Dr. Stephen Schneider

Research

Federal Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (National Crime Prevention Centre)

Crime Prevention through Social Development

Project Manager/Principal Researcher: Stephen Schneider

Grant of $380,000 for a three year project to develop, implement and assess a comprehensive development program for “at-risk” children, based on the principles of crime prevention through social development. Awarded by the National Crime Prevention Centre in February 2006

Publications

Books:

2009	Iced: The Story of Organized Crime in Canada. Toronto: John Wiley & Sons
2009	Crime Prevention: Theory and Practice. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press (textbook).
2007	Money Laundering in Canada: Chasing Dirty and Dangerous and Dollars. (co-authored with Margaret Beare). Toronto: University of Toronto Press (peer-reviewed).
2007	Refocusing Crime Prevention: Collective Action and the Quest for Community. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (peer-reviewed).

Peer-Reviewed Articles:

2008	Obstacles to an integrated, joint forces approach to organized crime enforcement: A Canadian case study (co-authored with Christine Hurst), Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management, 31 (3), 359-379.
2006	“Privatising economic crime enforcement: Exploring the role of private sector investigative agencies in combating money laundering.” Policing and Society. 16(3), 285-313.
2006	“Testing the limits of solicitor-client privilege: Lawyers, money laundering, and suspicious transaction reporting.” Journal of Money Laundering Control. 10(1), 27-47.
2005	“Money Laundering Through Securities - An Analysis of Canadian Police Cases.” Asper Review of International Business and Trade Law. Vol. IV, June, 169-184.
2005	“Organized and financial crimes in the Canadian real estate market.” Journal of Property Research. 21(2), 1-20.
2004	“Money laundering in Canada: A quantitative analysis of RCMP cases.” Journal of Financial Crime. 11(3) January, 282-291.
2003	“The incorporation and operation of criminally-controlled companies in Canada.” Journal of Money Laundering Control. 7(2) November, 126-138.
2002	“Addressing staff safety at high-risk social assistance offices.” Security Journal. 15(1), 63-81.
2001	“Alternative approaches to combating organized crime: A conceptual framework and empirical analysis.” International Journal of Comparative Criminology. 1(2), 144-179.
2000	“Contraband smuggling and its enforcement in Canada: An evaluation of the Canadian Anti-Smuggling Initiative.” Trends in Organized Crime. 6(2), 3-31.
2000	“Organizational obstacles to participation in community crime prevention programs: The case of Mount Pleasant (Vancouver, Canada).” International Criminal Justice Review. Vol. 10, 32-53.
1999	“Barriers to communication between police and socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods: A critical theory of community policing.” Crime, Law and Social Change. 30(4), 347-377.
1998	“Combating organized crime in (and by) the private sector: A normative role for Canada’s forensic investigative firms.” Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice. 14(4), 351-367.

Other Published Articles:

2010	“Our healthiest industry? Organized crime in Canada.” Literary Review of Canada. January/February, pp. 20-22
2003	“Organized crime.” pp. 1041-1045 in Karen Christensen and David Levinson (eds.) Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
2002	“Organized crime - Global.” pp. 1112-1118 in David Levinson (ed.) Encyclopedia of Crime & Punishment. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
2000	“Transnational organized crime and the Canadian business community.” Canadian International Lawyer. 4(2): 95-100.
2000	“Dirty money: How new money laundering legislation places an increased onus on insurance companies.” Canadian Insurance. August: 24-27.
1999	“Maximizing staff safety. Learning lessons after a violent outburst at a government social services office.” Canadian Security. August/September: 30-34
1995	“The criminal intelligence function: Toward a comprehensive and normative model.” Law Enforcement Intelligence Analyst Digest. 9(2): 1-26.

Course Listing

CRIM 3313.1(B)/ SOCI 3388.1(B) AND CRIM 3314.2(C)/ SOCI 3389.2(C):

Selected issue in Criminology

The Theory and Practice of Crime Prevention

Through Social Development (THE PALS Program)

Lecture Notes PowerPoint Slides

COURSE READINGS (Below are links to the course readings. A Course Pack should also be available for purchase at the book store.

Farrington, D. P. 2006. “Childhood risk factors and risk-focused prevention.” Chapter for:

M. Maguire, R. Morgan and R. Reiner (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Criminology (4th ed.) Oxford: Oxford University Press

http://www.jrf.org.uk/events/poverty-social-exclusion/documents/childhood-risk-factors.pdf

Sherman, Lawrence W. et. al. 1998. “Preventing crime: What works, what doesn't, what's promising.” National Institute of Justice. Research in Brief. U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, July. http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/171676.pdf

Wasserman, G.A. et al. 2003. “Risk and protective factors of child delinquency.” Child and Delinquency Bulletin Series. U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency, April http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/193409.pdf

National Institute on Drug Abuse. 2003. Preventing Drug Abuse among Children and Adolescents. A Research Based Guide for Parents, Educators and Community Leaders. Washington, DC, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://www.drugabuse.gov/pdf/prevention/RedBook.pdf

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. (no date). Model Programs Guide. Prevention. http://www.dsgonline.com/mpg2.5/prevention.htm

Schneider, Stephen. 2007. The Theories, Principles, and Strategies Underlying the Pals Program (Unpublished)

CRIM3315.1/SOCI3389.1
ORGANIZED CRIME (WebCT Version)
Fall 2007

Criminology (CRM) 2303 Crime & Society

Syllabus (Winter Term)
Syllabus (Fall Term)
Week One (Introduction)
Weeks Two and Three (Theories of the relationship between crime and society)
Week Four (Crime and the regulation of human vices / Organized Crime)
Week Five (White collar & corporate crime)
Week Six (Reading Week - no Classes)
Week Seven (Race, ethnicity and crime - "Review of To Kill a Mockingbird")
Week Eight (Mid Term Exam)
Week Nine (Crime, Violence and Guns)
Week Ten (The state as criminals / Political crimes)
- Transparency International. Global Corruption Report. 2003 http://www.globalcorruptionreport.org/ Read the following: "Introduction" by Peter Eigen "North America" by Phyllis Dininio with Frank Anechiarico
Week Eleven (Young Offenders, youth violence and youth gangs)
Week Twelve (Formal and Informal control)
Week Thirteen (Clockwork Orange [no slides])
Final Assignment CRM 303: Instructions and Sample Questions

Criminology (CRM) 2304 Canadian Criminal Justice System

Syllabus (Winter Term)
Syllabus (Fall Term)
Weeks One and Two (Introduction and Overview, The State and Crime Control: A Historical & Philosophical Overview)
- A History of Policing. http://www.klis.com/allsaints/pnotes.htm
- Canadian Law: A History: http://www.duhaime.org/Canadian_history/cahist.html
Week Three (Overview of the Criminal Justice System)
Week Four (Criminal Law and Criminal Justice in Canada)
- Department of Justice Canada. 1993. Canada's System of Justice. http://canada.justice.gc.ca/en/dept/pub/just/index.html
Week Five (The Police and Law Enforcement) [Top Ten]
Week Six (Reading Week - no classes)
Week Seven (Criminal Prosecutions & the Courts)
Week Eight (Mid Term Exam)
Week Nine (Sentencing and Punishment)
Week Ten (Corrections)
Week Eleven (Release and Reintegration)
Week Twelve (Youth Criminal Justice)
Week Thirteen (Critiques of the (Canadian) Criminal Justice system // Alternatives to the Criminal Justice System)
Final Assignment CRM 304: Instructions and Sample Questions