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Sandra Lehalle serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of Ottawa, where she has taught since 2007. Holding dual doctorates in law (Université de Pau) and criminology (Université de Montréal), her research examines state detention systems through critical human rights frameworks with particular focus on carceral spillover effects on families and communities.
Her educational credentials include:
- Doctorat in Droit privé et Sciences criminelles (Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, 2006)
- Ph.D. in Criminology (Université de Montréal, 2006)
- Maîtrise in Criminology (Université de Montréal, 2001)
- Maîtrise in Droit (Université d'Aix-Marseille III, 1998)
- Licence in Droit (Université d'Aix-Marseille III, 1997)
Lehalle's scholarly work centers on the moral economy of detention, torture as state violence, and prison abolitionism, revealing how penal systems produce secondary victimization through family separation and social stigma. Her concept of 'carceral ricochet' demonstrates how imprisonment radiates beyond prison walls to destabilize entire communities, particularly affecting mothers of incarcerated individuals through institutionalized attacks on maternal identity.
Analysis of her publications since 2009 shows consistent thematic development: early work established foundations in torture jurisprudence and conditional sentencing, while recent scholarship (2018-2019) intensifies focus on carceral segregation as slow violence, collaborative pedagogy in prison settings, and the gendered impacts of incarceration. Canadian contexts dominate her empirical work, yet theoretical contributions engage global human rights frameworks and abolitionist movements.
As Director of the Groupe de Recherches sur le RIcochet Carcéral (GRRIC), Lehalle leads interdisciplinary investigations into secondary imprisonment effects while teaching specialized courses including CRM 3715 on state torture and CRM 4702 on penal abolitionism. Her Walls to Bridges initiative exemplifies commitment to dismantling carceral logics through transformative educational partnerships between incarcerated and university students.
