Women of Piracy - Hardcover

by Brittany Vandeberg (Author)

Drawing from an interdisciplinary body of research and data, Women of Piracy employs a criminological lens to explore how women have been involved in, and impacted by, maritime piracy operations from the 16th century to present day piracy off the coast of Somalia.

Author Biography

Brittany VandeBerg is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Alabama, USA. She is an interdisciplinary scholar whose research aims to better understand the relationship between territory, violence, and law. Her areas of expertise include maritime piracy, legal geographies, gender and crime, and criminal justice reform, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. VandeBerg is a former consultant with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Counter Piracy Programme (since renamed the Global Maritime Crime Programme) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations Somalia Fisheries Sector.