Publications
Scholarly Publications
"Illegitimate Pain: Institutional Dimensions"(Forthcoming in Deviant Behavior).
"Illegitimate Pain: Introducing a Concept and a Research Agenda" (Forthcoming in an edited book entitled Emotions Matter, to be published by University of Toronto Press).
"Emotions and the Campaign for Victims' Rights in Canada," Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 51(4) 2009, at pp. 473-510.
Canadian Victims of Crime: Critical Insights. Toronto: CSPI/Womens' Press, 2009.
"Using the Victim Role as Both Sword and Shield: The Interactional Dynamics of Restorative Justice Sessions," Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 38(3) 2009, at pp. 279-307.
"Beyond Conventional Theory: Explaining Crime and Victimisation in Latin America," St. Mary's University Working Papers in International Development (Second author, with Alfredo Schulte-Bockholt of St. Mary's University). 2008.11.1.
“When Accommodation Breaks Down,” pp. 96-107 in Deviance: The Interactionist Perspective. 10th Edition (E. Rubington & M.S. Weinberg, Eds.) Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 2008.
“Ritual Actions and Meaning Among Freemasons: A Sociological Approach,” pp. 80-114 in The Canonbury Papers Volume 4: Freemasonry and Initiatic Traditions (R.A. Gilbert, Ed.) Hersham, Surrey, UK: Lewis/ Ian Allen, 2007.
“Conducting Qualitative Research on Emotionally Upsetting Topics: Homicide and Those Left Behind,” pp.116-126 in Doing Ethnography: Studying Everyday Life (D. Pawluch, W. Shaffir and C. Miall, Eds.) Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press 2005.
“Human Agency Revisited: The Paradoxical Experiences of Victims of Crime,” International Review of Victimology 11, 2004, at 225-257.
“Gender Roles and Grief Cycles: Observations on Models of Grief and Coping in Homicide Cases,” International Review of Victimology 10, 2003, at pp.19-47.
“Metaphors of Loss: Murder, Bereavement, Gender and Presentation of the ‘Victimized’ Self,” International Review of Victimology 9, 2002, at pp.219-251.
“Victims of Crime and Labeling Theory: A Parallel Process?” Deviant Behavior 23(3)May-June 2002, at pp. 235-265.
"The Experience of Happiness: A Sociological Investigation," Humanity and Society 20(1) February 1996 , at pp.41-62.
"Legal Institutions and Victims of Crime in Canada : An Historical and Contemporary Review," Humanity and Society 19(2) May 1995 , at pp.53-67.
"AIDS in the Workplace: Termination, Discrimination and the Right to Refuse," Dalhousie Law Journal 11(2) March 1988 , at pp.581-611.
Selected Recent Conference Papers:
"Pragmatic Constructions of History among Contemporary Freemasons." Presented at the International Conference on the History of Freemasonry, Edinburgh, Scotland, May 31, 2009.
"Illegitimate Pain: Introducing a Concept and a Research Agenda." Presented (with second author Ailsa Craig). Invited presentation at the Emotions Matter Conference, Carleton University, May 9, 2009.
"Illegitimate Pain: Institutional Dimensions" (with second author Jacqueline Slowey). Presented at the Emotions Matter Conference, Carleton University, May 9, 2009.
"The Social Construction of Curiosity: Dramaturgical Processes and Initiation among Contemporary Freemasons." Presented at the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction conference, Boston, MA, August 2, 2008.
"Illegitimate Pain: Institutional Dimensions." Presented at the Couch-Stone Symposium, University of Illinois, May 16, 2008.
"Collective Memory: The Historicization of the Present among Contemporary Freemasons." Presented at the Qualitative Analysis Conference in Fredericton, New Brunswick, May 22, 2008.
"Illegitimate Pain: Introducing a Concept and a Research Agenda." Presented at the Qualitative Analysis Conference, St. Thomas University and University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, May 16-19, 2007.
"Genealogy, the Past and the Present: Reconstruction of the American Past in the Society of Mayflower Descendants." Presented at the Symbolic Interaction and Ethnographic Research Conference, Niagara Falls, Ontario, May 16-18, 2006.
“Ritual Actions and Meaning Among Freemasons: A Sociological Approach.” Presented at the Seventh Annual Canonbury Masonic Research Conference, London, England, November 5-6, 2005.
“Issues of Criminology and Victimology in the Developed and Developing World.” Presented at the British Society of Criminology Conference, School of Law, University of Leeds, Leeds, U.K., July 12-14, 2005.
“Victims, Crusaders and the Law: The Historical Genesis of Victims’ Rights in Canada.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, May 28-June 5, 2005.
“The Ritual Enactment of Meaning and Identity in Men’s Fraternal Organizations: Some Preliminary Observations.” Presented at the Joint Symbolic Interaction and Ethnographic Research and North Central Sociological Association Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, April 7-10, 2005.
“Observations on Criminological and Victimological Theory in the Developing World.” Presented at the American Society of Criminology Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, November 17- 20, 2004.
"Using the Victim Role as both Sword and Shield: The Interactional Dynamics of Restorative Justice Sessions." Presented at the Annual Law and Society Conference, Dalhousie University , Halifax , N.S. , June 1-4, 2003 .
"Unintended Consequences: Do Victim Support Services Promote and Sustain Victim Identity?" Presented at the Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference, McMaster University , Hamilton , Ontario , May 23-25, 2002 .
“Conducting Qualitative Research on Emotionally Upsetting Topics: Challenges, Pitfalls, and Observations.”(Co-Authored with Catherine Swanson of McMaster University ). Presented at the Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference, McMaster University , Hamilton , Ontario , May 17-19, 2001
“Survivors of Murder Victims.” Presented at the X World Symposium on Victimology, Concordia University , Montreal , Quebec , August 6-11, 2000 .
“Deviance and Criminology: Parallels and Insights from Victims .”Presented at the Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference, Fredericton , New Brunswick , May 18-21, 2000 .
Reports/ Contract Research:
HRM Capital District Society Safety Audit (Prepared for the Halifax Regional Municipality under a federal Community Mobilization Grant, November 15, 2002 ).
Seniors' Universal Safety Net: Independent Evaluation Report (Prepared for Canadian Pensioners’ Concerned under a federal Community Mobilization Grant, February 21, 2002 ).
District 9 Community Crime Prevention Report (Prepared for the District 9 Residents' Association under a federal Community Mobilization Grant, December 1, 2000 ).