Gursharan Sandhu, University of Guelph
Gursharan Sandhu is a Master’s student in the Criminology and Criminal Justice Policy program at the University of Guelph. Gursharan graduated with his B.A. from the University of Toronto (with a High Distinction Award), completing a double-specialist in Criminology and Socio-Legal Studies and Sociology. Gursharan will be examining parliamentary discussions and court decisions on violence against women, particularly for ‘honour’-based crime in Canada. His research is exploring how ‘honour’-based crime is treated in the criminal justice system and in social policy to create an evidence-based approach on how to deal with this specific type of domestic violence. At the CSSLRV, he is working with Dr. Dawson on two SSHRC-funded projects - the Canadian Domestic Homicide Prevention Initiative with Vulnerable Populations and the Geography of Justice project.