Canadian Social Science Faculty Survey

Appendix B: Social Science Faculty Survey Questionnaire

Social Science Faculty Survey

It is my pleasure to invite you to take part in the Social Science Faculty Survey – a project being undertaken by the Research and Statistics Division of the Department of Justice Canada. Our goal is to build links between university researchers and the Department.

Although we carry out much of our research in-house, we also engage the services of the research community at large for special short-term and long-term research projects. We are finding that the range of issues that we must deal with in terms of justice-related policy and legislation is requiring an increasingly diverse pool of expertise. For example, at this time, in-house research projects are underway in the areas of family violence, restorative justice, youth justice, and cross-border crime, to name a few.

The purpose of this survey is to develop an inventory of experts in a wide variety of fields from which we can draw for social science research in support of the activities and programs of the Department.

All information will be treated in confidence, consistent with the Privacy Act and Access to Information Act. The Research and Statistics Division will not disclose any information it has collected or prepared without consent of the individual concerned, subject to subsection 8(2) of the Privacy Act. The final report will identify general justice related research interests and activities, and only a list of publications will include the names of the participants. All other information will be published in aggregated form only.

Please return completed questionnaires by May 31, 2000 to:

Department of Justice Canada
Research and Statistics Division
284 Wellington Street
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0H8

Thank you for your co-operation. I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Anna Paletta
Research Analyst

If you have any questions please phone me at (613) 941-4192, or contact me by e-mail at anna.paletta@justice.gc.ca. You can also write to me at the mail address given above.

Justice Related Teaching and Research Areas of Interest

1. Please indicate the primary areas in which you currently teach or conduct research.

Note: There is some overlap across categories; please review all of them before making your selections.

Aboriginal Peoples (Please include Aboriginal youth under Youth justice below.)

Alternative approaches to justice

Criminology

Diversity

Families in transition

Family violence

Governance

Impaired driving

Large-scale crime

New genetics and biotechnology

New information technology/Internet

Sexual offences

Socio-political issues

Victimology

Youth justice: Areas of interest

Youth justice: Socio-demographic characteristics of youth of interest

Expertise in social science methodologies

Other

Publications

1. Please list your three most recent, representative publications

Student Activity

2. We are also interested in the work of future scholars. Please indicate the number of Ph.D. students you are currently supervising, their dissertation titles and years in which they expect to be completed.

201Number of Ph.D. students currently supervising

Name (Optional) Title of Dissertation or Area of Focus Expected Year of Completion
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

List of experts

3. Occasionally the Research and Statistics Division of the Department of Justice Canada requires the assistance of outside experts either through contracts or, from time to time, as visiting scholars. With this in mind, do you wish to be included in an inventory of outside experts?

4. Have you ever been called upon as an expert witness in a court of law?

Comments?

Faculty Information:

Thank you for taking the time to complete this questionnaire!

Please return it by May 31, 2000