The master's program consists of three distinct 30 credit options: one with major research paper, one with thesis, and one with a thesis and field placement. These three options are intended to form criminologists who analyze the major theoretical and methodological issues in criminology through the acquisition of a central body of disciplinary knowledge along with the integration of additional specialized knowledge that enables students to deepen the analysis of certain issues, achieved through elective courses or a field placement and related seminar course.

Thus, the master’s degree (MA) is offered through three program options:

• An option with thesis (120 pages). In addition to the core curriculum of required courses, the acquisition of theoretical, thematic and research skills is achieved through the undertaking of the Thesis and three elective courses.


• An option with thesis (120 pages) and field placement. In addition to the core curriculum of required courses, the acquisition of theoretical, thematic and research skills is achieved through the undertaking of the Thesis, a field placement seminar, and a field placement of 360 hours in a situated environment that suits the learning interests of the student.


• An option with major research paper (60 pages), which allows the student wishing to complete the requirements of this degree part-time, beginning in the fourth semester of registration. In addition to the core curriculum of required courses, the acquisition of theoretical, thematic and research skills is achieved through the undertaking of the Memoire and five elective courses.

The department offers a collaborative program in Women’s Studies at the MA level. For more information on this program, see “Admission Requirements.”

The program operates within the general framework of the general regulations of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (FGPS) of the University of Ottawa, which are posted on the FGPS website.

The professors included in the list below are members of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. This means that they are authorized to supervise or co-supervise theses. A complete list of the faculty and staff members associated with the program can be found at http://www.socialsciences.uottawa.ca/crm/graduate-studies

BEAUCHESNE, Line, Full Professor
Community Policing; women professionals in penal law; impact of drugs policies on prevention and treatment strategies; philosophy of law

BITTLE, Steven, Assistant Professor
Corporate crime, Corporate criminal liability, Sociology of law and control, Criminological theory

BRUCKERT, Christine, Associate Professor
Criminological theory; erotic dance; release and reintegration from prison, sex work

CAMPBELL, Kathryn, Associate Professor
Aboriginal justice issues; miscarriages of justice; youth justice

CAUCHIE, Jean-François, Assistant Professor
Socio-historical construction of crime; criminal policies; foundations of criminal rights; modern penal rationality; reforms on criminal rights; alternative sanctions; human rights and penal justice, the study of political rationalities (classical liberalism, providentialism, neo-liberalism, neo-conservatism); surveillance technologies; risk society; figure of neo-Liberalism

CELLARD, André, Full Professor
Evolution of measures of social control; Criminal alienation; Sociology of "mental illness"; History of confinement; Social history of Quebec

CLIMACO DOS SANTOS, Edmundo, Associate Professor
Crime; epistemology, methodology, global political economy of crime (globalization, crime and justice), law; justice administration, policing, and prison; crime, law and justice(In), security and governance

CORRIVEAU, Patrice, Assistant Professor
Socio-historic of suicide in Quebec; Online juvenile pornography; Street gangs and juvenile prostitution; Adult prostitution (female and male); Homosexuality and homophobia; Criminalization of sexuality

DUBÉ, Richard, Assistant Professor
Reflexive organisations in criminal law (law reform commissions); system of thought and cognitive innovation in the field of criminal law; sociology of (penal) law, systems theory (Niklas Luhmann); epistemology

DUFRESNE, Martin, Associate Professor
History of criminal law; history of the criminal justice system; media and crime, social studies of science, technology and justice (ex: DNA Banking); youth justice YOA YCJA

FELICES-LUNA, Maritza, Assistant Professor
Political violence; (social movements; terrorism/insurgency; vigilantism and paramilitary organisations; police; state violence); armed conflict (civil war; genocide; political armies; war crimes; mercenaries and private military companies), qualitative methodology; symbolic interactionism (stigma, identity, total institutions, career); state (state/political crime; citizenship; democratic and non-democratic regimes)

FRAULEY, Jonathan, Assistant Professor
Classical and contemporary social and criminological theory esp. Foucault and Bourdieu; social control, governance and regulation; law and society; sociology of deviance; methodology and epistemology, especially critical realist philosophy of science, higher education and the regulation of economic security and academic labour; political economy of crime control and criminal justice; power crime; cultural criminology; fictional realities and criminological theorizing

FRIGON, Sylvie, Full Professor
Women, criminalization and imprisonment; the sociology of the body in prison; violent women; the social and penal reintegration of women in conflict with the law, the experience and management of health (physical and mental) of women in prison; artistic manifestations on/in prison (ex: literature, theatre and dance)

GERVAIS, Christine, Assistant Professor
Children's and women's human rights in Latin America; Feminist spirituality and social justice among religious women; Insidious potential of prevention in state intervention; Human trafficking; Education and international development, Gender-based discrimination and criminalization in religious institutions; Collateral consequences to families of sexually offending youth; Prison ministry and victim advocacy by religious women

HASTINGS, J. Ross, Full Professor
Crime Prevention; innovation in criminal justice policies and practices; youth & youth justice; communities and prevention

JOHNSON, Holly, Associate Professor
Intimate partner violence and sexual violence; including prevention; criminal justice responses; and methods of measurement; feminist theory and gender theory

JOUBERT, David, Assistant Professor
Psychoanalysis, object relations; psychological, forensic and risk assessment, clinical intervention in correctional and forensic settings; mental disorder and crime; professional development and identity; regulation of aggression in sports, with a focus on combat sports ("mixed martial arts")

KEMPA, Michael, Associate Professor
Human security; policing; political economy; social theory

KILTY, Jennifer, Assistant Professor
Women in prison; self-harming behaviours; prison abolition; transcarceration; psy care in prison; the social construction of dangerous girls and women, identity building and negotiation of prisoners

LEHALLE, Sandra, Assistant Professor
Human rights and control institutions; prison; penal and correctional policies and practices; law reform and law creation; torture and inhumane and degrading treatment

MELCHERS, Ronald-Frans, Associate Professor
Criminal justice statistics; evaluation research; evidence in law and policy; police; public policy; community intervention

PARENT, Colette, Full Professor
Feminism and criminology; wife assault; sex work

PETRUNIK, Michael, Adjunct Professor
Dangerous offenders; intervention; minorities and justice; social policy; violence and abuse

PICHÉ, Justin, Assistant Professor

PIRES, Alvaro, Full Professor
Criminal law reform and criminal policy; history of knowledge on crime and punishment; social sciences epistemology and (qualitative) methodology; sociology of law and criminal law philosophy

QUIRION, Bastien, Associate Professor
Risk assessment and management; rehabilitation and correction; harm reduction; sociology of risk; drug addiction treatment

RANASINGHE, Prashan, Assistant Professor
Law and society; the regulation of public space; homelessness; history of criminology/criminological thought

ROBERT, Dominique, Associate Professor
Qualitative research; social studies of science, technology and justice (ex: DNA); health and justice; penal policies

STEEVES, Valerie, Associate Professor
Online hate propaganda and pornography; human rights and technology; media stereotyping; privacy and surveillance; social construction of crime

STRIMELLE, Véronique, Associate Professor
Imprisonment; parole; social reinsertion of ex-convicts; women and girls in custody; restorative justice; history of juvenile delinquency modes of regulation in 19th century Canada

VANHAMME, Françoise, Associate Professor
Community sanctions, informal regulation, vindicatory justice; penalties and penal measures: nature, role (speech and use) evolution, sentencing: context and process; theories in criminology, zemiology

WALLER, Irvin, Full Professor
Putting knowledge into practice (Harnessing) to reduce victimization and protect victims; comparative crime policy and use of incarceration (North America, Europe, Latin America and the World), engaging public and legislators in policy reform with Less Law, More Order: The Truth about Reducing Crime; making shift in Canadian policies from reactive and just desserts to effective prevention based on evidence, (federal, provincial, municipal policies); rights for victims of crime; rebalancing justice - services and rights for crime victims (successes, laws and constitutional change)

WEBSTER, Cheryl, Associate Professor
General deterrence; court efficiency; trends in imprisonment rates; court structure

• Students must hold a Bachelor's degree with a major in Criminology or equivalent with a minimum average of 70% (B).
  


• Their previous studies must have included CRM4304 Qualitative Research in Criminology (3cr.) and CRM3334 Quantitative Research in Criminology (3cr.) or equivalent. If not, they will have to take them as additional courses during their first session in the MA program.
  



The qualifying program:

If the student has an Honours degree in a related field (e.g., sociology, psychology, law, social work, political science, history, philosophy) but is considered to have insufficient training in the theoretical and methodological traditions of the criminological discipline, the student may be offered a year of foundational course study involving up to 24 credits in order to render the student’s prerequisite skills equivalent to those required to pursue studies in this Master's program; no course failure (a grade lower than C+) and an average of B+ are required for a successful qualifying year. In the course of the qualifying year, it is necessary to submit a new application for consideration for admission to the Master's program.


Collaborative Program in Women's Studies at the Master's Level

The Department of Criminology is a participating unit in the collaborative master's program in women's studies. This program has been established for students wishing to enrich their training in criminology by including an interdisciplinary component in women's studies. The specific requirements of the collaborative program include two core courses and a thesis or major research paper on a topic related to women's studies. In addition, for those students who have chosen the option of MA with thesis and field placement, the field placement offered to the student will be related to issues involving feminist concerns.

Students should normally apply for acceptance in the women's studies collaborative program at the same time as they apply for admission to the master's program in criminology.

For further details, please consult the Women’s Studies program on the FGPS website.

Second Language Requirement

Students who are not bilingual at the time of admission will take a placement test upon admission and, depending on their score, they will have to take and pass second language course(s) to ensure they attain the required standard (e.g. FLS2513/ELS2113) by the end of their second year of studies.

MA Thesis Option (30 credits)

MA with Field Placement Option (30 credits)

MA with Major Research Paper Option (30 credits)

Collaborative Program in Women's Studies

• Two compulsory courses:
FEM5300 FEMINIST THEORIES (3cr.)
FEM5103 FEMINIST METHODOLOGIES (3cr.)

Students must complete the two compulsory courses before their first registration for the major research paper or thesis.

• A thesis or major research paper on a topic related to women, gender, feminism or sexualities. The proposed topic must be approved by the Women’s Studies Graduate Committee as well as by the student’s primary program. The thesis or major research paper must demonstrate knowledge of feminist scholarship in the field or fields appropriate to the topic, and of feminist methodologies where applicable.
• The thesis supervisor must possess Women’s Studies and/or feminist expertise. In the case of a major research paper, the supervisor should, ideally, possess Women’s Studies and/or feminist expertise. If not, one of the readers must possess such expertise. Joint supervision by a professor from the participating unit and a professor chosen by the WSGC may be appropriate in some cases.
• Thesis or Major Research Paper Proposal: The thesis or major research paper proposal must be approved by the Women’s Studies Graduate Committee as well as by the primary program. Usually the thesis or major research paper proposal is submitted to women’s studies by the end of the third session of the first year of studies. For the primary programs that do not require a proposal, students must still submit a proposal to the Women’s Studies Graduate Committee.
• Examiner or Reader: One of the examiners (for the thesis) or reader (for the major research paper) must be a person approved by the Women’s Studies Graduate Committee.
• The passing grade in all courses is C+. Students who fail two courses (equivalent to 6 credits) must withdraw from the program.

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