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Indo-Caribbean immigrants perceptions of dating abuse
(2016-04-01)
Diverse cultures as well as social and political conditions work in various ways to alter the experiences of dating abuse among divergent populations. Utilizing an Intersectionality paradigm, I have attempted to understand ...
Blurred lines: perceptions of sexual consent and the role of mental illness
(2016-01-01)
Sexual activity can be a pleasurable and critical element of self-expression. However, research
has found that mental illness is a condition that may affect the ability to sexually consent.
Despite this fact, sexual ...
A criminology of catastrophe: a critical analysis of imperialistic state crime and the Haiti earthquake
(2011-07-01)
Despite the devastation caused by environmental catastrophes, these phenomena have yet
to garner significant attention as a subject of criminological inquiry. This thesis is framed
by the following question: How can we ...
The news coverage of honour killings in Canadian newspapers
(2012-05-01)
The issue of honour killings has become a prominent topic of discussion in the Western discourse of violence against immigrant women. In Canada, particularly, the recent high-profile cases of honour killings have drawn ...
Police officers' perceptions of gender-motivated violence in Canada
(2011-09-01)
Police officers‟ perceptions of gender-motivated violence against women have been
overlooked in hate crime research. In an attempt to fill a gap in the hate crime, violence against
women, and policing hate crime literature, ...
Conceptualizing Silk Road as countercultural rebellion
(2015-08-01)
Silk Road (SR) is an anonymous online illicit marketplace (OIM) that is often cited as an example of criminal innovation. I add that SR is more than just a marketplace and should be considered as a demonstration of rebellion. ...
Reconsidering the 'new' penology: Risk management, dangerous and judicial decision-making.
(2013-07-01)
As a result of the prevailing sense that ‘nothing works’ and the proliferation of risk oriented concerns in the criminal justice system, the current penal era has been characterized as a “new penology.” According to Malcolm ...
Restorative justice programs in Ontario: views of offenders
(2011-06-01)
Restorative justice has grown within the criminal justice system over the last 30 years. The current academic literature suggests that restorative justice programs provide many positive benefits for the offenders who ...
Pre- and post-offence behaviours of healthcare serial killers as a confidence game
(2012-10-01)
Extant literature, while plentiful on the topic of serial homicide in general, does not
adequately examine the phenomena of healthcare professionals who serially murder their
patients. Using a sample of 58 healthcare ...
A content analysis of women's safety websites: rape myths and the internet
(2012-09-01)
Women’s sexual victimization is perceived as a one sided problem that emphasizes women’s choices and neglect men’s accountability. Rape myths support an explanation of rape that allows women to remain fearful of sexual ...