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 Links
dianecrocker.com →Evaluation 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