Shockingly, despite the fact that much of Canada is rural and/or remote, and wide swathes of Canada are in the northern reaches, we produce very little research on the policing of communities in these locations. Our research output on policing

Beare

Aug 2nd, 2020 8m 42s

A brief intro to the work of Margaret Beare, focusing on her concern with the 'politics of policing.'

The Brantinghams

Aug 2nd, 2020 12m 11s

Want to know how Canadians contributed to the field of Environmental Criminology? Want to know where Geographic profiling came from? Listen to this audiocast on the work of Paul and Patricia Brantingham.

Shearing

Aug 2nd, 2020 11m 53s

Want to understand why it's so important for police to be at the table when it comes to creating networked responses to violence and other forms of crime prevention? Then we need to talk about the work of Clifford Shearing (an honorary Canadian

Brodeur

Aug 2nd, 2020 12m 44s

A lot of discussion lately on the use of federal agents in Portland. To gain a sense of what's going on and how it could create problems for policing more generally, I turn to the work of Jean-Paul Brodeur (Universite de Montreal), a brilliant

Wilson

Jul 28th, 2020 10m 32s

In this podcast I focus on two important pieces of work by James Q. Wilson - his research into the 'varieties of police behavior' and his work with George Kelling on 'Broken Windows.'

Bittner

Jul 28th, 2020 8m 59s

Egon Bittner's early field research on frontline policing provided critical insights into an important question: what do police do?

Bayley

Jul 28th, 2020 10m 52s

David H. Bayley's work on police reform is important for many reasons, not the least of which is its arguments for various models, including: community and problem-oriented policing and evidence based policing. Check this out.