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Michael Weinrath

Michael Weinrath Title: Professor
Phone: 204.786.9100
Office: 3C67
Building: Centennial Hall
Email: m.weinrath@uwinnipeg.ca

Degrees:

MA Washington State University

PhD University of Alberta

Biography:

Prior to coming to the University of ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Professor Weinrath worked in provincial corrections in Alberta. From time to time you will hear him comment on crime issues in the media.

Courses:
Criminal Justice Policy, Policy and Program Evaluation, Institutional Corrections, Community Corrections, Research Methods, and Victimology.

Research Interests:

Prison Environment, Problem-Solving Courts, Procedural Justice, Therapeutic Communities, Pre-Trial Detention, Inmate Classification.

Publications:

Recent Publications

2024     Weger, J., Weinrath, M., & Kohm, S. (2024). Did COVID-19 affect news media representations of prisons, inmates, and correctional officers? A look prior and postpandemic. The Prison Journal, 00328855241240138.

2023     Canadian prison environments: A mixed methods analysis. w/2nd author Rose Ricciardelli. Prison Journal.

2022     Police and crown prosecutor use of diversion and restorative justice. w/2nd author, B.Broschuk, Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice.

2021     Prison Misconduct and the Use of Alternative Resolutions In Therapeutic Communities and Other Custody Units. w/2nd author C. Tess, 3rd author E. Willows. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology.

2021     Reoffence Outcomes and Perceptions of Therapeutic Community Practice: A Mixed Methods Analysis. w/2nd author C. Tess, 3rd author E. Willows. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation.

2019     A Quantitative Study of a Drug Treatment Court in a Western Canadian City: Post-Sentencing and Reoffence Outcomes. 1st author  w/K. Gorkoff, J. Watts, C. Smee, Z. Allard, M. Bellan, S. Lumsden, & M. Cattini. Canadian Journal of Criminology & Criminal Justice.