Chrysanthi S. Leon, JD, PhD, is professor of Sociology & Criminal Justice, Women & Gender Studies, and Legal Studies at the University of Delaware. She received her graduate degrees from UC Berkeley. Dr. Leon is an interdisciplinary scholar in penology, law, and society whose research and teaching address sexual crime and punishment, sex work, and the prison system; she teaches in a local women’s prison. Her book Sex Fiends, Perverts and Pedophiles: Understanding Sex Crime Policy in America is available from NYU Press. She 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).
