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.

• Introduction Gender and the Female Pirate Imaginary The Gendered Social Organization of Piracy The Women of Piracy-Adjacent Trafficking and their Victims Policing, Punishment, and Counter-Piracy Involved WomenConclusion

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.

• Introduction Gender and the Female Pirate Imaginary The Gendered Social Organization of Piracy The Women of Piracy-Adjacent Trafficking and their Victims Policing, Punishment, and Counter-Piracy Involved WomenConclusion

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.

• Introduction Gender and the Female Pirate Imaginary The Gendered Social Organization of Piracy The Women of Piracy-Adjacent Trafficking and their Victims Policing, Punishment, and Counter-Piracy Involved WomenConclusion