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Browsing Masters Theses by Thesis (Discipline) "Criminology"

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Criminal-private-sector-corruption : Mafia involvement as brokers and patrons in construction contracts in Montreal

Spencer, Tyler (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)

Starting in 2012, several industry-insiders described a system of corruption to the Charbonneau Commission, an inquiry by the Quebec Government to investigate corruption in Montreal’s public works contract tenders. Many ...
The culture and normalization of corruption in Nigeria : a focus on the Nigerian government

Idris, Omotimilehin (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)

This thesis examines the problem of corruption in Nigeria. Corruption has been theorized to be the major factor that hinders the development of Nigeria. The overarching objective was to understand the perception of the ...
Exploring women-centred, holistic, and trauma-informed programming for provincially incarcerated women in Canada : a case study of the New Brunswick Women’s Correctional Centre

MacEachern, Meghan (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)

This thesis considers current program implementation at a provincial jail in New Brunswick, Canada, to explore the research question: how do women offenders experience services and supports relating to the women-centred ...
A gender-based analysis of the Good Lives Model’s primary goods : exploring women’s reintegrative experiences

Boucher, Andrea Lynn (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)

Given our justice system’s use of services designed specifically for men, I consider the appropriateness of an alternative model: The Good Lives Model of Offender Rehabilitation (GLM). Specifically, the gender-neutrality ...
Green criminology and the corporate extraction of water in Canada

O'Handley, Mary (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)

Inadequate government regulation of for-profit corporate water extraction is a significant issue in Canada but lacks scholarly research, notably in the field of criminology. The thesis aims to examine and critically analyze, ...
Institutionalizing restorative justice : a case study of the Nova Scotia Restorative Justice Program

Nieman, Stephanie (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)

This thesis aimed at examining the institutionalization process through a case study of the Nova Scotia Restorative Justice Program (NSRJP) by exploring how the state involvement with a restorative justice program may ...
"It’s about a restricted living environment" : experiences in supported housing of people who use forensic mental health services

Jordan, Marlee Kaitlyn (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2018)

The forensic mental health population is made up of individuals who are living with mental illness and encounter the criminal justice system. Supported housing—which combines housing and mental health support and services—as ...
Meaningful change : exploring the process of change through membership in the 7th Step Society

Hester, Amanda (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)

The 7th Step Society of Nova Scotia is a peer support group for ex-offenders. The role that such groups play in supporting desistance from crime has received little scholarly attention. To address this knowledge gap, this ...
She just snapped! : rethinking mad, sad and bad discourses of women who kill

McSweeney, Lakeisha (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2021)

Women do not fit nicely into the category of violent offenders. Using Oxygen Network‘s flagship franchise series Snapped, I present a historical study of the first season of the show that marks an important moment in ...
Towards a productive relationship between police and community safety leaders in racialized socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods : measuring the impact of formal, partnership-based community crime prevention organizations

Maswod, Sayeed Raas (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2021)

The goal of this research is to explore the extent to which the implementation of a partnership-based (“co-production of safety”) model in a racialized socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods (SNDs) affects the relationship ...
“The true north, strong and queer?” : (un)mapping discourses of homonationalism, colonialism and activism within the Canadian prison reform movement

Arsenault, Emily Marie (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2020)

In the last 50 years, Canada has embodied a public national and international image of benevolence, which has supported the narrative of Canada as being a “uniquely progressive country” and “LGBTQ safe-haven.” Despite this ...