Gacek, James

University of Regina

Canada

James Gacek, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Justice Studies at the University of Regina, Canada. He holds his PhD in Criminology from Edinburgh Law School at the University of Edinburgh. Drawing upon criminology and carceral geography, his PhD project focused upon the regulation of inmates through law, state surveillance and community corrections in the UK. He recently completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Sociology at Memorial University of Newfoundland, and has lectured in criminology and criminal justice at the University of Manitoba and the University of Winnipeg. He continues to extensively publish in sociological and criminological reviews, journals and international fora. While his research interests are many, he broadly conceives his research into three categories: (1) corrections and community justice; (2) green criminology; and (3) the law-society nexus. With Richard Jochelson, he has co-authored Criminal Law and Precrime: Legal Studies in Canadian Punishment and Surveillance in Anticipation of Criminal Guilt (Routledge, 2018) and co-edited Sexual Regulation and the Law – A Canadian Perspective (Demeter Press, 2019). His experience in developing applications has successfully received grant monies and research funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Manitoba Research Alliance, the University of Manitoba and the University of Edinburgh. Currently he serves as Research Associate for the Canadian Institute of Public Safety and Treatment, and are one of the co-investigators on an expansive, longitudinal study engaged with Correctional Services Canada.