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Rigakos"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"current-research\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current Research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Pacification; The political economy of public and private policing; 19th century policy science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"teaching-interests\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teaching Interests<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Policing and social surveillance; Critical criminology; Social control; Political Economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"supervisions\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Supervisions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>2019&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PhD. Caglar Dolek \u201cThieves,&nbsp;<em>Kabaday\u0131s,&nbsp;<\/em>and Revolutionaries on the Margin: A Social History of the Police in the Alt\u0131nda\u011f Slums in Ankara, Turkey (1920s-1970s)\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2017&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; M.A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kevin Brunet \u201cThe Power of Perspective: A Review of the Adoption of Police Body&nbsp;Worn Cameras\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2017&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PhD.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gulden Ozcan \u201cOrchestrating the Public: A Contribution to the Critique of Police Power\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2017&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; M.A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Garret Halas \u201cSecuring the Economy and Economizing Security: An Analysis of Material Influences Underpinning Canada\u2019s Position on the Israel-Palestine Conflict\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2016&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; M.A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; David Meinen \u201cPacification Through Humanitarian Aid: Examining Canada\u2019s Security-Development Role in Haiti\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2015 &nbsp;&nbsp; M.A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Natalie Farid \u201cYour Data Shadow: An Exploratory Study of the Short-term Effect of&nbsp;Viewing News and Information Content of Surveillance Technologies on Perceptions of Privacy\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2014 &nbsp;&nbsp; M.A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Justin Tetrault \u201cReclaiming Visual Sovereignty: Theorizing Facial Recognition&nbsp;Technology in the Post-Industrial Era<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2014 &nbsp;&nbsp; M.A. &nbsp;&nbsp; Rhys Williams \u201cPolicing the Pubs\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2012 &nbsp;&nbsp; M.A. &nbsp;&nbsp; Nicholas Lamb \u201cThe Pacification of Radical Dissent: An Anti-Security Analysis of the Toronto G20 Joint Intelligence Group\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2012&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; M.A. &nbsp;&nbsp; Samantha Ponting \u201cThe Political Economy of Contemporary Border Security Walls\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2011 &nbsp;&nbsp; M.A. &nbsp;&nbsp; Jeff Reilly \u201cMeasuring the Effectiveness of Foot Patrol in the Downtown Yonge BIA\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2010 &nbsp;&nbsp; M.A. &nbsp;&nbsp; Mike Denny \u201cPolicing Star Wars Galaxies\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2010&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; M.A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Stanislava Krajisnik \u201cRacial Profiling and Policing: The Nassiah Case\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2010&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; M.A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Vivian Chiu \u201cChallenging the Canadian Biometric Passport System\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2010&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; M.A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Steve Worth \u201cUrban Battleground: Policing Dissent in Canada\u2019s Capital\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2010&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; M.A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Graham Wight \u201cPolicing the Night: City-Centre Entertainment Districts\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2009&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; M.A. &nbsp;&nbsp; Barb Kelly \u201cToward a Code of Ethics for the RCMP\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2009&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; M.A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Erin Knight \u201cThe Homeless Shelter as a Modern Day Panopticon\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2009&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; M.A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Wesley Baxter \u201c\u201dSold Out\u201d: How Ottawa\u2019s Downtown Business Improvement&nbsp;Associations have Secured and Valorized Urban Space\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"publications\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Online articles:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton-ca.academia.edu\/GeorgeSRigakos\">Academia.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/legalform.blog\/2020\/06\/09\/security-george-rigakos\/\">Security (Legal Form)<\/a>; Golden Dawn and the \u201cDark Forces\u201d in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacobinmag.com\/2015\/02\/greece-syriza-police-reform\/\">Jacobin<\/a>&nbsp;(2015); Greece\u2019s Right-Wing Government is Massively Expanding Police Powers in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jacobinmag.com\/2021\/04\/greece-special-forces-police-university-nd\">Jacobin<\/a>&nbsp;(2021); and special issue of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/socialiststudies.com\/index.php\/sss\/article\/view\/23511\">Socialist Studies<\/a>&nbsp;(2013).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Books, Reports and Anthologies:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/utorontopress.com\/9780802084385\/the-new-parapolice\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/Rigakos-Parapolice-160x244-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4927\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mqup.ca\/nightclub-products-9780773533615.php\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"125\" height=\"185\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/Rigakos-Nightclub.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4925\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/books\/securitycapital\/3BC8A3D8183674FFB71A0BCD1B9D3CDF\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/Rigakos-Secruity-Capital.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4928\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/redquillbooks.com\/portfolio-posts\/anti-security\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/Rigakos-Antisecurity-160x240-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4921\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/redquillbooks.com\/portfolio-posts\/communist-manifesto-illustrated-four-parts\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"231\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/Rigakos-Manifesto-160x231-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4924\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/redquillbooks.com\/portfolio-posts\/general-police-system-political-economy-security-age-enlightenment\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/Rigakos-General-Police-System-160x240-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4923\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.tees.ac.uk\/ws\/portalfiles\/portal\/6476941\/583994.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"235\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/Rigakos-Democratizing-160x235-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4922\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/socialiststudies.com\/index.php\/sss\/issue\/view\/1641\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/Rigakos-Pacification-160x229-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4926\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"university-baseball\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">University Baseball<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Since 2016,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.curavensbaseball.com\/coaching-staff\/\">GM and Faculty Advisor<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.curavensbaseball.com\/coaching-staff\/\">Carleton University Baseball<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Since 2021, Founding President of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.curavensbaseball.com\/sabr\/\">Ottawa Chapter<\/a>\u00a0of Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2016.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.curavensbaseball.com\/a-beginners-guide-to-university-baseball-in-canada\/\">A Beginner\u2019s Guide to University Baseball in Canada<\/a>\u00a0published in Canadian Baseball Network<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2019. with Mitchell Thompson.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/goravens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rigakos-Mitchell-BJR-Fall-2019.pdf\">Testing an RPI Ranking System for Canadian University Baseball<\/a>in Baseball Research Journal 48(2): 16-23<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4931,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"George","cu_people_last_name":"Rigakos","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[58],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-2872","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-law"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"Professor","cu_people_degree":"B.A. (Toronto), B.Soc.Sc. 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