Biography

Marianne Quirouette is an Associate Professor with the school of Criminology at Université de Montréal. She holds a M.A. from Concordia University (2009) and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Toronto (2017) where she was also a junior member at the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies. She was awarded and held a Banting postdoctoral scholarship in affiliation with the Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa (2018). She is a member of the Public Law Research Centre, the Observatoire des Profilages and the Centre International de Criminologie Comparée. Marianne’s research and teaching interests include theories of social control and punishment. Much of her work has focused on social and legal problems as they are experienced and managed in and out of the criminal legal system. This work has centered on criminalized and marginalized people and on professionals in legal, correctional and community settings. Her current projects examine a) the work of criminal defence lawyers and b) the trajectories of young people experiencing homelessness and conflict with law.

Projects

• The Intersecting Institutions of Criminal Justice and Injustice

• Examining long term trajectories in the transition away from youth homelessness in four cities across Canada

• Criminal defence lawyers and the representation of marginalized clients in Ontario and Québec

• Pandemic Policing of the Homeless in Canada: From Crime Control to Public Health Strategy

• Rethinking state responsibility: Developing and assessing participatory strategies and mechanisms to empower marginalized individuals and communities in holding the state responsible in the context of criminal justice

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Audrey-Jeanne Caplain is a master’s candidate in criminology at the Université de Montréal, under the supervision of professor Mylène Jaccoud. She also holds a bachelor's degree in law (LL.B.). Audrey-Jeanne is interested in the relationship between the justice system and Indigenous groups, specifically the recognition of racial discrimination in courts, the decolonization of the justice system and the consideration of Indigenous legal systems. Her thesis focuses on Indigenous expert’s perspective on self-determination in criminal justice for Indigenous Nations in Québec. She is a member of the Centre interuniversitaire d’études et de recherches autochtones (CIÉRA) and the Groupe de recherche interdisciplinaire sur les affirmations autochtones contemporaines (GRIAAC).

Project

• Criminal defence lawyers and the representation of marginalized clients in Ontario and Québec

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Maude Boucher-Réhel is a doctoral candidate at Université de Montréal, under the supervision of Chloé Leclerc, and holds a master's degree in criminology (M.Sc.) and a bachelor's degree in law (LL.B.). Maude is interested in issues at the intersection of criminal law, the prison system, rehabilitation and women. Her dissertation aims to understand how women who have been in and out of prison manage to break the cycle of the revolving door. Her other areas of interest include specialized courts, mental health and the treatment of marginalized people in the criminal justice system. Her thesis focused on the impact of therapeutic justice principles in Quebec mental health courts.

Project

• The Intersecting Institutions of Criminal Justice and Injustice

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Nicolas Spallanzani-Sarrasin is a PhD candidate in criminology at the Université de Montréal under the supervision of Marianne Quirouette. His research interests include the judicialization of disadvantaged or marginalized people, social profiling, access to justice and the practice of socio-judicial actors. His masters thesis explores the judicial experience of people who are precariously housed or without housing. His doctoral dissertation analyses the influence of the context of homelessness and social determinants in legal decisions. His work is supported by the Observatoire des Profilages. He is also a student member of the Public Law Research Centre and the Centre International de Criminologie Comparée.

Projects

• Criminal defence lawyers and the representation of marginalized clients in Ontario and Québec

• Examining long term trajectories in the transition away from youth homelessness in four cities across Canada

• La représentation juridique des personnes en situation d’itinérance par les avocat.e.s de la défense criminelle et pénale.

• Pandemic Policing of the Homeless in Canada: From Crime Control to Public Health Strategy

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Cecília holds a Master's in Criminology from the Université de Montréal under the supervision of Marianne Quirouette. She is in the process of becoming a lawyer in Ontario and she is currently an LLM student at Osgoode. She is also licensed as a lawyer in Brazil. Some themes that interest her, though not limited to, include: social control & punishment, incarceration, sentencing, conditional release, state harms, policing. She is especially interested in examining how these areas intersect with the experiences of accused individuals facing marginalization within the criminal justice system. Her thesis delves into the extent to which judges and crown prosecutors in Ontario acknowledge, or conversely overlook, the legal relevance of anti-indigenous discrimination and colonial history. Her work is supported by the Public Law Research Centre at UdeM, the Observatoire des profilages, and by the Centre International de Criminologie Comparée.

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Marilyn Coupienne is a lawyer and currently a doctoral student in law at the University of Ottawa. She is the recipient of a grant provided by the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et culture (FRQSC), as well as a scholarship of excellence from the University of Ottawa. The aim of her thesis is to study the social construction of neglect by socio-judicial actors (YPD and Youth Court). More generally, her research interests focus on youth law, criminal law, access to justice and sociocriminology, in particular the social control exerted by the law. Marilyn Coupienne is currently a lawyer at the "Fédération des maisons d'hébergement pour femmes" and teaches law at the Université du Québec à Montréal. She published a book titled "La violence conjugale face à la justice pénale" to equip legal practicioners with tools for dealing with domestic violence cases.