Scholars in this cluster explore a wide range of questions regarding the nature of crime, law and criminal justice. More specifically, faculty in this research cluster examine youth in conflict with the law, crime and homelessness, criminal victimization, gender and crime, juvenile justice, policing, drug markets, situational crime prevention, program evaluation, courts and sentencing, bail and pretrial detention, punishment and social control, and the professions of law. Researchers in criminology and law contribute to sociological theories of crime, victimization and social control and employ a vast range of methodologies in their research projects.
| Exploring Officer Patrol Behaviors Using Automated Vehicle Locator and Body-Worn Camera Data in Kansas City, Missouri Victoria Sytsma (Co-PI). U.S. National Institute of Justice, 2023-2024. |
$862,804 USD |
| An investigation of the Toronto Police Service body-worn camera program Victoria Sytsma (PI). SSHRC Partnership Exchange Grant, 2023-2024. |
$23,422 |
| Intersecting Institutions of Criminal Justice and Injustice Nicole Myers (Co-applicant). SSHRC Partnership Grant, 2022-2029. |
$2.5 million |
| Paralegals and Access to Justice: Regulation, Job Rewards, and Legal Services during COVID-19 Pandemic Fiona Kay (PI). SSHRC Insight Grant, 2021-2026. |
$172,760 |
| Risky Decisions: Professional Judgement, Public Safety and the Bail Decision Nicole Myers (PI). SSHRC Insight Grant, awarded 2021-2025. |
$103,284 |
| COVID-19 and Policing in Ontario: Preparing for Future Pandemics Alana Saulnier (PI); Victoria Sytsma (Collaborator). Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Individual Partnership Development Grant, 2021-2024. |
$132,190 |
| Trauma at the Root: Exploring Paths to Healing with Formerly Incarcerated Men Nicole Myers (Co-PI). Health Canada awarded, 2018-2023. |
$558,180 |
| Pre-trial Detention and the Right to Reasonable Bail Nicole Myers (Co-PI). Canadian Bar Association Law for the Future Fund, 2021-2022. |
$29,550 |
| Employment Transitions among Professionals at Late Career Stage: Bridging to Retirement, Job Innovation, and Volunteerism Fiona Kay (PI). SSHRC Insight Grant, 2016-2021. |
$168,079 |
| Virtual Bail Courts: Balancing Risks to Public Safety with Risks to Public Health Nicole Myers (PI). Queen’s Rapid Response SARS CoV-2/COVID, 19 May 2020, 5 months. |
$10,870 |
| Evaluation of the Guelph Police Service's body-worn cameras pilot project Alana Saulnier (PI). Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council: Partnership Engage Grant, 2020. |
$25,000 |
| Identifying Situational Determinants of Police Use of Force: A Systemic Social Observation of Body Camera Footage in Newark, NJ Victoria Sytsma (Co-PI). The Charles Koch Foundation, Criminal Justice & Policing Reform Program, 2019-2020. |
$110,346.69 USD |
| Street Youth, Criminogenic Social Schemas, and Crime Stephen Baron (PI). SSHRC Insight Grant, 2017-2020. |
$137, 471 |
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Racial Diversity in Corporate Law Firms: A Longitudinal Study of Organizational Practices Shaping Hiring, Retention, and Promotions
Fiona Kay (PI). SSHRC Insight Grant, 2013-16. |
$93,399 |
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Law Firm Employment Practices and the Representation of Minority Associates and Partners
Fiona Kay (Co-Investigator). Law School Admission Council, 2010-2013.
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$99,556 |
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Street Youth, Differential Coercion, and Chronic Offending
Stephen Baron (PI). SSHRC, 2008-2013.
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$79,137 |
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Gendered Career Trajectories: A Longitudinal Study of Women and Men Lawyers’ Law Practices and Pro Bono Service Commitments
Fiona Kay (PI). SSHRC Standard Research Grant, 2009-2012.
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$102,576 |
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Career Pathways in Law: A Study of Gender and Job Transitions
Fiona Kay (PI). Law School Admission Council, 2009-2011.
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$72,000 |
| BARON, Stephen Email: barons@queensu.ca Research Areas: Criminology; Young Offenders |
KAY, Fiona Email: kayf@queensu.ca Research Areas: Sociology of Law; Gender; Research Methods; Professions |
| MYERS, Nicole Email: nicole.myers@queensu.ca Research Areas: Bail and Pre-trial Detention; Supervision and Conditions of Release; Court Processing and Sentencing; Punishment and Social Control; Criminal Justice policy |
SAULNIER, Alana Email: as192@queensu.ca Research Areas: Legal authorities use of surveillance technologies; Public perceptions of surveillance in society; Evidence-based policing; Evidence-based crime policy; Experimental criminology |
| SYTSMA, Victoria Email: sytsmav@queensu.ca Research Areas: Criminology; Policy & Program Evaluation; Policing; Quantitative Data Analysis |