James Sheptycki, York University

Research

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Latest funding

Conceptions of Intelligence: building a cross national comparative analysis of practices and frameworks for policing
SSHRC · 2016 · Co-investigator
$200,000
Intelligent control: a case study of intelligence-led policing and gun-crime in Toronto
SSHRC · 2013 · Principal investigator
$109,268
Guns, Crime and Social Ordering
SSHRC · 2007 · Principal investigator
$20,000

All 3 grants and awards

No publications available.

Conceptions of Intelligence: building a cross national comparative analysis of practices and frameworks for policing

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Sanders, Carrie B.

Keywords: policing; intelligence; intelligence work; policing technologies; crime analysis; qualitative

$200,000

Intelligent control: a case study of intelligence-led policing and gun-crime in Toronto

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Sheptycki, James E.

Keywords: crime; criminology; policing; gun-crime

$109,268

Guns, Crime and Social Ordering

Principal investigatorSSHRC2007Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Sheptycki, James E.

Keywords: guns; firearms; crime; illicit markets; weaponisation; gangs

$20,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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