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Congratulations: Dr. Marcus Sibley is a co-investigator on a research team that was awarded a $198,100 SSHRC Partnership Development Grant. The three-year project will explore anti-trafficking policing and its impacts in Canada
Sharing Knowledge: “It’s Not a Policing Matter: Decriminalizing Mental Health Crises” presented at the Dalhousie Health Justice Institute's Seminar Series (Dr. Jamie Livingston)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EaNkZfxZ8M

New Article: Community safety groups and claims-making in local media (Dr. Marcus Sibley)
- https://doi.org/10.1057/s41300-026-00243-4

In the News: Crime expert critical of CBRM mayor's endorsement of local motorcycle club (Dr. Stephen Schneider)
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/cbrm-mayor-endorses-celtic-crew-motorcycle-club-9.7279746
Announcement: Dr. María Gómez begins her term as Chairperson of SMU's Department of Criminology on July 1, 2026
In the News: Most Canadian teens have seen violence, gore online: survey (Dr. Alexa Dodge)
- https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/article/most-canadian-teens-have-seen-violence-gore-online-survey/
In the News: We know violent and gory videos exist online. Teens are seeing more of them than you'd think (Dr. Alexa Dodge)
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/teens-violent-gory-content-social-9.7244772
New Resource: Young Canadians’ exposure to authentic violent & gore content online (Dr. Alexa Dodge)
- https://www.diydigitalsafety.ca/resources
New Report: Young Canadian’s exposure to authentic violent & gore content online (Dr. Alexa Dodge)
- https://content.c3p.ca/pdfs/DIY-Report-ExposuretoViolentandGoreContent-2026-Ev5.pdf
Recognition: Robert Kennedy elected as second vice-president of the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society
- https://www.canadianlawyermag.com/news/general/nova-scotia-barristers-body-elects-rob-kennedy-as-second-vice-president-for-2026-2027/393868
New Article: Desperately Seeking Non-Judgmental Supports: Young People’s Perceptions of Adult Responses to Technology-Facilitated Harms (Dr. Alexa Dodge)
- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08862605251414437
New Resource: Why Don’t Teens Report Digital Harms to Adults? (Dr. Alexa Dodge)
- https://www.diydigitalsafety.ca/_files/ugd/1332d5_899113b67f9d41b1819dafea9c381c20.pdf
In the News: Why Don't We Take Stalking More Seriously? (Dr. Diane Crocker)
- https://thewalrus.ca/why-dont-we-take-stalking-more-seriously/
Recognition: Dr. Diane Crocker receives the 2025 SMU President’s Award for Excellence in Research
- https://news.smu.ca/news/2025/11/14/presidents-award-for-excellence-in-research-dr-diane-crocker
New Book: Abolition and Queer Justice (Dr. Allyn Walker)
- https://www.ucpress.edu/books/abolition-and-queer-justice/paper
In The News: Group calls for fatality inquiry in case of Halifax man who died during arrest (Dr. Jamie Livingston)
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/group-calls-for-fatality-inquiry-in-case-of-halifax-man-who-died-during-arrest-9.6939573
Recognition: Dr. Jamie Livingston included in the ranking of the top 2% of scientists (by citation count) in the world for 2025
- https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/8
New Report: Canadian Youth and Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence: Findings from a 2024 General Population Survey among Canadian Teens (Dr. Alexa Dodge)
- https://borealisdata.ca/file.xhtml?fileId=989464&version=1.0
New Book: An Ontology of Organized Crime: A Meta-Analytical Framework and Enforcement Implications (Dr. Stephen Schneider)
- https://www.routledge.com/An-Ontology-of-Organized-Crime-A-Meta-Analytical-Framework-and-Enforcement-Implications/Schneider/p/book/9781032780139
New Resource: DIY: Digital Safety infographics and fact sheet (Dr. Alexa Dodge)
- https://www.diydigitalsafety.ca/resources
New Article: Relational Safety and Transactional Intervention: Victim-Survivor’s Feelings of Safety and Risk (Dr. Diane Crocker)
- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/10778012251356956
New Article: Reforming Segregation through the Perspectives of Correctional Officers (Dr. Marcus Sibley)
- https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-journal-of-law-and-society-la-revue-canadienne-droit-et-societe/article/reforming-segregation-through-the-perspectives-of-correctional-officers/5FFA3BCE7507F0B08CEB7552E9FE0F0B

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