Kanika Samuels-Wortley
Assistant Professor
| Degrees: | Ph.D. Sociology, University of Waterloo; MA Criminology, University of Ontario Institute of Technology; BA Honours Criminology & Sociology, University of Toronto |
| Email: | Kanika.SamuelsWortley@carleton.ca |
On Leave July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023.
Biography
Kanika Samuels-Wortley’s areas of interest include race and racism, youth delinquency, policing, corrections, and critical race theory. Her research explores the complex relationship between race and crime and is committed to better understand the overrepresentation of Black and Indigenous youth in the criminal justice system. Samuels-Wortley’s research aims to advance critical race discourse in Canada through empirical mixed-methods approaches. Her current study incorporates both quantitative and qualitative methods to explore how perceptions and experiences with racial discrimination by law enforcement officials may contribute to victimization and offending among Black and Indigenous youth, thus maintaining their oppression and marginalization in Canadian society.
Kanika is currently collaborating on a number of projects including exploring race and racialization among incarcerated individuals, the policing of hate crime, and the surveillance of racialized communities.
Research Interests
- Policing
- Youth and Crime
- Race and Racism
- Youth Delinquency
- Youth Victimization
- Youth Diversion
- Rehabilitation
- Corrections
- Violence Against Women
- Critical Race Theory
- Quantitative Critical Race
- Mixed Methods
Recent Publications
| Samuels-Wortley, K. (2021) To serve and protect whom? Using composite counter-storytelling to explore Black and Indigenous youth experiences and perceptions of the police in Canada. Crime and Delinquency, Vol 67(8), pg. 1137-1164. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011128721989077 |
| Kabiri., S., Shadmanfaat, S., Samuels-Wortley, K., and Gallupe, O. (2020). Does moral identity matter in situational action theory? Some evidence of Iranian fans’ cyberbullying perpetration. Forthcoming in International Criminal Justice Review. |
| Samuels-Wortley, K. (2019) Youthful discretion: Police selection bias in access to pre-charge diversion programs in Canada. Race and Justice, https://doi.org/10.1177/2153368719889093. |
| Samuels-Wortley, K. (2019). Violence against Black youth in the great white north: Exploring the prevalence of victimization among Black women from a Canadian context. In A. Kalunta- Crumpton (Ed.) pp. 229-248, Violence Against Women of African Descent: Global Perspectives. New York: Lexington/Rowman & Littlefield. |