Sociology and Social Anthropology: Recent submissions
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Picturing Halifax: Young Immigrant Women and the Social Construction of Urban Space
(2017-04)This study explores the social construction of space in the lives of young immigrant women. Drawing upon data from photo-elicitation interviews, I analyze how young women who recently immigrated to Canada interpret and ... -
Friendship Through the Ages: A Technological Perspective
(2017-04)Friendship is a socially constructed phenomenon that is part of the everyday lives of human beings. Its practices have been researched for many years by sociologists and social anthropologists. The use of digital communication ... -
Tapping into Mental Health: Exploring Indigenous Water and Mental Health Issues through Canadian Media
(2017-04)It seems both unjust and ironic that the first peoples on the land now known as Canada are some of the last to obtain access to their fundamental human rights. This research explores the occurrence of relationship, region, ... -
“More traumatic and humiliating than assault itself”: Exploring students’ perceptions of Dalhousie University’s management of sexual assault issues
(2017-04)Sexual assault on university campuses remains a pervasive issue, with Dalhousie University being no exception. It has been argued that universities regularly fail their victims of sexual assault as they do not adequately ... -
On Thin Ice: Examining Youth Hockey Participation in Canada
(2017-04)Picture your local community, and chances are you will see two things: a hockey arena and an outdoor rink. Many Canadian children of all backgrounds play hockey. It is the quintessential Canadian sport, and yet previous ... -
FIRST NATIONS' SELF-ADMINISTERED POLICING IN CANADA: LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR A NATION-WIDE CASE STUDIES APPROACH
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POLICING AT INDIAN BROOK, 1997 - 2000: AN EVALUATION OF ITS EFFECTIVENESS: RESEARCH DESIGN REPORT
(Atlantic Institute of Criminology, 2000-03-31) -
“The Implications of Current Policing and Policy Trends for Aboriginal Policing and Policy”
(Atlantic Institute of Criminology, 2007) -
Perspectives of Officers Policing in Aboriginal Communities Across Canada, 1996 and 2007
(Atlantic Institute of Criminology, 2016)This paper focuses on the perspectives and work experiences of officers policing in Aboriginal communities in Canada in 1996 and 2007. It is based on two separate nation-wide surveys, the first in 1995-1996 by Clairmont ... -
HALIFAX POLICE VICTIM SERVICES' MOBILE RESPONSE: AN EVALUATION
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SMALL TOWN POLICING AND THE COMMUNITY-BASED POLICING MOVEMENT
(Atlantic Institute of Criminology, 1997)In this paper, we intend to explore the ideological construction of the concepts Small Town Policing (STP), police professionalism and Community-based Policing. Although CBP may have originated as a reformed urban model ... -
COMMUNITY PERCEPTIONS OF POLICING AND JUSTICE ISSUES: A SURVEY CONDUCTED ON BEHALF OF THE UNAMA'KI TRIBAL POLICE
(Atlantic Institute of Criminology, 1999-07)This needs assessment was directed at obtaining information on the needs and views of community residents with respect to matters relevant to the policing service; these matters include perceptions of crime levels in the ... -
BRINGING CULTURE INSIDE: ENHANCING ABORIGINAL CULTURAL IDENTITY IN A YOUTH JUSTICE FACILITY: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE INITIATIVE
(Atlantic Institute of Criminology, 2016-02)The Bringing Culture Inside (BCI) initiative at the NSYF represented a different thrust for the programming and Aboriginal world view that had been available to the incarcerated youth at the facility. The NSYF had pioneered ... -
PROPOSAL TO CONDUCT AN EVALUATION OF THE NOVA SCOTIA RESTORATIVE JUSTICE INITIATIVE
(Atlantic Institute of Criminology, 1999-08-25)The purpose of this evaluation is to provide a process and outcome evaluation and cost-benefit analyses of the Nova Scotia restorative Justice initiative directed at young offenders. The evaluation framework is directed ... -
POLICING AT INDIAN BROOK, 1997 - 2000: AN EVALUATION OF ITS EFFECTIVENESS
(ATLANTIC INSTITUTE OF CRIMINOLOGY, 2000-07-10)This evaluation has had the objectives of examining the police service at Indian Brook and in particular assessing its changes in recent years and the possibilities for future improvement. A wide range of methods and ... -
THE NOVA SCOTIA RESTORATIVE JUSTICE INITIATIVE: CORE DATA ANALYSES: YEAR TWO EVALUATION REPORT
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Self-Administered First Nations’ Policing: An Overview of Organizational and Managerial Issues
(Atlantic Institute of Criminology, 1998-09)This report provides an overview of organizational and managerial issues in selfadministered First Nations (FN) police services. It complements, and represents a second phase to, a previous report by the authors which ...