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Jordan Harel
PhD

Senior Teaching Professor

Criminology and Justice

Dr. Harel is a criminologist and white collar crime expert who aims to better understand occupational and organizational offending.

jordan.harel@ontariotechu.ca
905.721.8668 ext. 5919

Areas of expertise


  • PhD - Sociology University of Western, London, Ontario 2015
  • MBET - Entrepreneurship and Technology University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario 2009
  • BA - Honours Scholar's Electives: Human Behaviour - Psychological and Social Perspectives University of Western, London, Ontario 2008

University of Western Ontario Graduate Research Scholarship

University of Western September 1, 2009

A four-year research scholarship to support his graduate research.

Universityof Waterloo Graduate Scholarship

University of Waterloo September 1, 2009

Dr. Harel earned a scholarship to support his graduate studies.

University Gold Medal

University of Western Ontario June 1, 2008

For his undergraduate program success, Dr. Harel earned the University Gold Medal from the UWO, Faculty of Social Science.

Breaking Down Barriers: Digital Media, Community and First Year Retention

UOIT Teaching and Innovation Fund January 1, 2015

This project supported the creation of two videos to raise awareness of the resources available to help new students establish a sense of community and support academic success.

  • Introduction to Criminal Justice (CRMN 1000U)
    This course provides an analysis of historical and contemporary theory and practices of the criminal justice system. In addition to an analysis of crime data, the course will also examine the role and function of each component of the criminal justice system: the police, the court system, corrections, prisons and alternatives to prisons.
  • Social Control (CRMN 2030U)
    This course will examine theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of social control, which might be understood as the ways in which societies respond to behaviour deemed inappropriate, deviant, or even criminal. Our focus will be on both informal and formal methods of social control, and the inter-relationship among them. We will discuss the cultural, structural, political, and ideological forces that have sustained and transformed both systems of social control during modernity and late modernity. Particular attention will be paid to the ways in which identity (e.g. race, class and gender) shapes one’s relationship to these mechanisms of social control.
  • Cybercrime (SSCI 3021U)
    Cybercrime is an expansive concept that typically relates to crimes committed through, on, or involving the internet, but also increasingly applies to internet connected devices. This course approaches cybercrime from a sociological perspective, exploring topics such as offender motivation, organization, and societal and criminal justice responses. The course also critically interrogates the nature, extent and scope of cybercrime (and deviance), considering whether and to what extent formal and informal reactions are appropriate and warranted. The changing landscape of digital life is also explored, particularly as it relates to the intersection between private, public and institutional use of technology, vulnerabilities, and criminal behaviour/victimization.
  • Organized Crime (CRMN 3026U)
    This course is designed to identify the nature and issues of organized crime in all societies. Taking a transnational perspective, it will conduct a critical analysis of the various types of organized criminal activity. The analysis will be grounded in theory and an applied research approach, which will emphasize a multidisciplinary approach to identifying and recommending solutions to the problem. It will examine jurisdictional issues as well as consider a multidisciplinary approach to the issue.