Jeffrey Bradley
PhD Candidate (Legal Studies)
Background
Jeffrey Bradley is a PhD candidate in Legal Studies at Carleton University and part-time professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of Ottawa. His research interests include penal abolition, transformative justice, violence prevention, human rights, social justice, and alternatives to policing. His doctoral research examines survivors’ and facilitators experiences with transformative justice responses to sexual violence. Jeffrey is a member of the Criminalization and Punishment Education Project and the Ottawa Transformative Justice Collective.
Supervisor
Dr. Aaron Doyle
Education
Master of Arts, Criminology, University of Ottawa
Honours Bachelor of Social Sciences, Major in Public Administration and Major in Criminology, University of Ottawa
Publications
McClelland, A., Bradley, J., & Jennings, L. (November 27, 2024). Fact Sheet: Spit Hoods & Deaths in Custody in Canada. https://trackinginjustice.ca/tracking-injustice-releases-fact-sheet-spit-hoods-deaths-in-custody-in-canada/
Bradley, J., Jennings, L., McClelland, A. (December 8, 2023). Fact Sheet: Deaths of people labelled with schizophrenia in custody in Canada. https://trackinginjustice.ca/tracking-injustice-releases-fact-sheet-deaths-of-people-labelled-with-schizophrenia-in-custody-in-canada/
Bradley, J. (2023). Increasing Access to Justice for Survivors of Human Trafficking: Research Summary Report. Angels of Hope Against Human Trafficking. https://www.aohagainsttrafficking.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Increasing-Access-to-Justice-for-Survivor-of-Human-Trafficking-Research-Summary-Report-May-2023-1.pdf
Basualdo, M., Daou, F., & Bradley, J. (2022). Systemic Racism in Academic Institutions in so-called Canada. Ontario Public Interest Research Group.Ottawa, Ontario.
Perring, S., Bradley, J., & Basualdo, M. (2021). The Roots of the Prison Industrial Complex in Canada. Ontario Public Interest Research Group. Ottawa, Ontario.
Waller, I., Martinez, V., Monette, A., & Bradley, J. (2020). “Using Criminological Evidence to Shift Policy: From a Punishment to a Prevention Agenda”. In Contemporary Criminological Issues: Moving Beyond Insecurity and Exclusion. Ottawa, Ontario: University of Ottawa Press Millhaven Lifers’ Liaison Group. “Advocating for the Human Rights of Prisoners”. In the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons Vol 29 No 1-2 (2020): General Issue. Ottawa, Ontario: University of Ottawa Press.
Selected Op-Eds
Bradley, J., & Browne, R.(May 12, 2025). Stall tactics are blocking Ottawa’s safety plan for vulnerable people. Ottawa Citizen.
Bradley, J., & Waller, I. (May 1, 2025). How can Mark Carney reduce violent crime in Canada? Through prevention and youth outreach. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/how-can-mark-carney-reduce-violent-crime-in-canada-through-prevention-and-youth-outreach-254978
Waller, I., & Bradley, J. (April 2, 2024). Tackling the causes of crime, not sending more people to jail, is the only way to fight it. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/tackling-the-causes-of-crime-not-sending-more-people-to-jail-is-the-only-way-to-fight-it-226170
Jennings, L., Bradley, J., & McClelland, A. (December 1, 2023). Canada must end the pervasive culture of inhumanity inside prisons. Ottawa Citizen. https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/opinion-canada-must-end-the-pervasive-culture-of-inhumanity-inside-prisons
Bradley, J. (November 22, 2022). The criminal justice system is retraumatizing victims of violent crime. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/the-criminal-justice-system-is-retraumatizing-victims-of-violent-crime-193067
Waller, I., & Bradley, J. (May 9, 2017). A new jail is no solution to making the public safer. Ottawa Citizen. https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/columnists/waller-and-bradley-a-new-jail-is-no-solution-to-making-the-public-safer
Selected Conference Presentations
“Planting Seeds for Transformative Justice in Community Organizing” & “Tracking Deaths in Custody From the Ground Up: Developing the Prisoners; Justice Day Online Memorial” co-presented at CIJS Perverting Justice/Critical Perspectives Conference, University of Winnipeg, May 13-15, Winnipeg, Manitoba. 2024.
“Challenging Systemic Racism and Discrimination at the University of Ottawa: Grassroots participatory solutions” presented at Critical Perspectives, Carleton University, May 15-17, Ottawa, Ontario. 2023.
“Imagining a Canadian Critical Victimology: Lesson from Abolition Feminism and Transformative Justice” co-presented at CIJS Consuming Justice/Critical Perspectives Conference, University of Winnipeg, May 11-13, Winnipeg, Manitoba. 2022.
“Resisting the Carceral State through Lifers’ Liaison Groups” presented at Abolitionist Futures: Building Social Justice Not Criminal Justice, International Conference on Penal Abolition, Birkbeck University of London, June 15-18, London, England. 2018.