Rate My Professor Lisa Avalos

Avalos's research specializations encompass criminal law and procedure, with an emphasis on sexual offenses, gender-based violence, and human rights. During her tenure at the University of Arkansas School of Law, she taught courses including Legal Research and Writing, Gender-based Violence and Human Rights, White Collar Crime, and Sex Crimes: Emerging Law & Policy Issues. Key publications include "Prosecuting Victims While Rapists Run Free: the Consequences of Police Failure to Investigate Sex Crimes in Britain and the United States" (23 Mich. J. Gender & L. 1, 2016), "Female Genital Mutilation and Designer Vaginas in Britain: Crafting an Effective Legal and Policy Framework" (48 Vand. J. Transnat'l L. 621, 2015), "Policing Rape Complainants: When Reporting Rape Becomes a Crime" (20 Iowa J. Gender, Race & Justice 459, 2017), "The Chilling Effect: the Politics of Charging Rape Complainants With False Reporting" (83 Brook. L. Rev. 677, 2018), and co-authored "Ending Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage in Tanzania" (38 Fordham Int'l L.J. 639, 2015). She contributed to symposia on honor-based violence and public lectures on honor killings in North America and Europe at the University of Arkansas. Her scholarship addresses police failures in sex crime investigations and the prosecution of rape complainants, influencing criminal justice responses to sexual assault.