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Dr. Greene received her PhD in Criminology from the University of Toronto, Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies. She began teaching at the University of Toronto, where, as a graduate student, she taught her first sentencing course. Following this, she joined Athabasca University as an Assistant Professor in the Criminal Justice Program. She spent 16 years at Athabasca University, beginning her career by moving the Criminal Justice program and its courses online. Since those early days, she has been pleased to see the expansion of asynchronous post-secondary education opportunities. As a teacher, she is committed to providing students the support and flexibility they need to achieve their education goals. In 2022, she began teaching at Wilfrid Laurier University part-time and moved into her full-time role in 2024. Throughout her teaching career, she has taught a range of undergraduate and graduate courses, including Research Methods in Public Safety, Public Safety in Canada, Theories in Corrections, Policing, Ethics, Youth Justice, Victims of Crime, Graduate Research Methods, and the Psychology of Criminal Behaviour. She has also supervised undergraduate and graduate student research projects.
In addition to teaching, Carolyn has an active and expansive research program, undertaking extensive qualitative and quantitative studies on public perceptions of the criminal justice system, drugs and drug use, victimization, and experiences of homelessness. Passionate about collaborative research, Carolyn works closely with colleagues and students from universities across Canada, the U.S. and Australia. Currently, she is involved in studies exploring immigrants’ perceptions of police in Canada and co-leads the largest socio-criminological study of homelessness in Canadian history. She is committed to research with impact, regularly sharing her findings with stakeholders, government officials, law enforcement, community organizations, advocacy groups, and the media. Her research is also featured in some of the top academic journals in the field. In addition, Carolyn prioritizes providing students with research training opportunities outside the classroom. She regularly works with graduate/undergraduate students to develop their research project design, data collection, analysis, professional networking, and knowledge dissemination skills via research assistantship roles, conference attendance and paper presentations, and co-authoring reports and journal articles.
Hunter, K., Greene, C., Urbanik, M-M., Maier, K. (Forthcoming). “What if I call them The Smurfs?” Comparing Marginalized People Who Use Drugs’ Experiences and Interactions with Auxiliary and Sworn Police Officers. The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice.
Maier, K., Greene, C., Hunter, K., Urbanik, M-M. (2024). “The ones in Red”: Exploring experiences and perceptions of a volunteer policing program. Policing & Society, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2024.2392818
Geldart, R., Greene, C., Urbanik, M.-M., & Maier, K. (2024). ‘They don’t do nothing’: Exploring marginalized people who use drugs’ experiences with and expectations of private security officers. Criminology & Criminal Justice, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/17488958241249825
Maier, K., Urbanik, M-M, & Greene, C. (2024). “You have to be grateful that they have eyes watching over us:” When security guards protect and serve People Experiencing Homelessness. Social Problems. spae010, https://doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spae010
Greene, C., Maier, K., & Urbanik, M-M. (2023). It’s just not the same”: Exploring PWUD’ perceptions of and experiences with drug policy and SCS services change in a Canadian City. International Journal of Drug Policy, 111. doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103934
Auger, J., Greene, C., & Nath, N. (2023). “Wisdom Seeking Together”: Circling around Research Ethics. International Indigenous Policy Journal, 14(1). doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2023.14.1.13606
Greene,C., Urbanik, M-M., Geldart, R. (2022). Experiences of compounding surveillance and social control as a barrier to safe consumption service access. Social Science and Medicine: Qualitative Research in Health, 2,
Urbanik, M-M., Maier, K., & Greene, C. (2022). A Qualitative Comparison of how People Who Use Drugs’ Perceptions and Experiences of Policing Affect Supervised Consumption Services Access in Two Cities. International Journal of Drug Policy.
Course developments include:
- SAFE 316 Theories of Corrections
Courses taught:
- PD 203 Diversity in Policing
- SAFE 605 Research Methods in Public Safety in Canada
- SAFE 316 Theories of Corrections
- SAFE Public Safety in Canada
Urbanik, M., *Enkhtugs, B., Maier, K., Greene, C. “When The Violence of Street Gangs Intersections with Homelessness: Exploring how Unhoused Community Members Navigate Street Gangs and their Control.” Law & Society Association, Denver, June 2024.
Mokhtari, M., Urbanik M., Greene, C., Maier, K. “They Hunt You Down and They Taunt You”: Marginalized People’s Experiences of Bylaw Officers and the Proliferation of Violence.” Law & Society Association, Denver, June 2024.
Urbanik, M., Valasik, M., Maier, K., Greene, C. 2024. “It’s a trap!”: The Ties Between Gang-Led Cuckooing and Homelessness.” Eurogang Annual Meeting, University of Colorado-Boulder, June 2024.
Chehayeb, N., Greene, C., Maier, K., Urbanik, M. “Not just another overdose:
Community Members Experiences of ‘Hotshot’ Murders.” Critical Perspectives, Winnipeg, May 2024.
Enkhtugs, B., Urbanik, M., Maier., K., Greene, C. 2024. “People are going to see us and gawk at us- you should see the comments!”: Homelessness Panic and Vigilantism on
Social Media.” Critical Perspectives, Winnipeg, May 2024.
Greene, C., Jung, M., & Madon, N. Taking a leap of faith: And examination of immigration-specific factors in understanding immigrant views of police in Canada. Australia and New Zealand Society of Criminology Conference, Melbourne, December 2023.
Greene, C., Urbanik, M-M., Maier, K., & *Geldart, R. “They don’t do nothing”: Exploring Marginalized People Who Use Drugs’ Experiences with and Expectations of Private Security Officers. Australia and New Zealand Society of Criminology Conference, Melbourne, December 2023.
Greene, C., Jung, M., & Madon, N. “Isn’t Texas in Canada?”: Identifying the advantages and disadvantages of private online survey project administration. Australia and New Zealand Society of Criminology Conference, Melbourne, December 2023.
Hunter, K., Maier, K., Urbanik, M-M., & Greene, C. “The ones in red”: Examining PWUDs’ Perceptions of a Volunteer Policing Group. American Society of Criminology Annual Meetings, Philadelphia, November 2023.
Adi, K., Greene, C., Maier, K., & Urbanik, M-M. Exploring People Who Use Drugs' Experiences of Victimization in Emergency Shelters. American Society of Criminology Annual Meetings, Philadelphia, November 2023.
Tetrault, J.E.C., Urbanik, M-M., Maier, K., & Greene, C. Hate Crime and Class Vulnerability: A Case Study of White Nationalist Violence Against Unhoused Indigenous People. American Society of Criminology Annual Meetings, Philadelphia, November.
*Enkhtugs, B., Greene, C., Urbanik, M-M., & Maier, K. Informal Economy, Social Control, Victimization, and Survival Strategies Through the Eyes of Unhoused Community Members. American Society of Criminology Annual Meetings, Philadelphia, November.
Greene, C., Jung, M., & Urbanik, M-M. Can Cops be "Good"? Perceptions of Police from Inner-City Toronto Residents. Western Society of Criminology, Vancouver, February 2023.
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