Victoria received her PhD in criminology and criminal justice at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. Victoria’s research and teaching interests include state-perpetrated violence, gender-based violence, victimology, white collar crime, and transnational crime. Victoria is the author of State Crime, Women and Gender (Routledge, Taylor & Francis) a book that explores the role of women as victims and perpetrators of state violence. More of Victoria’s work can be found in recent publications that have appeared in journals such as Critical Sociology, Critical Criminology, Social Justice, Contemporary Justice Review, and The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology.