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My dissertation examines the repercussions of criminal justice contact on families of offenders in Japan. Conducting twenty-month ethnography in urban areas of Japan, I observed and interviewed fifty individuals whose kin came into conflict with the law for violent, property, and drug-related offenses. Through a feminist lens, I looked at the families’ life experiences including their perceptions of the courtesy stigma, the feelings of ambivalence toward the criminal justice system as well as the offender, and the gendered and unequal distribution of offender support activities. In the end, I conclude that families of offenders, women in particular, often step in to fill the voids left by criminal justice institutions and social services to provide offenders all-inclusive care.
Contact Information
Office: 3149 - Blair Hall
Email: [email protected]
Fall 2020 Office Hours: Monday/Wednesday/Friday 9:00-10 and 11:00-1:00 via Teams or by appointment.
Related documents
- Curriculum Vitae
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Type: CV
Education/Academic qualification
Sociology (emphasis Criminology), Ph.D., University of Hawai'i at Manoa
… → 2018
Criminal Justice, M.A., City University of New York
… → 2009
International Criminal Justice, with Honors, B.A., City University of New York
… → 2007
Research Interests
- collateral consequences of social control,
- feminist criminology
- crime and delinquency in Asia
- families and crime
Disciplines
- Criminology
Projects
- 3 Finished
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June Chun Naughton International Student Services Scholarship
Kita, M. (PI)
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
1/1/17 → 1/1/17
Project: Research project
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Center for Japanese Studies Graduate Fellowship
Kita, M. (PI)
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
1/1/14 → 1/1/15
Project: Research project
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Takie Sugiyama Lebra Scholarship
Kita, M. (PI)
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
1/1/14 → 1/1/15
Project: Research project
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Offender Care and Support by Families in Contemporary Japan: The Nexus of Gender, Shame, and Ambivalence
Kita, M., Jan 1 2023, Taylor and Francis. 154 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Open AccessFile
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Open AccessFile
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CRM 4790 - 001 The Correctional Process: A Sociological Analysis
Kita, M., 2020Research output: Other contribution
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Kin, Crime, and Criminal Justice in Contemporary Japan
Kita, M., Jan 1 2018, In: Default journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review