Shahid Alvi
PhD

The Future of Critical Criminology

Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Science

Battered Immigrant Women's Experiences with Courts: An Exploratory Study

Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences

Why did “Cyberbullying” Supersede Hate Crime? Mass Distraction and the Tyler Clementi Case

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology

Youth Criminal Justice Policy in Canada: A Critical Introduction

In the past ten years, much has changed in terms of youth justice policies in Canada as well as in the way Canadian society has evolved. Canada has a new Act governing youth crime, and there are indications that the Act will be revised again to make it "tougher" on youth in conflict with the law, a development reflecting what many scholars are calling the "punitive turn" in youth justice policies in Canada and elsewhere. At the same time, Canadian child poverty rates (which are strongly correlated with criminality) have remained high, despite a commitment, made by governments in 1989 to eradicate the problem by the year 2000. Immigration patterns have changed, and unemployment rates for young Canadians remain almost twice as high as those for adults. In this volume, Youth Criminal Justice Policy in Canada: A Critical Introduction, the author addresses these and other developments in relation to youth crime in Canada from a critical criminological perspective.

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Deviance and Crime, Third Edition: Theory, Research and Policy

This book sensitizes the reader to the fact that there is substantial disagreement within the academic community, and among policymakers and the general public, over what behaviours, conditions (e.g., physical attributes), and people should be designated as deviant or criminal. Normative conceptions, the societal reaction/labelling approach, and the critical approach are offered as frameworks within which to study these definitions. A comprehensive explanation of the theory and social policy on deviance is constructed. Chapters contain boxed insert material, charts, tables, discussion questions, problem-solving scenarios, suggested readings, and online resources.

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Under Siege: Poverty and Crime in a Public Housing Community

Under Siege is one of the first books of its kind. It vividly describes the devastating consequences of living in a public housing community damaged by the disappearance of manufacturing jobs, government cutbacks, and other alarming structural transformations that currently plague the United States and Canada. Walter DeKeseredy and his colleagues build on the rich theoretical perspectives developed by feminist scholars―as well as those constructed by Jock Young, Robert Sampson, and William Julius Wilson―as they present both the qualitative and quantitative results of a case study of six public housing estates located in an impoverished urban area. This groundbreaking book provides an in-depth analysis of predatory crime victimization, intimate partner victimization, public racial and sexual harassment, and the relationship of all these harms to the residents' perceptions of their neighbourhood social disorganization/collective efficacy. Under Siege is uniquely valuable both for its rich theoretical basis and for its transparent presentation of the authors' research methodology. It is a thought-provoking sociological contribution that offers progressive strategies for ameliorating both poverty and crime in North American public housing complexes.

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Contemporary Social Problems in North American Society

Intended for college and university courses in Social Problems and Social Issues. This text can also be used as a supplement to Intro. Sociology courses. This text is a highly comparative text that examines several social problems from a North American perspective. This original and practical approach allows students to compare problems in Canada to those in the United States, and to sample theoretical standpoints from both countries. The important issues of race, class, and gender are integrated throughout, and the coverage of material is thoughtful, deep, and strengthened by strong examples and discussion questions.

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Professor

During his tenure Ontario Tech, Dr. Alvi has taught the undergraduate and graduate courses Poverty and Public Policy, Criminology, and Graduate Criminological Theory. He has received a research award from the Social Sciences and Humanities Resource Council of Canada.

Author, Youth Criminal Justice Policy in Canada: A Critical Introduction

Published in 2012 by New York’s Springer Press, Dr. Alvi’s latest book examines how Canada’s new laws on youth crime, child poverty rates, immigration patterns and youth unemployment relate to youth crime in Canada from a critical criminological perspective.

President, Board of Directors

Since 2012, Dr. Alvi has served as President of the Board of Directors for The Denise House, an emergency shelter for abused women and their children. From 2005 to 2012, he served as vice-president of the Board.

2002 Critical Criminologist of the Year

ASC Division on Critical Criminology

American Society of Criminology

The Denise House