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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 ...
Public opinion on cyber-bullying laws in Canada
(2015-07-01)
The proliferation of the Internet raises concern over the misuse and abuse of information and communication technology. A downside to the rapid adoption of hyper-connectivity is the potential danger resulting from the use ...
Examining the impact of post secondary drug education.
(2013-07-01)
The prohibition of many drugs has led to the development and implementation of drug related education programs that typically exist at the elementary school level. As many of these programs are funded by the Canadian ...
Poverty, structural violence, and harm in Ontario
(2016-04-01)
This study examined the experiences of those living in poverty in Ontario through the lens of social harm and structural violence. This research revealed that the experience of poverty is characterized by material hardship, ...
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 ...
Military and the media examining the wartime framing of Canada’s involvement in Afghanistan
(2015-11-01)
Through a content analysis of 72 print news articles and 12 official sources disseminated following the 2010 troop surge in Afghanistan, this study contends that the relationship between the major print news media and the ...
The effect of target language proficiency on deception detection among undergraduate students
(2015-08-01)
I examined the impact of targets’ language proficiency on observers’ lie detection accuracy, discrimination, bias, and confidence. Observers (N = 132) were randomly assigned to make deception judgments about targets (N = ...
Are they right or wrong? Investigating the ability to judge the accuracy of eyewitnesses in same-and -other race identifications
(2012-08-01)
Past research has investigated the cross-race effect in the context of eyewitnesses and jury decision-making. The main goal of my thesis was to gain further insight into participants’ knowledge of the cross-race effect and ...
‘Return to roots’: an examination of the re-presentations of rurality within post-apocalyptic survival video games
(2016-01-01)
Post-apocalyptic survival (PAS) themed video games provide a virtual world that re-presents the realities of current society. Current studies have examined the existence of game culture (Aldred & Greenspan, 2011; Atkins, ...
The Impact of Online Games such as World of Warcraft on Today's Youth
(UOIT, 2010-01-04)