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Why would someone send me that?! Exploring the prevalence, contexts, motivations, and predictors of sending unsolicited sexual images
(2021-08-01)
Technology has afforded the development of new ways to perpetrate non-consensual sexual acts, one being sending unsolicited sexual images (USIs). This thesis examined this underexplored act by examining the prevalence, ...
Exploring the interactional theory: a theoretical exploration of the dark web’s impact on delinquent behaviour
(2021-08-01)
Throughout the years, modern issues of delinquent behaviour have evolved and shifted from the advancements of technology and the development of the virtual world. Despite the possibility for this connection, research has ...
Perceptions of crime changes, well-being, and personal safety during the COVID-19 pandemic
(2021-08-01)
Ontarians have been greatly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of their personal safety, well-being, and stress. As such, data was collected in January 2021 and surveyed 258 Ontarians to determine the effects that ...
“Feeling like Rapunzel, you know?”: A narrative inquiry of youth, boredom, and deviance
(2021-08-01)
In a late modern society, the presence of placelessness and meaninglessness can be overwhelming to individuals, especially youth. Jock Young’s theory of human behavior suggests that individuals engage in crime to rid ...
Youth and at-risk behavior: the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in the Caribbean Island of Dominica
(2021-09-01)
Hurricane devastation in the Caribbean has become a very common phenomenon over the past decades, and the destruction that follows comes with severe implications for the people directly affected by it. This study aims to ...
Youth correctional officer orientation and opinions on relationships with youth
(2021-08-01)
This study explored the personal perspectives of current and past youth correctional officers within secure and open custody facilities in Ontario. A multi-methods design was used to examine officers’ orientation to their ...
Young adults’ understandings of their transition out of the child welfare system
(2021-07-01)
This dissertation examines care leavers’ first-hand experiences of negative outcomes through a theoretical lens. Regardless of multiple, intersecting identities and structural changes, youth in the Ontario child welfare ...
Influencing motivation to empathize in individuals with heightened psychopathic traits: neural and behavioural assessment of empathizing with others
(2021-08-01)
Central to psychopathy is a purported lack of empathy for others. However, recent literature suggests that the decreased empathic responses of psychopathic individuals may be a result of aberrant motivations, rather than ...
The effects of money laundering on the Canadian real estate market
(2021-04-01)
White collar criminals benefit from their status and positions. Further, they invest the proceeds of crime into the Canadian real estate market, driving up the price of home ownership for working-class Canadians. This ...
Biased policing, martyrdom, white gratitude & brown pain: media narratives surrounding the Bruce McArthur case
(2021-08-01)
Between 2010 - 2017, eight men from Toronto’s Gay Village went missing and later discovered murdered by Bruce McArthur, a 67-year-old gay, white man from Toronto. Upon McArthur’s 2018 arrest, allegations of racial bias and ...