Criminology & Law
Scholars in this cluster explore a wide range of questions regarding the nature of crime, law and criminal justice. More specifically, faculty in this research cluster examine youth in conflict with the law, crime and homelessness, criminal victimization, gender and crime, juvenile justice, policing, drug markets, situational crime prevention, program evaluation, courts and sentencing, bail and pretrial detention, punishment and social control, and the professions of law. Researchers in criminology and law contribute to sociological theories of crime, victimization and social control and employ a vast range of methodologies in their research projects.
Currently Funded Projects
Employment Transitions among Professionals at Late Career Stage: Bridging to Retirement, Job Innovation, and Volunteerism
Fiona Kay (PI) SSHRC Insight Grant 2016-2021 $168,079
Fiona Kay (PI) SSHRC Insight Grant 2016-2021 $168,079
Street Youth, Criminogenic Social Schemas, and Crime
Stephen Baron (PI) SSHRC Insight Grant 2017-2020 $137, 471
Stephen Baron (PI) SSHRC Insight Grant 2017-2020 $137, 471
Recent Completed Funded Projects
Racial Diversity in Corporate Law Firms: A Longitudinal Study of Organizational Practices Shaping Hiring, Retention, and Promotions
Fiona Kay (PI) SSHRC Insight Grant 2013-16 $93,399
Fiona Kay (PI) SSHRC Insight Grant 2013-16 $93,399
Street Youth, Differential Coercion, and Chronic Offending
Stephen Baron (PI) SSHRC 2008-2013 $99,556
Law Firm Employment Practices and the Representation of Minority Associates and Partners
Fiona Kay (Co-Investigator) Law School Admission Council 2010-2013 $79,137
Gendered Career Trajectories: A Longitudinal Study of Women and Men Lawyers’ Law Practices and Pro Bono Service Commitments
Fiona Kay (PI) SSHRC Standard Research Grant 2009-2012 $102,576
Street Youth Poverty, Homelessness, Unemployment and Crime
Stephen Baron (PI) Chancellor’s Research Award 2002-2007 $60,000
Career Pathways in Law: A Study of Gender and Job Transitions
Fiona Kay (PI) Law School Admission Council 2009-2011 $72,000
Faculty Experts
| BARON, Stephen Phone: (613) 533-2170 Email: barons@queensu.ca Research Areas: Criminology; Young Offenders |
| KAY, Fiona Phone: (613) 533-6000 x 74486 Email: kayf@queensu.ca Research Areas: Sociology of Law; Gender; Research Methods; Professions |
| MYERS, Nicole Phone: (613) 533-6000 x 32167 Email: nicole.myers@queensu.ca Research Areas: Bail and Pre-trial Detention; Supervision and Conditions of Release; Court Processing and Sentencing; Punishment and Social Control; Criminal Justice policy |
| SACCO, Vincent (Professor Emeritus) Phone: (613) 533-6000 x 74492 Email: saccov@queensu.ca Research Areas: Victimization & Community Reactions to Crime; Urban Sociology; Deviance |
| SYTSMA, Victoria Phone: (613) 533-2172 Email: sytsmav@queensu.ca Research Areas: Criminology; Policy & Program Evaluation; Policing; Quantitative Data Analysis |