Katrin Roots

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Assistant Professor Faculty of Human and Social Sciences Criminology Waterloo, Ontario kroots@wlu.ca

Bio/Research

I received my PhD from the Department of Socio-Legal Studies at York University in 2018. Prior to joining Laurier, I was an Assistant Professor at University of Manitoba's Sociology and Criminology Department (2020-2021); from 2019-2020 I taught at Brock University's Sociology Department; and fro...

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Bio/Research

I received my PhD from the Department of Socio-Legal Studies at York University in 2018. Prior to joining Laurier, I was an Assistant Professor at University of Manitoba's Sociology and Criminology Department (2020-2021); from 2019-2020 I taught at Brock University's Sociology Department; and from 2018-2019, I held a SSHRC post-doctoral fellowship at Carleton University's Legal Studies Department.

My broad research interests include legal regulation of gender, race and class; gendered violence; policing; courts; and, migration. The main focus of my research is on the legal regulation of human trafficking in Canada including legal and policy development, policing, prosecution and defence strategies. I am primarily interested in how the crime of human trafficking is being 'made' at the front-lines by police, legal actors etc., and what effects this has on sex workers, racialized groups, immigrants and other marginalized communities. I am a qualitative researcher with a methodological focus on court documents and trial transcripts.


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Media Relations

Aonghus Kealy
Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4855

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