BA (hons) Criminology, Psychology and Philosophy, University of Toronto; MA Criminology, University of Toronto; PhD Criminology, University of Ottawa.
Stephanie Ehret is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Trent. She is a critical criminologist, and her research examines ways in which the criminal legal system upholds and perpetuates gendered, raced, classed, and ableist social inequalities, and she explores principles and extralegal options for doing justice. She has critically examined restorative principles and social remedies for responding to intimate partner violence. Her recent work includes a SSHRC funded project to build a better understanding of the perceptions and lived experiences that Autistic adults have of criminal justice in Canada, and what can be done to create systemic improvements. She has published in Violence Against Women and The British Journal of Criminology, and presented at Canadian conferences on gendered violence as well as autism and criminal justice.
She is a former President of the Board of Directors at the Durham Rape Crisis Centre in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
Research interests:
- Gendered violence
- Intimate partner violence
- Autism, disability, and justice
- Social (extra-legal) anti-violence interventions
- Policy