Official statistics are one of the most important sources of knowledge about crime and the criminal justice system. Yet, little is known about the inner workings of the institutions that produce these numbers. In this groundbreaking study, Kevin D. Haggerty sheds light on the process involved in the gathering and disseminating of crime statistics through an empirical examination of the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS), the branch of Statistics Canada responsible for producing data on the criminal justice system.
Making Crime Count details how the availability of...
Official statistics are one of the most important sources of knowledge about crime and the criminal justice system. Yet, little is known about the ...
Many Canadians are aware that government agencies conduct mass surveillance using phone and online data. Fewer are aware of being under constant surveillance in their everyday lives. We cannot walk downtown, attend a class, pay with a credit card, hop on an airplane, or make a phone call without data being captured and processed. Where does it go? Who makes use of it? Is loss of control of our personal data the price paid for social media and electronic communications, or do we tolerate a system that makes us visible ? and thus vulnerable ? to others as never before? Experts from a...
Many Canadians are aware that government agencies conduct mass surveillance using phone and online data. Fewer are aware of being under constant su...
Vivre a nu, oeuvre d?une equipe de recherche multidisciplinaire, explique comment la surveillance s?accroit ? presque sans qu?on y prenne garde ? dans toutes les spheres de notre vie. Nombre de Canadiens sont conscients que les organismes du gouvernement s?adonnent a la surveillance de masse en utilisant les donn?es telephoniques et electroniques, mais peu d?entre eux savent a quel point des formes courantes de surveillance ont envahi leur vie privee. Aujourd?hui, nous ne pouvons pas marcher au centre-ville, assister a un cours, payer par carte de credit, prendre un avion ou faire...
Vivre a nu, oeuvre d?une equipe de recherche multidisciplinaire, explique comment la surveillance s?accroit ? presque sans qu?on y prenne ga...
Don't think about why you're applying. Select a topic for entirely strategic reasons. Choose the coolest supervisor. Write only to deadlines. Expect people to hold your hand. Become "that" student. When it comes to a masters or PhD program, most graduate students don't deliberately set out to fail. Yet, of the nearly 500,000 people who start a graduate program each year, up to half will never complete their degree. Books abound on acing the admissions process, but there is little on what to do once the acceptance letter arrives. Veteran graduate directors Kevin D. Haggerty and Aaron...
Don't think about why you're applying. Select a topic for entirely strategic reasons. Choose the coolest supervisor. Write only to deadlines. Expect p...
