Tarah Hodgkinson

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

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

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Media Relations

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

Lori Chalmers Morrison
Director: Integrated Communications
lchalmersmorrison@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4857

Vaness Barrasa
Director: Communications & Issues Management
vbarrasa@wlu.ca
(548) 889-3812

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Beth Gurney
Interim Senior Executive Officer
bgurney@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4199

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Bio/Research

I received my PhD in Criminology from Simon Fraser University and my MA and BA in Sociology from Queen’s University.

Prior to joining Laurier, I was a lecturer (assistant professor) at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. Throughout my career I have worked as a SafeGrowth® facilit...


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Bio/Research

I received my PhD in Criminology from Simon Fraser University and my MA and BA in Sociology from Queen’s University.

Prior to joining Laurier, I was a lecturer (assistant professor) at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. Throughout my career I have worked as a SafeGrowth® facilitator helping to develop safer and more liveable cities around the world.

My current research interests focus broadly on community safety, with a specific focus on policing, crime prevention and spatial criminology. I am working on projects to improve strategic planning and implementation with police services across Canada and developing crime prevention strategies in rural and small municipalities.

My research is informed by a social constructionist/critical realist approach, though I work extensively in the area of environmental criminology. I use a myriad of methods in addressing my research questions including action research, spatial and quantitative analysis and qualitative methods.


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