Mary McCluskey
PhD Candidate (Legal Studies)
| Degrees: | MA Criminology, Wilfrid Laurier University (Brantford, Ontario), BA Honors in Criminology, St Thomas University (Fredericton, New Brunswick) |
| Email: | marymccluskey@cmail.carleton.ca |
Mary is a PhD candidate in the department of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University. Her research is focused on the use of infanticide law in Canada and the juridical discourses that arise from the sentencing of violent women. This includes discourses of motherhood, femininity, and violence. In her spare time, Mary is a contract instructor at Wilfrid Laurier teaching a number of undergraduate criminology courses.
Supervisor
Sheryl Hamilton
Education
BA Honours in Criminology, St Thomas University
MA Criminology, Wilfrid Laurier University
Publications
McCluskey, M. (2023). OnlyFans: The Celebritization of Online Sexual Labour. Canadian Graduate Journal of Sociology and Criminology, 6(1)
McCluskey, M. (in press). “Murderous Parents: News Media Constructions of Male and Female Filicide Cases”. Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture.
Popham, J., McCluskey, M., Ouellet, M., and Gallupe, O. 2020. Exploring police-reported cybercrime in Canada: Variation and correlates. Policing: An International Journal 43(1), p. 35-48
McCluskey, M. (In Prep). 20 years later: Karla Homolka and the continuation of public hatred, Feminist Criminology
McCluskey, M.(In Prep). ‘America’s Most Hated Mom’: An Analysis of Casey Anthony’s Where the Truth Lies. Women and Criminal Justice
Selected Presentations
“Discrepancies in the Sentencing of Violent Women: An Analysis of the Infanticide Law in Canada”, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS), Chicago, IL, March 2024.
“What Makes a Serial Killer?” Brantford Public Library, True Crime Event, February 2023.
“Murderous Parents: Constructions of Male and Female Filicide Cases”, Western Criminology Conference, Phoenix, AZ, February 2020.
“Analysis of the Constructions of Male and Female Filicide Cases”, Western Criminology Conference, Honolulu, HI., February 2019.