Criminology and Law

Canadian Contributions to Theoretical Criminology

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Monday May 16 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Virtual Platform

Criminology is a multi-faceted field that uses 'crime' as its subject matter but has no single methodological commitment or paradigmatic theoretical framework. For instance, criminologists often study the underlying causes ... more

Criminology and Law Research Cluster Meeting

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Monday May 16 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Virtual Platform

This cluster brings together scholars and professionals in the areas of crime, punishment, law, criminal justice, regulation, and policy. Researchers in sociology, criminology, law, and professionals from Canada and elsewhere ... more

Ethnic-racial Minorities and Indigenous Peoples in the Criminal (In)justice System

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Monday May 16 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Virtual Platform

The over-representation of Indigenous peoples in the Canadian criminal justice system is a complex and challenging issue rooted in the history of colonialism and systemic discrimination. As well, the unfair ... more

The Sociology of Policing: Critiquing and Reforming Police Practices

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Tuesday May 17 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Virtual Platform

From classic ethnographic work documenting police officers’ day-to-day occupational practices to more recent scholarship highlighting police state violence against Black, Indigenous and other racialized populations and marginalized communities, sociologists have ... more

The Sociology of Policing: Policing Marginalized Populations

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Tuesday May 17 11:00 am to 12:30 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Virtual Platform