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Browsing by Thesis (Discipline) "Sociology and Criminology"
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2011)Using the reality television show, The Swan , as a narrative frame, my Master's thesis explores the discursive construction of feminine subjectivity, empowerment, liberation, choice, self-esteem and resistance in the context ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary#s University, 2018)When Supreme and Family Court Judges in Nova Scotia are tasked with deciding custody arrangements for divorced parents and their children, the children’s wellbeing should be put first. This leaves however, several questions ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2014)This thesis examines the implementation of restorative approaches at an Elementary school in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I conducted a case study involving several participants involved in the implementation process. My analysis ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2014)Using one of AMC’s “original series",The Walking Dead, as a narrative frame, this thesis offers a qualitative critical analysis of different and competing discourses of power, authority, gender, race, class, the law, ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2012)Mediated discourses have increased public awareness of youth’s employment of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to victimise other youth. Strategies to identify, prevent and sanction cyberbullying in Canada ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2014)This thesis represents a qualitative content analysis of the final report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Wrongful Conviction of David Milgaard, also known as the Milgaard Inquiry. Influenced by Michel Foucault’s ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2013)This thesis identifies and analyzes media narratives pertaining to the cases of missing and murdered women of Vancouver, published in the Vancouver Sun from 2006-11. Feminist and postcolonial feminist theories are drawn ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2018)In the past decade social media platforms have risen to exceptional levels of prominence in societies across the globe. Platforms such as Twitter allow millions of users from across the globe to contribute to various ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2016)My research project examined how the print and electronic news media, political actors and special interest groups represented the NCR Reform Act in ways that were consistent with penal populist tendencies. After performing ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)This paper will explore the over incarceration of Aboriginal offenders in Nova Scotia. It will critically examine s. 718.2(e) as well as R. vs Gladue 1999 as a response to the over-representation of Aboriginal peoples in ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2014)This research examines whether a greater understanding of the causes of gun violence can be gleaned by examining the characteristics of the physical and built environment where shootings take place. This study seeks to ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)Pokémon Go is an augmented realty video game, where users or trainers attempt to catch digital monsters in a hybrid world. This application will be the tool that is used to analyze community building and social space within ...
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The power of resistance : women's organizations and institutional restorative justice in Nova Scotia (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2010)This thesis interrogates a case of feminist engagement with the state in order to grapple with the research question: where do women's organizations fit in contemporary conditions of governance? The case under study involved ...
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The press and Ashley Smith : power, knowledge, and the production of truth about a death in custody (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2013)This research project examines the production of power and knowledge within print media representations of the Ashley Smith case. Smith was a teenager from New Brunswick who killed herself in a Canadian federal prison under ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2012)The thesis presents an analysis of the literature of child soldiers to show how child soldiers may be recruited, used and treated in the armed forces. Theories explaining the use of child soldiers as well as conflicting ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2015)This thesis explores the effects of how intertwining police and mental health services in the response to mental health crises contributes to the stigmatization of people with mental illness. The specific research question ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2015)This study examines The Punisher (2014), Issues 1 through 12. I ask what are the ways that hegemonic racialized representations are presented to readers of the comic? And how are the themes of crime and national identity ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2005)This thesis examines the news media's representation of stalking. Through claims-making, I investigate dominant constructions of who stalks, who gets stalked, the relationship between stalkers and their victims, and common ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2013)Existing research on public opinion of restorative justice has shown public support for restorative principles. However, there has been little to no qualitative research exploring what aspects of restorative justice are ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2015)Sociology of law is a rich and multi-‐faceted field encompassing macro and micro sociological and criminological concepts and addressing issues of law in society. This paper draws upon the law-‐related works of the three ...
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