Martin Silverstein
Professor Emeritus

Publications:

• Martin Silverstein and Roberta Spark, 2007, "Social Bridges Falling Down: Reconstructing a 'Troublesome Population' of Battered Women through Individual Responsibilization Strategies" Critical Criminology
  
• Martin Silverstein, 2006, "Justice in Genderland: Through a Parole Looking Glass." Symbolic Interaction
  
• Martin Silverstein, 2005, "What's Race Got to Do with Justice: Responsibilization Strategies at Parole hearings." British Journal of Criminology
  
• Martin Silverstein, 2001, "The Ties that Bind: Family Surveillance of Canadian Parolees." The Sociological Quarterly
  
• Nancy Jurik and Martin Silverstein, 2001, "The Effect of Gender on Perceptions of Guilt and Sentence Severity for Homicide Offenses." Homicide Studies

Research Interests:

• parole decision making
  
• interactional nature of social control in prison
  
• gender perceptions of third parties to homicide offences
  
• race and ethnicity in managing risk
  
• gender as a resourse at parole hearings
  
• the change from casework to case management approaches
  
• the role of citizen advisory comittees in prisons
  
• employment programs for battered women
  
• teaching about masculinities in tradtional and non-traditional settings
  
• lawyering at parole hearings

Courses Taught:

• corrections
  
• theoretical perspectives of crime
  
• research methodology
  
• qualitative research
  
• men masculinities and crime
  
• governance in criminal justice

Memberships:

• Member, Western Society of Criminology

Education:

• Ph.D. 1997, Arizona State University, Justice Studies
  
• M.A. 1988, University of Ottawa, Criminology
  
• B.A 1974, Queen's University, Psychology
  
• B.A. 1965, University of Toronto, Political Science and Economics

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