criminology
graduate studies
The Department of Sociology and Criminology at Saint
Mary’s University offers one of the few graduate
programs in Criminology in Canada aimed at students
whose intellectual interests lie in critical criminology.
Our M.A. program provides students with an opportunity for advanced work in critical criminology and social
justice, providing students with the analytical and research skills necessary for further graduate study, research, or teaching; policy research and practice; or
employment in government/ non-government agencies
and the private sector.
areas of expertise
corporate crime
crime prevention
crime and the media
criminalization strategies
critical criminology
feminist criminology
girls in the justice system
organized crime
policing and law enforcement
political economy of crime
politics of drug regulation
prisons and prisoners’ rights
punishment and culture
restorative justice
socio-legal studies
state crime
young offenders
youth justice
SMU is located in Halifax Nova
Scotia—named “the hippest little
city in North America” by Harper’s
Bazaar. This port city is stepped in
history and surrounded by natural
beauty. As Nova Scotia’s capital,
Halifax is the major centre of the
Maritimes and is the largest city
east of Quebec City and north of
Boston. Halifax is also an ideal laboratory for the study of crime and
the structural inequities in society
that give rise to crime and criminality in North America.