Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:

Criminal Justice Professor Landau received her PhD in criminology from the Centre of Criminology at the University of Toronto. Her doctoral thesis examined the emergence of First Nations Policing in remote Aboriginal communities in the James Bay/Hudson Bay region of Northern Ontario. Dr. Landau was a Senior Research and Policy Advisor to the Commission of Inquiry into Events at the Prison for Women in Kingston (Arbour Commission), and has been a consultant to federal, provincial and local governments on a range of justice issues. She is a former member of the Board of Directors of Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto. In August 2004, Dr. Landau was appointed to the Ontario Civilian Commission on Police Services where she served until May, 2012. Her current research interests include police accountability, Aboriginal justice issues and critical victimology. She is currently working on a project (with Sumaoi Ugas) on racial profiling of women in the community.

Dr. Landau has taught a broad range of courses offered to both program and non-program students, including Introduction to Canadian Criminal Justice (CRM100), Understanding Crime in Canadian Society (CRM101), Cross-Cultural Values and Communication (JUS400), Victims and the Criminal Process (CRM202), Advanced Seminar (JUS700), and Research Methods and Data Analysis (JUS505). She is the co-ordinator of JUS80, Research Paper.

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Clark, Scott and Tammy C. Landau (2012). “Aboriginal Justice Policy in Canada.”  In Ismaili, K., Sprott, J. and Varma, K. (eds.). Canadian Criminal Justice Policy: A Contemporary Reader. Toronto: Oxford University.

Landau, Tammy C. Challenging Notions: Critical Victimology in Canada. Second Edition. Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press (in progress).

Landau, T. (2006) Challenging Notions: Critical Victimology in Canada. Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press.

Landau, T. (2006) "Plus Ça Change? 'Correcting' Inuit Inmates in Nunavut, Canada." Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, Vol. 45(2), pp. 191-207.

Landau, T. (2005) "Policing the Punishment: Charging Practices Under Canada's Corporal Punishment Laws" International Review of Victimology, Vol. 12, pp. 121-138.

Landau, T. (2004) "How to Put the Community in Community-Based Justice: Some Views of Participants in Post-Charge Diversion."  Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, Volume 42(2), pp.131-148.

Landau, T.  (2002)  "Correctional Experiences of Adult Male and Youth Offenders in Nunavut." Ottawa: Research and Statistics Branch, Department of Justice, Canada..

Landau, T.  (2002)  "An Evaluation of Post-Charge Criminal Court Diversion in Old City Hall." Ottawa: Research and Statistics Branch, Department of Justice, Canada.

Landau, T. (2000) "Women's Experiences with Mandatory Charging For Wife Assault in Ontario, Canada: A Case Against the Prosecution." International Review of Victimology. (Special Issue on Domestic Violence) 7(1,2,3): 141-157. (peer reviewed) (Also reproduced in Feminisms and Womanisms: A Women's Studies Reader. Althea Prince and Susan Silva-Wayne (Eds.) Toronto: Women's Press, 2004.)

Landau, T.  (2000) "Back to the Future: The Death of Civilian Review of Public Complaints Against the Police in Ontario, Canada." in A. Goldsmith and C. Lewis (eds.) Civilian Oversight of Policing: Governance, Democracy and Human Rights. Oxford: Hart Publishing, pp. 63-79.

SELECTED CONFERENCE PAPERS:

2012 “Racial Profiling of Muslim Women in the Community:  A Pilot Project” (with Sumaoi Ugas).  Paper presented to the European Society of Criminology Bilboa, September 12^th-14^th.

2005 "Does Customer Satisfaction Really Count?" Paper Presented at the National Black Police Association Annual Education and Training Conference, Toronto, August.

2005 "The Collection of Race/Crime Statistics: Experience from the Aboriginal Community in Canada." (with Kimberly Murray) American Society of Criminology, Nov 15-19, Nashville, Tennessee.

2002 "Plus Ça Change? Neo-Colonial Corrections in Post-Colonial Nunavut" European Society of Criminology, Toledo, Spain, Sept 5-7.(peer reviewed)

2001 "Criminal Court Diversion for Cannabis Offences in Canada." European Society of Criminology, Lausanne, Switzerland, Sept 4-8. (peer reviewed)

2001 "Police Response to Incidents of Corporal Punishment." at "Intervening in Child Physical Assault", Winnipeg, August 30-Sept 1. (invited)

2000 "How Do We Put The Community in Community-Based Justice? Some Views of Participants in Criminal Court Diversion." American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, November 15-18.