Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology

Kim Varma, PhD OFFICE:  JOR 829 TELEPHONE:  416-979-5000 ext 2680 EMAIL:   kvarma@ryerson.ca

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:

Dr. Varma is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology. Her areas of research include the processing of young offenders in Canada, particularly at the pretrial detention and sentencing stages, parental involvement in youth court, public perceptions of adult and youth crime and justice, deterrence penalties and tax evasion, and the punishment of social assistance fraud. She has taught courses in the areas of punishment and corrections, introduction to Canadian criminal justice, introduction to theories of crime, youth justice and young offenders, and alternatives to formal justice processing (restorative justice).

Professor Varma holds a Bachelor of Arts from Wilfrid Laurier University, and Master of Arts and Ph.D. (Criminology) from the University of Toronto (Canada).

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

K. Ismaili, J.Sprott, and K.Varma eds.(forthcoming 2012). Canadian Criminal Justice Policy: A Contemporary Reader. Toronto: Oxford University Press.

Varma. K. (2007). "Parental involvement in youth court" Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 49(2) 231-260.

Varma, K. (2006) "'Face'-ing the offender: Exploring public attitudes towards young offenders," Contemporary Justice Review, 9(2), 175-187.

Varma, K. (2003) "An Evaluation of the St. Catharines bail program," Ottawa: Research and Statistics Branch, Department of Justice, Canada, 2003.

Varma, K. (2002) "Exploring 'youth' in court: An analysis of decision-making in youth court bail hearings," Canadian Journal of Criminology, 44(2): 143-164.