Chris Giacomantonio
Assistant Professor
Email: ch451698@dal.ca
Mailing Address:
- Policing
- Violence Prevention
- Harm Reduction
- Social Policy
- Evaluation
Education
- DPhil (Criminology), University of Oxford
- MA (Sociology), AV¾ãÀÖ²¿
- BA (Criminology), Simon Fraser University
Research Interests
Chris is a criminologist and social policy researcher with over a decade of experience conducting research in Canada, the US, the UK and the European Union. His academic research has focused on the organization, governance, and reform of public police in democratic societies, and he also conducts social policy and evaluation research on a wide range of topics including criminal justice and security, harm reduction, health and social care, and social finance.
Alongside his work at AV¾ãÀÖ²¿, Chris is a scientific advisor at Pier Labs, a non-profit social innovation outpost based in Halifax. Prior to working with Pier Labs, Chris was the research coordinator for the Halifax Regional Police, and before that he led the policing research portfolio as a senior analyst at the RAND Corporation's European offices.
Chris is interested in supervising graduate students with interests in alternatives to policing, police reform and governance.
Selected Publications
Giacomantonio, C., Litmanovitz, Y., Bennell, C., & Jones, D. J. (2022). ÌýCriminology & Criminal Justice, online June 2022.Ìý
Giacomantonio, C., Goodwin, S., & Carmichael, G. (2020). . Police Practice and Research,Ìý21(4), 401-417.
Giacomantonio, C., Mugford, R., Maslov, A., & Lawrence, A. (2019).Ìý Ottawa: Public Safety Canada.
Giacomantonio, C. (2018). .ÌýJournal of Community Safety and Well-Being,Ìý3(3), 93-95.
Giacomantonio, C., & Litmanovitz, Y. (2017). ÌýPolicing and Society,Ìý27(6), 586-601.
Giacomantonio, C. (2015).ÌýPolicing integration: The sociology of police coordination work. London: Palgrave Macmillan.