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Crime and deviance in heterogeneous societies: the impact of the imposition of western norms on the aboriginal peoples of Canada and Zimbabwe
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Explains aboriginal criminality through the application of general criminogenesis theories, and compares both societies' definitions and responses to deviation. Examines proposals for legal system reform.
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Fall 2014
This dissertation interrogates the concept of ‘leaderless resistance.’ Traditionally defined as a strategy that allows for and encourages individuals or small cells to carry out acts of violence or sabotage entirely independent of any hierarchy of leadership or network of support, leaderless...
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Spring 2021
This thesis asks two interrelated questions: why are religious converts significantly overrepresented among acts of terrorism in North America and Europe, and can this tell us anything about the nature of radicalization in general? To answer these questions, three key arguments are advanced....
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Fall 2016
This thesis is guided by an inquiry into the state responses to Australia’s Mabo v Queensland 1992 and Canada’s Calder v British Columbia 1973 rulings in the struggle for Indigenous rights to self-government. Australia’s Cape York Peninsula and Canada’s Nisga’a Nation serve as case studies for...
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Thinking Beyond Extremism: A Methodological Reorientation to Studying Right-wing Nationalism and the Far-right Movement in Canada
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Right-wing nationalist movements have gained traction in Westernized countries such as France, Greece, Hungary, Austria, the United States, and Germany, where political figures or groups have mobilized nationalist ideas and right-wing populist sentiment to gain governmental power and/or influence...
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Fall 2015
This study characterized two organic-rich source rock formations from three different sub-basins of the Georgina Basin, Central Australia, using the 187Re – 187Os isotope system and a suite of major, minor, and trace elements. The major organic-rich source rock in the Georgina Basin, the lower...
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Unlocking Radicalization: Correctional Officers, Risk Perception, and Ideological Extremism in Albertan Prisons
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A wide range of sources have framed radicalization into violent extremism as a serious risk to prisons in Europe and North America. Some view prisons as a primary recruiting ground for groups like ISIS. I investigated whether this was accurate in Alberta by conducting semi-structured interviews...