Education:
BA International Studies, University of Saskatchewan, 1983
MA History and Philosophy of Social and Political Science, Essex University, 1985
PhD Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science, 1991
ESRC Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Center for Criminology and the Sociological and Philosophical Study of Law (CCSPSL), School of Law, Edinburgh University, 1993-1999.
Teaching Positions Held:
York University, Toronto Canada, 2003- to the present (appointed Associate Professor July 2003, tenured July 2004; Appointed Full Professor December 2007; made Professor Emeritus, June 2023).
Durham University, Lecturer in Sociology, 2000-2003
Edinburgh University, Lecturer in Policing Studies, 1992-1993 & 1999-2000
Portsmouth University, Lecturer in Policing Studies, 1991-1992
Visiting Positions
Resident Research Professor in Global Policing and Law, King’s College London, Dickson Poon School of Law, Sept. 2016- June 2017
Visiting Research Professor, Université de Montréal, Centre International de Criminology Compareé, April 3-7, 2017
Visiting Research Professor, University of Oslo, Department of Criminology, Oct. 17-21, 2016
Visiting Research Professor, Stockholm University, Department of Criminology, Oct. 3-7, 2016
Visiting Research Professor, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Center for Public Governance of Policing and Security, Sept. 20-26, 2016
Resident Research Fellow, Centre for Excellence in Policing and Security (CEPS), Griffiths University, Brisbane, Australia, April 1-30, 2013
MacCormick Research Fellow, Edinburgh University Law School, April-May, 2012
Resident Research Fellow, Oxford University, Centre of Criminology, Jan.-June, 2012
Visiting Teaching Professor, Stockholm University, Department of Criminology, Jan. 2012, 17-27
Visiting Teaching Professor, University of Wollongong Law School, Dec. 1-22 2009
Visiting Professor, Stockholm University, Department of Criminology, May 5-12, 2006
Resident Research Scholar, Center of Criminology, University of Toronto, Sept. 2005-May, 2006
Visiting Scholar, Universidad de Los Andes; Mérida, Sponsored by the Association of Canadian Studies, Venezuela, June 16-26, 2005
Visiting Scholar and Workshop Organizer, Onati Institute for the Sociology of Law, Onati, Spain, July 12-13, 2004 (with Andrew Goldsmith)
Resident Teaching Professor, Stockholm University, Department of Criminology, May 1-31 2001
Resident Research Scholar, Green College, University of British Columbia, September 1-30, 1995