This talk locates the Canadian ‘guns and gangs’ crisis of 2018, along with a number of other policing issues, in the context of the evolving global system, connecting problems in domestic governance with transnational flows, especially of money.

James Sheptycki is Professor of Criminology in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies at York University. His research expertise revolves around issues of transnational crime and policing. He has written on a variety of substantive criminological topics including domestic violence, serial killers, money laundering, drugs, public order policing, organized crime, police accountability, intelligence-led policing, witness protection, risk and insecurity. He is currently engaged in research concerning ‘guns, crime and social order’.

Please email michael.mopas@carleton.ca for a copy of Dr. Sheptycki’s paper.