Faculty
Boyd, Neil T.
Professor Emeritus
Critical analysis of Canadian criminal law; homicide; Canadian narcotics legislation; the legal control of pornography; workplace violence; biology of male and female violence.
Email: nboyd@sfu.ca
Personal Website: www.neilboyd.net
Brockman, Joan
Professor Emerita
The sociology of professions; Corporate financial crimes and misconduct; White collar crime; The use of social science research evidence in court; Women in the professions; Feminist jurisprudence, methodology, and perspectives; Criminal law, procedure and evidence; Wrongful convictions.
Email: brockman@sfu.ca
Brantingham, Patricia
Professor Emerita
Computational criminology; pattern theory; environmental criminology; crime prevention through environmental design; criminal justice planning; policy evaluations.
Email: pbrantin@sfu.ca
Brantingham, Paul J.
Professor Emeritus
Computational criminology; environmental criminology; ecology of crime; crime analysis; historical criminology; comparative criminal justice; legal aid and related matters.
Email: branting@sfu.ca
Burtch, Brian
Professor Emeritus
Criminological theory; prisons; sociology of law; critical criminology; gender and law; midwifery, and family law; mature students' access to post-secondary education.
Email: burtch@sfu.ca
Personal Website: www.sfu.ca/personal/burtch/
Fattah, Ezzat A.
Professor Emeritus
Theoretical and comparative criminology; crime and social change/social development; integrative theories/models in criminology; theoretical and applied victimology; theories of victimization (and of target selection); fear of crime/fear of victimization; crime and victimization of the elderly; restorative justice; mediation; criminal law reform; criminal policy; punishment and deterrence; death penalty.
Email: fattah@sfu.ca
Gordon, Robert M.
Professor Emeritus
Health law, including mental health law; adult guardianship and adult protection law, including the law relating to public guardians and trustees; supported and substitute decision making; abuse and neglect of the elderly; medical assistance in dying; commercial and international attacks on academic integrity.
Email: rgordon@sfu.ca
Jackson, Margaret A.
Professor Emerita
Criminal justice policy analysis; violence against women and children; judicial attitudes, sentencing behaviour and risk assessment.
Phone: 778-782-4040
Email: margarej@sfu.ca
Burnaby Office: Saywell Hall 10227
Verdun-Jones, Simon N.
Professor Emeritus
Criminal law; procedure and evidence; Canadian and international mental health law and policy; criminal law reform; comparative criminal law and procedure; mentally disordered offenders; Canadian criminal justice system; criminal justice history; victims' rights; family violence and the law; plea bargaining; sexual abuse of children and the law; mental disorder defence, fitness to stand trial; international perspectives on criminal justice; sentencing; expert testimony; violence and aggression in mental health facilities; long-term and dangerous offenders; risk assessment and risk management; psychopathy and the criminal justice system; international criminal justice and the International Criminal Court.
Email: verdunj@sfu.ca