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Browsing Honours Theses by Thesis (Degree/Level) "Bachelor of Arts (Honours Criminology)"
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)In 2014, The Protections of Communities and Exploited Persons Act was enacted in response to Bedford v. Attorney General of Canada which criminalized the purchasing of sexual services, and decriminalized the selling of ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2015)This study focuses on the processes of systemic racism in present-day Canadian society through an analysis of three key cases of racial profiling. My study uses three of Eduardo Bonilla-Silva’s frameworks of colour-blindness ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)Domestic violence has been an issue in front of the courts for decades. Formerly considered to be an issue that only women faced, it has now shifted to include men and people of non-binary identification, including those ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)The purpose of this research is to examine the history and nature of privateers during the 17th through the 19th centuries with the aim in answering this question: Using contemporary definitions, can the business of ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2016)There are a variety of laws and policies in Canada that refugee claimants must navigate in seeking asylum in Canada. This study describes how law and policy affect the experiences of refugee claimants in the Maritime ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2014)This thesis examines the response the Canadian government has given to the public calls for inquiry into the disappearance of Aboriginal women. With over 500 missing Aboriginal women, non-governmental organizations as well ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2020)In 2010, Russell Williams was a senior officer in the Canadian Forces and a respected figure of the community. He was also a serial rapist and sexual killer whose crimes shook those few closest to him and the nation itself. ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)This thesis explores the issue of campus sexual violence and whether peer campus sexual violence educators view and interpret their work as contributing to the overall shift from rape culture as it operates on campus towards ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2023-04-21)Research into the aetiology of sexual homicide perpetrators often highlights the impact of adverse childhood experiences and deviant sexual interests on offence commission. However, this research traditionally focuses ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2018)This thesis examines restorative justice principles and theories in order to determine if the program Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA) can be considered a restorative justice program. Six face-to-face unstructured ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2015)Terrorism as a social phenomenon has existed in society since the beginning of recorded history. However there remain many areas related to terrorism that are underdeveloped. This thesis focuses on how domestic news media ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)The finding of Not Criminally Responsible on account of Mental Disorder (NCRMD) is not a sentence, nor is it a finding of guilt or an acquittal. Rather, it is a disposition whereby the individual found NCRMD is found to ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)A great deal of literature provides an American perspective to the prevalence of rape myths in newspaper accounts of sexual assault cases. The present research attempts to bridge the Canadian gap by first providing a ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2016)People face a multitude of barriers when attempting to transition to the community from correctional or forensic institutions, including symptom management, substance abuse, and weak social ties. However, labeling and ...
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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, 2023-04-14)Safe supply programs rolled across Canada amidst two public health emergencies: the opioid crisis and COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier research demonstrated safe supply’s efficacy, but confusing messages rooted in a history of ...
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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, 2019)Many studies were done to reveal that individual’s perception towards certain group of people is established and influenced by outside sources. Female is considered the vulnerable group in the society and their presence ...
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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, 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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