Dr. Carolyn Greene

Dr. Carolyn Greene is an Associate Professor in the Criminal Justice Program at Athabasca University. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (Criminal Justice and Public Policy) from the University of Guelph, a Master of Arts degree (Criminology) from the University of Toronto and completed her Ph.D. (Criminology) at the University of Toronto.

Professor Greene has taught undergraduate courses in the areas of policing, youth justice, sentencing, criminological research methodology, corrections and penology, victims of crime, and the psychology of criminal behaviour. She has taught interdisciplinary research methodology and Art and Crime at the graduate level. She has also supervised undergraduate and graduate student research within the criminal justice and MA-IS Programs.

Currently, her research is focussed on three SSHRC funded studies examining immigrant perceptions of police in Canada; experiences of invasive policing practices in Toronto; and community perceptions of and experiences with safe consumption services in Edmonton, Calgary., and Lethbridge. Her research interests are broadly focussed within policing, youth justice operations/policy, reintegration, and perceptions of and experiences with criminal justice institutions, including those who work within them. Dr. Greene's research has been published in national and international journals, including Crime and Delinquency, the International Journal of Drug Policy, the British Journal of Criminology, Feminist Criminology, and the Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice.

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Research interests

• Perceptions of the criminal justice system
• Experiences within the criminal justice system
• Policing
• Youth justice
• Reintegration

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Educational credentials

• BA, Criminal Justice and Public Policy, University of Guelph
• MA, Criminology, University of Toronto
• PhD, Criminology. University of Toronto

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Professional affiliations

• Member, Western Society of Criminology

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