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Dale Spencer

ResearcherPoliceCarleton University

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Dale Spencer

Researcher

Police

Carleton University

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
7 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 SSHRC), most recently in 2021.

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Research

sex offender registry persons convicted of sex offenses police occupational culture networks COVID-19 sport leisure

Latest papers

Legal Counsel, Moral Expectations, and Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Economies of Worth in Youth Courts.
Social & legal studies · 2026 · first author
Canadian correctional program officers facilitating programming for sex offenders: The stickiness of stigma.
Forensic science international. Synergy · 2025
Of boredom and havoc: Correctional officers and meaning making.
Punishment & society · 2025 · first author

All 11 publications

Latest funding

Tâpwewin: Confronting Indigenous-Specific Racism in the Academy
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$45,000
Exploring the lived experiences of youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the criminal justice system
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$101,115
Indigenous Specific Racism in the Academy: Research towards Action-Oriented Change
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$290,000

All 11 grants and awards

11 publications.

Legal Counsel, Moral Expectations, and Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Economies of Worth in Youth Courts.

Spencer D, Innocente N, Bendo D

Social & legal studies2026First author

DOI: 10.1177/09646639251349395 PMID: 41815505

Canadian correctional program officers facilitating programming for sex offenders: The stickiness of stigma.

Ricciardelli R, Spencer D, Taylor MP

Forensic science international. Synergy2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.fsisyn.2025.100639 PMID: 41635528

Of boredom and havoc: Correctional officers and meaning making.

Spencer D, Ricciardelli R, Richard K, Towns Z

Punishment & society2025First author

DOI: 10.1177/14624745241286972 PMID: 40160541

Exploring space and practices of control in long-term residential care violence prevention strategies.

Herron RV, Spencer D, Novek S, Funk L, Kelly C, Aubrecht K

Social science & medicine (1982)2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117091 PMID: 39002198

CrossFit and "Cancel Culture": Probing Practitioners' Responses to the "Canceling" of Greg Glassman.

Spencer D, Silva D, DiTecco D, West C

Journal of sport and social issues2023First author

DOI: 10.1177/01937235231223986 PMID: 38560404

Conceptualizing violence in nursing home policy: A citizenship perspective.

Novek S, Herron RV, Funk L, Aubrecht K, Spencer D, Luo YI

Journal of aging studies2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2022.101064 PMID: 36462916

"Uncivilized children" or "victims of dementia": Interpretations of aggression in older assisted living tenants.

Saj D, Funk LM, Gerbrandt E, Spencer D, Herron R

Canadian review of sociology = Revue canadienne de sociologie2022

DOI: 10.1111/cars.12367 PMID: 34904790

Responding the "Wrong Way": The Emotion Work of Caring for a Family Member With Dementia.

Herron RV, Funk LM, Spencer D

The Gerontologist2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnz047 PMID: 31050725

Collaborative policing: networked responses to child victims of sex crimes.

Grace A, Ricciardelli R, Spencer D, Ballucci D

Child abuse & neglect2019

DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.05.001 PMID: 31108409

Using a Flexible Diary Method Rigorously and Sensitively With Family Carers.

Herron R, Dansereau L, Wrathall M, Funk L, Spencer D

Qualitative health research2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/1049732318816081 PMID: 30522393

Tâpwewin: Confronting Indigenous-Specific Racism in the Academy

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Connection Grants

Principal investigators: LaVallee, Amanda M.

Keywords: Anti-Indigenous Racism Symposium; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Mobilization; Collaborative Solution to Racism in the Academy

$45,000

Exploring the lived experiences of youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the criminal justice system

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Bendo, Daniella

Keywords: youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities; rights; youth justice system; institutional barriers; youth criminal justice act; childhood-centered participatory action research

$101,115

Indigenous Specific Racism in the Academy: Research towards Action-Oriented Change

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Race, Gender and Diversity Initiative

Principal investigators: LaVallee, Amanda

Keywords: Anti-Indigenous Racism; Racism in the Academy; Indigenous research methodologies; Indigenous ethics; Indigenous pedagogy; Institutional Racism; Systemic Racism

$290,000

Indigenous Specific Racism in the Academy: Research towards Action-Oriented Change

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Race, Gender and Diversity Initiative

Principal investigators: LaVallee, Amanda

Keywords: Anti-Indigenous Racism; Racism in the Academy; Indigenous research methodologies; Indigenous ethics; Indigenous pedagogy; Institutional Racism; Systemic Racism

$160,000

Probing the Registry: Police management and monitoring of the National Sex Offender Registry

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Spencer, Dale C.

Keywords: sex offender registry; persons convicted of sex offenses; police; occupational culture; networks

$77,521

Probing the Registry: Police management and monitoring of the National Sex Offender Registry

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Spencer, Dale

Keywords: sex offender registry; persons convicted of sex offenses; police; occupational culture; networks

$67,353

Exploring the lived experiences of youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the criminal justice system

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Bendo, Daniella

Keywords: youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities; rights; youth justice system; institutional barriers; youth criminal justice act; childhood-centered participatory action research

$98,876

COVID-19, Serious Leisure, and Risk Tolerance: A case study of a crossfit gym

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Engage Grants (PEG) COVID-19 Special Initiative

Principal investigators: Spencer, Dale C.

Keywords: COVID-19; sport; leisure; crossfit; identity; risk; community

$24,246

A genealogical study of indigenous adoption in Canada: a multi-faceted examination of events in the removal of Indigenous children with a concentration on child welfare policy shifts between 1950 and 1985

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Sinclair, Raven P.

Keywords: indigenous research; indigenous child welfare; Aboriginal child welfare; transracial adoption; Aboriginal policy; child welfare policy; qualitative research

$313,480

An interpretive microsociology of violence, victimization and older adults

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Funk, Laura

Keywords: (1) Interpersonal violence; (2) Older adults; (3) Family violence; (4) Victimization; (5) Qualitative research; (6) Service work; (7) Workplace violence; (8) Congregate living

$67,139

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Dale Spencer

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Legal Counsel, Moral Expectations, and Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Economies of Worth in Youth Courts.

Canadian correctional program officers facilitating programming for sex offenders: The stickiness of stigma.

Of boredom and havoc: Correctional officers and meaning making.

Exploring space and practices of control in long-term residential care violence prevention strategies.

CrossFit and "Cancel Culture": Probing Practitioners' Responses to the "Canceling" of Greg Glassman.

Conceptualizing violence in nursing home policy: A citizenship perspective.

"Uncivilized children" or "victims of dementia": Interpretations of aggression in older assisted living tenants.

Responding the "Wrong Way": The Emotion Work of Caring for a Family Member With Dementia.

Collaborative policing: networked responses to child victims of sex crimes.

Using a Flexible Diary Method Rigorously and Sensitively With Family Carers.

Tâpwewin: Confronting Indigenous-Specific Racism in the Academy

Exploring the lived experiences of youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the criminal justice system

Indigenous Specific Racism in the Academy: Research towards Action-Oriented Change

Indigenous Specific Racism in the Academy: Research towards Action-Oriented Change

Probing the Registry: Police management and monitoring of the National Sex Offender Registry

Probing the Registry: Police management and monitoring of the National Sex Offender Registry

Exploring the lived experiences of youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the criminal justice system

COVID-19, Serious Leisure, and Risk Tolerance: A case study of a crossfit gym

A genealogical study of indigenous adoption in Canada: a multi-faceted examination of events in the removal of Indigenous children with a concentration on child welfare policy shifts between 1950 and 1985

An interpretive microsociology of violence, victimization and older adults

Frequent collaborators

Laura Funk

Rachel Herron

Katie Aubrecht

Daniella Bendo

Rosemary Ricciardelli

Sheila Novek

Christine Kelly

Rose Ricciardelli

Derek Silva