Michael Weinrath
Title: Professor
Phone: 204.786.9100
Office: 3C67
Building: Centennial Hall
Email: m.weinrath@uwinnipeg.ca
Degrees:
MA Washington State University
PhD University of Alberta
Biography:
Prior to coming to the University of Â鶹´«Ã½ Professor Weinrath worked in provincial corrections in Alberta. From time to time you will hear him comment on crime issues in the media.
Courses:
Criminal Justice Policy, Policy and Program Evaluation, Institutional Corrections, Community Corrections, Research Methods, and Victimology.
Research Interests:
Prison Environment, Problem-Solving Courts, Procedural Justice, Therapeutic Communities, Pre-Trial Detention, Inmate Classification.
Publications:
Recent Publications
2024 Weger, J., Weinrath, M., & Kohm, S. (2024). Did COVID-19 affect news media representations of prisons, inmates, and correctional officers? A look prior and postpandemic. The Prison Journal, 00328855241240138.
2023 Canadian prison environments: A mixed methods analysis. w/2nd author Rose Ricciardelli. Prison Journal.
2022 Police and crown prosecutor use of diversion and restorative justice. w/2nd author, B.Broschuk, Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice.
2021 Prison Misconduct and the Use of Alternative Resolutions In Therapeutic Communities and Other Custody Units. w/2nd author C. Tess, 3rd author E. Willows. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology.
2021 Reoffence Outcomes and Perceptions of Therapeutic Community Practice: A Mixed Methods Analysis. w/2nd author C. Tess, 3rd author E. Willows. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation.
2019 A Quantitative Study of a Drug Treatment Court in a Western Canadian City: Post-Sentencing and Reoffence Outcomes. 1st author w/K. Gorkoff, J. Watts, C. Smee, Z. Allard, M. Bellan, S. Lumsden, & M. Cattini. Canadian Journal of Criminology & Criminal Justice.