Diane Crocker
Faculty of Arts
Criminology
Professor
Office: MS419
Email: diane.crocker@smu.ca
Diane Crocker is a Professor in the Department of Criminology at Saint Mary’s University. Her work explores the use of law to address social problems, particularly those that disproportionately affect women. She is currently a member of iMPACTS: Collaborations to Address Sexual Violence on Campus and regularly advises government and community agencies on projects related the gender-based violence. It the coming years, Dr. Crocker is leading the evaluation of Nova Scotia’s Standing Together initiative which will be developing a provincial domestic violence action plan for the province. She is also working closing with universities across Nova Scotia and developing effective sexual violence prevention and response policies and a multi-university exploration of students’ experiences. Her recent book Violence Interrupted, co-edited with Joanne Minaker and Amanda Nelund, provides a collection of essays about researcher related to campus sexual violence in Canada.
Her areas of research included gender-based violence, restorative justice, narrative research methods and program evaluation.
Related
dianecrocker.comEvaluation of Nova Scotia policies and programs aimed at addressing campus sexual violence (funded by the Department of Labour and Advanced Education)
Evaluation of Standing Together a provincial government initiative related to domestic violence (funded by the NS Advisory Council on the Status of Women)
Engaging (In)Justice Stories
CLARI and SSHRC-funded Partnership Engage Grant related to the “justice values” of victims of gender-based violence
iMPACTS: Collaborations to Address Campus Sexual Violence
SSHRC-funded Partnership Grant
Ph.D., Sociology, York University, 2002