It’s Episode 75 of The Criminology Academy podcast! On today’s episode, we have Professor Sandra Bucerius who speaks with us about the Canadian prison system, prison as a temporary refuge for incarcerated individuals, and prison subculture and radicalization.
Sandra Bucerius is a Professor of sociology and criminology at the University of Alberta. She received her PhD from the University of Frankfurt in 2009. Her research is designed to understand criminal justice institutions and those who encounter them, particularly those marginalized by factors related to race, gender, social class, addictions, and other factors. Sandra translates her knowledge and findings into best practices and system changes by directing the University of Alberta’s Centre for Criminological Research and co-directing the University of Alberta Prison Project, which is a multi-year study of life experiences inside prisons in Western Canada.
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Get in touch with Sandra:
University of Alberta Website // bucerius AT ualberta.ca // Twitter
This is the article authored by Sandra and her colleagues that was discussed in this episode of The Crim Academy:
Bucerius, S. M., Schultz, W., & Haggerty, K. D. (2023). “That shit doesn’t fly”: Subcultural constraints on prison radicalization. Criminology. [Article Link].
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Bucerius, S., Haggerty, K. D., & Berardi, L. (2023). The Everyday Life of Drugs in Prison. Crime and Justice, 52(1). [Article Link].