Policing
Race, Crime, And Justice: Issues and Strategies
Wortley, S., and Samuels-Wortley, K. (2025). Race, Crime, And Justice. Emond Publishing. https://emond.ca/Store/Books/Race-Crime-and-Justice-in-Canada-Issues-Strategies?srsltid=AfmBOooUGpl2hSzaovFDWIdM-IV1NMNYQuMWOYBh7i15zcgohz-Td1Tl
Pathway to justice? The role of racial bias training in modern Canadian policing
Samuels-Wortley, K., Avraam, A., and Rhodes, V. (2025) Pathway to justice? The role of racial bias training in modern Canadian policing., Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Vol. 67(2). https://utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/cjccj-2024-0046
Tracking (In)Justice: Police Use of Force-Involved Homicides and Deaths in Canada
Crosby, A., McClelland, A., Sharpe, L.T., Meader, E., Stinson, C., Samuels-Wortley, K., Graham, K., Khan, R.F., Lin, Z. (2025) Tracking (In)Justice: Police Use of Force-Involved Homicides and Deaths in Canada. Canadian Journal of Law and Society,1-25. https://doi.org/10.1017/cls.2025.1
The “unusual’ suspect – Race, Class, and Crime: A critical discourse case study of Nova Scotia’s mass casualty event
Samuels-Wortley, K. (2024) The “unusual’ suspect – Race, Class, and Crime: A critical discourse case study of Nova Scotia’s mass casualty event. Canadian Journal of Law and Society, Vol. 39(2), pg. 180-203. https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/84812559DF0788DB8990E306E8D278D8/S0829320124000267a.pdf/the-unusual-suspectrace-class-and-crime-a-critical-discourse-case-study-of-nova-scotias-mass-casualty-event.pdf
“It stays with you for life”: The everyday nature and impact of police violence in Toronto’s inner city.
Greene, C., Urbanik, M.-M., Samuels-Wortley, K. (2022) “It stays with you for life”: The everyday nature and impact of police violence in Toronto’s inner city. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 19, pg. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710503
We’re not where we should be: Enhancing law enforcement responses to hate crime.
Perry, B., and Samuels-Wortley, K. (2021) We’re not where we should be: Enhancing law enforcement responses to hate crime. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Vol. 63(2), pg. 68-98. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/806311
To serve and protect whom? Using composite counter-storytelling to explore Black and Indigenous youth experiences and perceptions of the police in Canada.
Samuels-Wortley, K. (2021) To serve and protect whom? Using composite counter-storytelling to explore Black and Indigenous youth experiences and perceptions of the police in Canada. Crime and Delinquency, Vol 67(8), pg. 1137-1164. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011128721989077
Youthful discretion: Police selection bias in access to pre-charge diversion programs in Canada.
Samuels-Wortley, K. (2019) Youthful discretion: Police selection bias in access to pre-charge diversion programs in Canada. Race and Justice, Vol. 12(2), pg. 387-410. https://doi.org/10.1177/2153368719889093
Community Policing, Police Militarization, and Canada’s Colonial Project.
Samuels-Wortley, K. (2024) Community Policing, Police Militarization, and Canada’s Colonial Project. In Sebastian Sclofsky and Analicia Mejia Mesinas (Eds.) In Police and State Crime in the Americas: Southern and Postcolonial Perspectives (pp. 99-122), New York, Palgrave Macmillan.
Black on Blue, will not do: Navigating Canada’s evidence-based policing community as a Black academic: A personal counter-story.
Samuels-Wortley, K. (2022) Black on Blue, will not do: Navigating Canada’s evidence-based policing community as a Black academic: A personal counter-story, in Derek Silva and Mathieu Deflem (Eds.) Sociology of Crime, Law, and Deviance: Diversity in Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies, pg. 63-82. Emerald Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1521-613620220000027005
Marginalized Populations with Edmonton Public School Board’s School Resource Officer Programs: An Evaluative Study [Final Report].
Wortley, S., Bucerius, S., Samuels-Wortley, K. (2023). Marginalized Populations with Edmonton Public School Board’s School Resource Officer Program. An evaluative study: Final Report. Prepared for the Edmonton Public School Board. https://www.epsb.ca/media/epsb/news/board/SchoolResourceOfficer(SRO)programstudy.pdf
The State of School Resource Officers in Canada: A review
Samuels-Wortley, K. (2021) The State of School Resource Officers in Canada: A review. Prepared for British Columbia’s Human Rights Commission. https://bchumanrights.ca/wp-content/uploads/Samuels-Wortley_May2021_School-liaison-programs.pdf
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