Rachelle Larocque - Biography
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| Email: rl394@cam.ac.uk | |
Education
- Ph.D. Candidate, Institute of Criminoloy, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Thesis focus: A Critical Analysis of Canadian Penology and Scholarship
Supervisor: Professor Alison Liebling - Master of Arts, Sociology (Specialization in Criminology), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Thesis focus: Serials: The Contested and Contextual Meanings of Seriality.
Supervisor: Dr. Kevin Haggerty - Bachelor of Arts, Highest Honours, Criminology (Concentration in Sociology; Minor in Psychology), Carleton Univeristy, Ottawa, Canada
Honours Thesis: Differential Media Attention to Canadian Serial Killer Cases.
Supervisor: Dr Aaron Doyle
Research Interests
- Neo-liberal governance
- Homelessness, Poverty and Prisoner Rights
- Prison and its legitimacy
- Penal and Social Policy
- History of Crime and Punishment
- Criminological Theory
- Serial offenders and Violent Crime
- Paraphilias
Awards / Grants
| 2009-2012 | Cambridge Commonwealth Trust | |
| 2009-2012 | Commonwealth Scholarship | |
| 2008-2009 | Diane Elizabeth Cossins Memorial Scholarship in Criminology | |
| 2008-2009 | Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship (Master's) | |
| 2007-2008 | SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s | |
| 2007-2008 | Walter H Johns Graduate Fellowship | |
| 2007-2008 | Graduate Recruitment Bursary | |
| 2007-2008 | University of Alberta Master’s Scholarship (Honorary) | |
| 2007-2008 | Ontario Graduate Scholarship (Declined in Favour of SSHRC) | |
| 2007-2008 | University Medal in Arts (Carleton University) | |
| 2006-2007 | Frederick William Baldwin Scholarship | |
| 2006-2007 | Henry Campbell Scholarship | |
| 2005-2006 | Irene Gertrude Scholarship | |
| 2005-2006 | Millennium Scholarship | |
| 2004-2007 | Fairfax Financial Scholarship |
Conference Presentations
- Larocque, Rachelle. (2007). 'Differential Media Attention to Canadian Serial Killer Cases.' Presented at W David Pierce Research Colloquium, University of Alberta, November 3, 2007.
- Larocque, Rachelle. (2007). 'Ushering a new era? Deliberate self-harm confessions on the internet.' Presented at A Day in the History of Medicine, University of Alberta, March 27, 2008.
- Larocque, Rachelle. (2008). ““Safeguarding” Canadian Communities: The Tackling Violent Crime Act and the Importance of “Responsibility” within Neo-liberalism.” Presented at the American Society of Criminology Conference, St Louis MO, November 12-15, 2008.
Publications
Book Review:
- Larocque, R.M.(2010). Why We Kill: Understanding Violence Across Cultures and Disciplines. Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 49(5):547-548
- Larocque, RM. (2011) 'Supermax: Controlling Risk Through Solitay Confinement'. Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 50(2): 227-228