Episode 4: Ann Corbold

Ann Corbold is a full time professor within Humber’s School of Social and Community Services where she is assigned to the Police Foundations program but also lectures in other programs such as Community Justice Services and Criminal Justice. Previously, Ann was a Sergeant for 13 years with the Toronto Police Service as well as receiving a Master of Laws specializing in Constitutional Law and a Master of Arts specializing in education. Through her experience and educational background, Ann provides Humber students with knowledge and expertise, which are highly beneficial for future Criminal Justice Professionals.

Episode 3: Emma Smith

Emma Smith is a part-time faculty member in the School of Social and Community Services at Humber College and a Ph.D. student in Ryerson University’s Communication and Culture programme. Her research interests include documentary representations of female murderers, reality television’s (re)production of crime narratives, prison structures, the commodification of crime in popular culture and Canadian policing systems. Themes of gender, social inequality and cultural identity are infused within her research practices.

Episode 2: Daniel Bear

Dr. Daniel Bear is a professor in the School of Social and Community Services at Humber College in Toronto. He has grea knowledge and experience in policy analysis, applied research with emphasis on qualitative and ethnographic work in research and academic institutions. Daniel Bear has done research focus is largely contained in three areas 1) The impact of drugs policing on police/community interactions 2) Drugs policy and the resulting impact on communities 3) Use of technology in community safety practices. I have a Doctorate in Social Policy, and my doctoral work assessed the impact of simultaneous changes to drugs policy and performance management indicators on the professional practices of street-level police officers in a London borough.

Specialties: Policy Design and Implementation, Applied Research, Police Practices, Criminal Justice Policy, Social Policy Research Methods, Qualitative Analysis, Ethnography, Quantitative Analysis, Policy Evaluation, Penal Theory and Practice

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Episode one: Mark Totten

Dr. Mark Totten is a professor of Criminal Justice at Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning and the President of Mark Totten & Associates Inc. He has worked with groups across Canada in the areas of gangs, mental health, violence, and corrections for many years. Over the past decade he has evaluated large-scale gang projects and has partnered with Aboriginal Bands in northern communities focused on ending cycles of violence. As a certified social worker, Mark has extensive experience counseling dangerous and violent offenders. He has authored four books and over 60 academic articles and government reports. Nasty, Brutish and Short: The Lives of Gang Members in Canada was published in 2012 and Gang Life: Ten of the Toughest Tell Their Stories was released in Spring 2014. His latest book, The Construction of Women and Girls in Gangs in Canada, is to be released in 2016. He is a frequent media commentator and keynote speaker at provincial and national conferences.

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