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Carrie B. Sanders

Director, Centre for Research on Security Practices; Fellow, Balsillie School of International Affairs; Professor, Criminology
csanders@wlu.ca
Brantford, Ontario
Faculty of Human and Social Sciences
Carrie B. Sanders is an expert in crime and intelligence analysis, crisis responders, first responders, organizations and technological change, police as service providers, policing, science and technology and women in policing.

Areas of Expertise

  • Criminal Justice Policy
  • Criminology, Policing and Corrections

Biography

I received my PhD in sociology at McMaster University in 2008. Prior to joining Laurier, I was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation in the Faculty of Medicine; University of Toronto (2007-2008).

Using interpretive theories, I research policing and technological change, crime and intelligence analysis, plural policing, police women, and police cultures. I am a qualitative researcher with an active research program. I am presently working on a number of SSHRC funded studies concerning:

  1. The production of intelligence in policing.
  2. The integration and utilization of crime and intelligence analysis.
  3. Police women and police cultures.
  4. Plural policing and the collaborative work of police and various social service providers.
  5. Police responses to people in mental health crisis.

The following are a selection of the funded research projects I have been involved in:

  • Sanders, Carrie (Principle Investigator) "Craft of Intelligence Analysis Lab" Canadian Infrastructure Fund JELF $250,000
  • Langan, D (PI), Sanders, C (Co-I) “Recruiting, Retaining and Promoting Women in Policing: An International Comparison of Opportunities and Challenges” SSHRC Connection Grant January 2019 – January 2020 $25,000
  • Dej, Erin (PI) and Sanders, Carrie (Co-I) ““Brokering Dialogue: Constructing a Fact-Based Counter Narrative on Policing and Homelessness” Ministry of Public Safety British Columbia Gang Outreach Group, (February 2019-March 2021) $100,000
  • Saulnier, Alana (PI) and Sanders, Carrie (Co-I) ‘An evaluation of Durham Regional Police Body Worn Camera Pilot Project’ SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant June 2018 – August 2019 $25,000
  • Saulnier, Alana (PI) and Carrie Sanders (Co-I) Police Adoption of BWCs in Canada: Building qualitative understandings of officer perceptions and constructing a national policy template. SSHRC Insight Grant(March 2019 – June 2021) $66,866
  • Sanders, Carrie (PI),Chan, Janet; Bennett Moses, Lyria; Smith, Gavin; Mackenzie, Simon; and Sheptycki, James. “Conceptions of Intelligence: Building a Cross Country Comparative Analysis of Practices and Frameworks of Policing” SSHRC Partnership Development Grant (June 2017 - June 2020), $200,000
  • Sanders, Carrie (Principle Investigator), Janet Chan and Manny San Pedro (Collaborators) “Technology and Data Science in Policing: Studying the Work of Crime Analysts”, SSHRC Insight Grant (2016 - 2020), $107,375
  • Chan, J., Bennet-Moses, L., and Sanders, C. (“Field of Intelligence Production” Law Faculty Research Grants, University of New South Wales, Australia, (2016) $15,000 AUS
  • Langan, Debra and Sanders, Carrie "The Experiences of Women in Red and Blue: Canadian Police Mothers' Experiences of the Organizational, Cultural, and Occupational Contexts of Policing", (2016-2018) SSHRC Insight Development Grant
  • Lavoie, J., Sanders, C., Schulenberg, J. and Huey, L. "Exploring Police Responses to Citizens in Mental Crisis", (2015 – 2017), SSHRC Insight Development Grant, $56,636
  • Sanders, Carrie “Bridging the Gap: Studying the Design and Use of Police Technologies”, (2010-14), SSHRC Insight Development Grant, $68,000

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