Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto
Joe Hermer is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto at Scarborough. He works in the area of law and criminology with a particular focus on homelessness, crime victimization and the criminal justice system.
Ontario's Safe Streets Act will cost lives amid the coronavirus pandemic
Apr 24, 2020 04:58 am UTC| Law
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, officials in many Ontario cities have moved to protect the homeless population. At the same time, police are still enforcing the provinces punitive Safe Streets Act against people...
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