You know what sucks? Writing. You know what I love? Writing. You know what I wanna do? Write. You know what I don't wanna do? Write.

My first lead author paper published today in TheHPPJournal 😃 💪🏼 doi.org/10.1177/152483…

This week I was interviewed for a news article for the Toronto Star to discuss some of my research on missing and murdered Indigenous men and boys and today the article was published. Here is the article :) thestar.com/news/canada/20…

How will BC's new simple possession decriminalization policy play out in everyday policing? As a Michael Smith Health Research BC award recipient, SFU Criminology's Alissa Greer will be closely watching BC's decriminalization model to see if it functions as intended. sfu.ca/research/schol…

We had a successful winter party for SFU Criminology and I got to take a photo with my first grad theory class (minus a few). It was so fun to connect with them and I look forward to their future paths in the school.

Excited to share that my thesis on the diffusion of responsibility in instances of group academic dishonesty, written alongside my amazing supervisor Zach Rowan has been accepted for publication in the journal Deviant Behavior! You can read it here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

A researcher's life.....

As of Jan 31, 2023, there will no longer be criminal penalties for people 18+ in BC who possess 2.5g or less of certain illegal drugs for personal use. Some exceptions apply. Police will instead offer information to people about local supports & services. gov.bc.ca/decriminalizat…

First roundtable completed! Had a great discussion about becoming qualitative research methodologists at Western Society of Criminology conference

And that’s a wrap on my first conference Western Society of Criminology ! Happy to have met so many amazing people and spend some time with my cohort and fellow grad students. Special thanks to my supervisor, Zach Rowan for pushing me to present!

Meet Noah Norton, a criminology MA student researching group crime, academic dishonesty, and perceptual deterrence. To read Noah's profile, click on the following link: ow.ly/9bn550OinjG #SFUCriminology #Criminology #GradStudents #StudentProfile #Research

When students don't mention your comedy in the teaching evaluations

Meet Tyler Mierzwa, a criminology MA student whose research focuses on how crime spreads from one location to its surrounding areas. ow.ly/9HwZ50PaUFx #SFUCriminology #EnvironmentalCriminology #GraduateStudents

SFU Criminology represented at Western Society of Criminology last week in Long Beach. It was great to connect with my collaborators in the sun and present exciting new research!

Congratulations to Noah Norton for successfully defending his MA thesis titled "Perceptual Deterrence, Ambiguity, and Group Size in Criminal Decision Making." ow.ly/ola750SWamS #SFUCriminology #Criminology #GraduateStudents #MADefence #Research

Congratulations to Juliana Babic for successfully defending her MA thesis, "Unraveling the Youth Criminal Justice Act: Analyzing Underreporting in Youth Crime Statistics from the General Social Survey." ow.ly/tfj850T2oLP #SFUCriminology #Criminology #GraduateStudents

This last month has been busy and rewarding, as Noah Norton, Isabelle, & Juliana Babic defended their MA theses! They worked with new data, learned new statistical techniques, and defended their theses in front of experts. I wish them the best in the next chapter of their lives!

Graduation Day with this crew! SFU Criminology

Social media is now everywhere, incl in #policing! New platforms = new opportunities for study. #TikTok = popular platform centered around creating/sharing/watching videos. 👮 In new article, my mentee and I examine the police’s use of TikTok: doi.org/10.1177/146135… A 🧵 1/3