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Welcome to the Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies
The Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies is a research and teaching unit at the University of Toronto. Founded in 1963 by Prof. John Edwards, the Centre’s faculty and students study crime, order and security from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and theoretical approaches.
With backgrounds in sociology, history, law, psychology, philosophy and political science, the faculty are actively engaged in Canadian and international criminological research.
The Centre's library (the Criminology Information Service) houses the leading Canadian research collection of criminological material, consisting of more than 25, 000 books, journals, government reports, statistics and other documents.
The Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies offers a graduate program for masters and doctoral students. The undergraduate criminology program is administered by Woodsworth College.
New Centre Newsletter - August 2011
Another Trudeau Scholar Chosen From Centre Doctoral Students
Becoming a Trudeau scholar is the best thing that can happen to social science doctoral students in Canadian universities. Only 15 Trudeau scholars are chosen each year from across the country.... The Centre for Criinology & Sociolegal Studies has a small PhD program, and so we are extremely fortunate to have three Trudeau scholars in our midst....
Also in this issue:
- Tony Doob receives Public Policy Award
- Doctoral Student Career News
- Empirical Study of International Human Rights - Prof. Ron Levi
- From Toronto to Vladivostok and Back, without Leaving Home
- Canadian vs. American Jury Selection Process: Simulation Research - Marie Comiskey
- Rosemary Gartner, Editor of Criminology Journal
- Prof. Lucia Zedner to Deliver Edwards Lecture
- Centre's Open House
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