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Browsing Theses & Dissertations by Thesis (Discipline) "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, 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, 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 ...
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(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 ...
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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, 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 ...
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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, 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 ...
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(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, ...
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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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Institutionalizing restorative justice : a case study of the Nova Scotia Restorative Justice Program (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 ...
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(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 ...
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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, 2024-04-21)This thesis approaches Season 1 of Netflix's You to unravel the interaction between toxic masculinity and the framing of romantic courtship in relationships. Through a feminist and framing theory lens, this research ...
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(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 ...
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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, 2024-04-21)The gendered and sexualized coverage of female athletes commonly depicted in mass media reinforces negative stereotypes about female athletes and contributes to a broader culture of objectification and sexualization of ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)The purpose of this thesis was to determine whether Canadian news media relied on racist tropes and stereotypes of black people in their portrayal of black men who had died as the result of police violence. Additionally, ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)Homelessness is a problem that exists in every city around the world. Citizens want this problem to go away, but instead the homeless population continues to grow. The laws that are put in place in cities are supposed to ...
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