GRACE St. JUDE​
AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Influential ways to publicize the problem of domestic violence and similar social problems include academic and non-academic publications, paper presentations at conferences, and professional and community engagement.
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​Select Professional & Community Activities on Domestic Violence Against African Women
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. 'The salience of patriarchy in immigrant women’s experiences of intimate partner violence in the United States,' presented at the British Society of Criminology conference, Sheffield, UK, July 2017.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. 'Patriarchy and violence against women,' presented at the 62nd Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, New York, March 2018.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. 'Immigrant African women, intimate partner violence (IPV) and patriarchy,' presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences conference, Baltimore, MD, March 2019.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. 'Is physical violence not the only form of intimate partner violence? A review of how IPV is interpreted among African women,' presented at the American Society of Criminology conference, San Francisco, November 2019.
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​Kalunta-Crumpton, A. 'Violence against women of African descent: Perspectives from Africa,' presented at the American Society of Criminology conference, Atlanta, November 2022.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. 'International perspectives on survivor constraints and decision-making,' chaired this session at the American Society of Criminology conference, Atlanta, November 2022.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. 'Criminal and civil legal responses to domestic violence,' chaired this session at the American Society of Criminology conference, Philadelphia November 2023.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. Participated in a two-day workshop on domestic violence in the Black community, Ujima Southern Regional Conference, Charleston, SC, September 2025.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. Organized, and presented at, a domestic violence outreach event in the immigrant African community in Houston, November 2025.
At every opportunity, speak out against domestic violence
Select Publications
BOOKS
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2025). Race, crime, and criminal justice: Breaking the cycle of Black overrepresentation in crime statistics Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.​
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (ed.) (2019). Violence against women of African descent: Global perspectives. Lanham, MD: Lexington/Rowman & Littlefield.​
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (ed.) (2015), Pan-African issues in drugs and drug control: An international perspective. Surrey, UK: Ashgate.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (ed.) (2012). Race, ethnicity, crime and criminal justice in the Americas. Hampshire, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (ed.) (2010). Race, crime and criminal justice: International perspectives. Hampshire, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2006). Drugs, victims and race: The politics of drug control. Winchester: Waterside Press.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. and Agozino, B. (eds.) (2004). Pan-African issues in crime and justice. Aldershot: Ashgate.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (1999). Race and drug trials: The social construction of guilt and innocence. Aldershot: Ashgate.
JOURNAL ARTICLES
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A., Guest Editor (2024). Special Issue: What is hate crime: Contemporary perspectives from three continents. Safer Communities, (23), 3.
Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2024), Editorial: What is hate crime? Contemporary perspectives from four continents, Safer Communities, 23(3), 189-191. https://doi.org/10.1108/SC-07-2024-057
Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2024), What exactly is a hate crime in the United States (US)? A review of hate crime in five US cities, Safer Communities, 23(3), 207-218. https://doi.org/10.1108/SC-12-2023-0051
Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2024). In the public sphere: Intimate partner violence against African American single mothers in paternity disputes. International Review of Victimology, 30(1), pp.130-150.
Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2013). Intimate partner violence among immigrant Nigerian women in the United States: an analysis of internet commentaries on the murders of nine Nigerian women by their male spouses. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 41/3.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. and Onyeozili, E. (2011). Nigerian women in deadly intimate partner violence in the United States. International Review of Modern Sociology, 37(2).
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2016). Attitudes and solutions toward intimate partner violence: Immigrant Nigerian women speak. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 17(1), 3-21.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2020). The inclusion of the term ‘color’ in any racial label is racist, is it not? Ethnicities, 20(1).
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2019). Race/ethnicity, citizen security and justice in Latin America and the Caribbean: The marginalization of race/ethnicity data. International Review of Modern Sociology, 45(2).
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2017). Is there no such thing as non-white racism? Comparative Sociology, 16(5).
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2008). Understanding drug use among blacks in England: A view from practitioners in the drugs field. Professional Issues in Criminal Justice, 3(3).
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2008). Negotiating drug treatment through the criminal justice system in England (United Kingdom): Implications for black problem drug users. Contemporary Issues in Criminology and the Social Sciences, 2(1).
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2007). Black problem drug users: drug treatment service provisions and delivery. Prison Service Journal, July 2007, 172.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2007). Policing black people in Britain. International Journal of Educational Research, 3(1).
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2006). The importance of qualitative research in understanding black disproportionate presence in UK crime figures. African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies, 2/2.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2005). How safe is Britain’s black community? Journal of Community Safety, 4(2).
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2005). Editorial, Special Issue, Journal of Community Safety, 4(2).
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A., Guest Editor. (2005). Race, ethnicity and community safety, Special Issue, Journal of Community Safety, 4/2.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2004).A community without a drug problem? Black drug use in Britain. Social Justice, 31(1-2), 200-216.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2003). Race and problem drug use in an English city. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 47/8.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2003). Problematic drug use among ‘invisible ethnic minorities. Journal of Substance Use, 8/3, 170-175.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2002). Black and white violence: The articulation of popular and criminal justice discourses. The Justice Professional, 15/1, 37-55.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2001, book review essay). Race and injustice: A global phenomenon. International Criminal Justice Review, 11,104-119.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2000). Gender, race and criminal justice in the United Kingdom: A case of male sexuality in criminal justice discourse. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 24(1), 43-60.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2000). The criminalization of black deprivation. Social Justice, 27(1), 76-100.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2000). Race and violence in popular and courtroom discourse. International Journal of Discrimination and the Law, 4(2), 153-172.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (1998). The prosecution and defense of black defendants in drug trials: Evidence of claims-making. British Journal of Criminology, 38(4), 561-591.
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​​​​Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (1998). Drug trafficking and criminal justice. International Journal of the Sociology of Law, 26, 321-338.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (1998). Claims-making and the prosecution of black defendants in drug trafficking trials: The influence of deprivation. International Journal of Discrimination and the Law, 3, 29-49.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (1996). The influence of race and unemployment upon prosecution of drug trafficking. Probation Journal, 43(4), 182-186.
​BOOK CHAPTERS AND ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES
Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2026, forthcoming). Race, ethnicity, and the global war on drugs. In T. Sheldon (ed.), Research handbook on drugs and society. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Edgar Publishing.
Kalu, U. & Kalunta-Crumpton. (2023). Nigerian criminal justice system: An overview. In J. Mbuba (ed.), Comparative criminal justice. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2022). Rehabilitation and the adult correctional population in Texas. In M. Vanstone and P. Priestley (eds.), The Palgrave handbook of rehabilitation in criminal justice. Hampshire, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2021). Is physical violence not the only form of intimate partner violence (IPV)? A review of perspectives of IPV among African women and men. In B. Agozino, E. Onyeozili & V. Saleh-Hanna (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Africana criminologies. London: Routledge.
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Osisiogu, U.C., Osarenren, N. and Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2019). Trafficking of women: The Nigerian experience. In A. Kalunta-Crumpton (ed.), Violence against women of African descent: Global perspectives. Lanham, MD: Lexington/Rowman & Littlefield.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2019). Intimate partner violence in minority communities. In F. P. Bernat & K. Frailing (eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell encyclopedia of women and crime. New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell.
Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2019). Patriarchy and female violence. In F. P. Bernat & K. Frailing (eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell encyclopedia of women and crime. New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell.
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Matunhu, V., Matunhu, J. & Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2019). Obtrusive forms of violence against young women in Zimbabwe. In A. Kalunta-Crumpton (ed.), Violence against women of African descent: Global perspectives. Lanham, MD: Lexington/Rowman & Littlefield.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2019). Immigrant African women: A neglected minority in the fight against intimate partner violence in the United States. In A. Kalunta-Crumpton (ed.), Violence against women of African descent: Global perspectives. Lanham, MD: Lexington/Rowman & Littlefield.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2019). Introduction: violence against women of African descent as a global problem. In A. Kalunta-Crumpton (ed.), Violence against women of African descent: Global perspectives. Lanham, MD: Lexington/Rowman & Littlefield.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2015). Drugs and drug control in the United States. In A. Kalunta-Crumpton (ed.), Pan-African issues in drugs and drug control: An international perspective. Surrey, UK: Ashgate.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2015). Introduction to pan-African issues in drugs and drug control: An international perspective. In A. Kalunta-Crumpton (ed.), Pan-African issues in drugs and drug control: An international perspective. Surrey, UK: Ashgate.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2014). Immigrant African women and intimate partner violence: What we know and what we need to know. In E. Bellamy (ed.), Partner violence: Risk factors, therapeutic interventions and psychological impact. New York: Nova.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2012). Conclusion: comparative assessment of race, ethnicity, crime and criminal justice in the Americas. In A. Kalunta-Crumpton (ed.), Race, ethnicity, crime and criminal justice in the Americas. Hampshire, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. & Ejiogu, K. (2012). Race, ethnicity, crime and criminal justice in the United States, in A. Kalunta-Crumpton (ed.), Race, ethnicity, crime and criminal justice in the Americas. Hampshire, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2012). Introduction. In A. Kalunta-Crumpton (ed.), Race, ethnicity, crime and criminal justice in the Americas. Hampshire, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2010). In conclusion: Comparative assessment of race, crime and criminal justice in international perspectives. In A. Kalunta-Crumpton (ed.), Race, crime and criminal justice: International perspectives. Hampshire, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2010). Race relations, crime and justice in historical context. In A. Kalunta-Crumpton (ed.), Race, crime and criminal justice: International perspectives. Hampshire, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2010). Preface. In A. Kalunta-Crumpton (ed.), Race, crime and criminal justice: International perspectives. Hampshire, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2009). Patterns of community policing in Britain. In D. Wisler & I. Onwudiwe (eds.), Patterns of community policing: An international comparative perspective. New York: CRC Press.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2007). Changes in drugs policy and practice: Implications for the black community. In P. Shah (ed.), Law and ethnic plurality: Socio-legal perspectives. Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2005). Race, crime and youth justice. In T. Bateman and J. Pitts, (eds.), The RHP companion to youth justice. Dorset: Russell House Publishing.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2004). Criminology and orientalism. In A. Kalunta-Crumpton and B. Agozino (eds.), Pan-African issues in crime and justice. Aldershot: Ashgate.
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Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (2000). Black people and discrimination in criminal justice: The message from research. In A. Marlow and B. Loveday (eds.), After MacPherson. Dorset: Russell House Publishing.
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