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 Winnipeg 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.