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• Dale Ballucci

 

Dale Ballucci, Associate Professor

PhD, Sociology, University of Alberta

Dr. Dale Ballucci is qualitative research with over 15 years of interview experience. Her work takes an interdisciplinary approach that provides unique and important empirical and theoretical substantivecontributions to socio-legal studies, contemporary criminology, and policing. She conducts in-depth exploration to examine professional decision-making processes. Specifically, she investigates how authorities utilize risk tools, digital technologies, policies, and discretionary power to justify their decisions and responses. Her goal is to provide insights for policy revisions to improve practices and outcomes for those who engage and work within the criminal justice and immigration and refugee system.

Areas of Specialization

Selected Publications

• Ballucci, D. (April 2023) “Producing Criminality: The Expanding Power of Crime Analysts,” Crime, Law and Social Change.80, 397–417 (2023).
• Ballucci, D., & Harper, M*. (Aug, 2022). “How Digital Evidence is ‘Changing the Game:’ The Impact of Digital Technologies on Sex Crime & Policing in the 21st Century,” Information, Communications and Society.
• Ballucci, D., & Stathakis, F*. (July, 2022).“Redefining Success: Police Officers response to Human Trafficking,” Feminist Criminology, 17(5):661-683.
• Ballucci, D., & Lecoq, G*. (2021). "Expanding Mechanisms of Governance: Uncertainty and Risk in Police Decision-Making Strategies in the Pursuit of Specialized Peace Bonds." Crime and Delinquency.
• Ballucci, D., & Drake, K*. (2020). “Beyond Convictions: Negotiating Procedural and Distributive Justice in Police Response to Sex Crimes Victim-Survivors.” Victims & Offenders. 16(1):81-98.