Michael Weinrath

Michael Weinrath^[1] (born 1957) is Associate Professor and Chair of Criminal Justice at the University of Winnipeg. Weinrath is relatively unique among criminologists for he is a former practitioner with Alberta Correctional Services in institutional and community corrections. Weinrath brings an experiential component to his work in criminology.

Weinrath is an occasional expert commentator with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation[1] [2]. He also comments on crime issues for the Winnipeg Free Press and Winnipeg Sun newspapers, and local and national TV media.

Specialisation

Weinrath's research speciality is corrections, and he also does work in research methods, program evaluation, victimization and fear of crime, drug courts and drink driving. He is currently working on a book manuscript on prison life and prison gangs in Canada in the 21st century. He has worked as a consultant to Alberta and Manitoba Corrections and the federal Correctional Service of Canada.

Education

Weinrath was secondary educated at Mission High School in British Columbia. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology from Simon Fraser University, a Master of Arts in Criminal Justice from Washington State University. He was admitted to a PhD in 1997 from the University of Alberta with a doctoral thesis in Concerned Drunk Driving.

Papers

References

1. ^ University of Winnipeg link

University of Winnipeg link [3]

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