Would you like to obtain a PhD in Criminology?
The Department of Criminology offers a program leading to the PhD in criminology with a particular focus on the creation and reform of criminal justice policies in Canada. The program is offered in English and in French.
Criminal justice policies are based on a combination of cultural elements, specialized knowledge, laws and social practices that determine behaviour of a potentially criminal nature and the kind of response society can or should adopt.
The field is divided into two areas. The first addresses the process by means of which criminal justice policies (including laws and institutions such as the police, prison, etc.) are created and developed. The second concerns the theoretical and empirical analysis of the implementation of such policies. It examines how institutions function and attempts to assess the social consequences of these policies so as to suggest new reforms or alternative measures of a more moderate nature and more respectful of human dignity.
A few of our Research Projects
DNA Technology and Criminilogy- The Historical Sociology of Suicide in Quebec from 1800 to 2000
- The Philosophy of Law and of the State
- Penology. Determining Sanctions in Penality, the Hypothesis of a Vindicatory Sociality in Everyday Life
- Socio-Political Analysis of Intervention in a Correctional Setting
- Are Innovations in Criminal Law Worth the Effort?
- Theatre and Dance in Prison
- Reflexive Criminology
- Escorts and their Clients: Negotiating Sexuality and Intimacy
- Political Violence and Armed Conflict
- Miscarriages of Justice
- The Political Economy of Human Security
- Criminalized Women
- Children's and Women's Empowerment through Human Rights Education in Latin America
- Effectiveness of Criminal Justice Responses to Intimate Partner Violence
- Crime Prevention
Thinking of Doctoral Studies in Criminology?
Come and tour the campus, meet with professors and have all your questions answered. To set up a meeting, contact Chris Bruckert, Chair of the Doctoral Program in Criminology, at bruckert@uOttawa.ca or 613-562-5800 (1814).
Links of Interest
Teaching Staff : www.socialsciences.uottawa.ca/crm/eng/prof.asp - Research Chairs : www.socialsciences.uottawa.ca/rech/eng/chairs.asp
- Institute for the Prevention of Crime (IPC) : www.ipc.uottawa.ca
- Laboratory for Justice Studies & Research : www.socialsciences.uottawa.ca/lab/lerj/eng/index.asp
- Bursaries : www.socialsciences.uottawa.ca/eng/financing_graduate_students.asp