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Policing mental health: an exploratory study of crisis intervention teams and co-response teams in the Canadian context
(2018-05-01)
Due to an increase in interactions between the police and persons with mental illness (PMI), police services have begun deploying specialized mental health responses to more adequately address these calls. One of these ...
The policing of terrorism: a comparative analysis of Turkish and Canadian counter-terrorism responses
(2015-07-01)
Police agencies assume a significant role in the creation and enforcement of government counter-terrorism strategies. Modern police organizations are tasked with preventing and responding to terrorism, in addition to their ...
‘I was there’ and ‘It happened to me’: an exploratory study of the social organization of killing by military police officers and combat soldiers, 1976-1987
(2016-03-01)
Various theoretical frameworks have been applied in an attempt to understand the phenomenon of killing. However, while previous studies have examined killing as an outcome-oriented measure, few have explored killing as a ...
Reporting unwanted sexual behavior at a post-secondary institution: an examination of campus policy
(2017-08-01)
The Ontario government has made recommendations and proposed legislation to mandate all universities and colleges in Ontario, Canada to create a sexual assault policy that involves student input. Using a small commuter ...
Perceptions of criminalization towards sex education among a generational sample of Canadian Pakistani Muslims
(2018-04-01)
Of late, the Liberal government and the Ontario Ministry of Education implemented
revisions to the provincial sex education curriculum, such as gender expression and
same-sex relationship dialogue. These revisions led to ...
Effect of an emotional situation on decision recipients' and decision makers' justice appraisals.
(2013-09-01)
Previous procedural and distributive justice theories have not accounted for the vivid and emotionally compelling situations in which people often make justice judgments. In this
study I investigated whether previous theory ...
Attitudes of suspicion, perceptions of criminality and willingness to report Muslims in Canada
(2017-08-01)
The current research incorporated two studies to examine stigma toward Muslims within a forensic psychology framework. The studies utilized fictional news coverage to assess participant’s attitudes of suspicion, perceptions ...
Perceptions of coercion: a comparison of perspectives
(2018-05-01)
When a confession is retracted, issues of coercion and voluntariness are important and often contested matters in criminal courts. Counsel may wish to call an expert witness to testify about the coercive pressures of certain ...
Climbing the corporate ladder: desired skills and successful psychopaths
(2018-04-01)
Many of the characteristics embodied by successful psychopaths, such as superficial charm, cool decisiveness, and a grandiose self-worth, are often treated synonymously with corporate leadership qualities. Consequently, ...
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 ...