’s recent publications have appeared in journals such as The British Journal of Criminology, The Journal of White Collar and Corporate Crime, Critical Criminology, and Critical Sociology.