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Victoria Sytsma is an Associate Professor in the Sociology Department at Queen's University. She holds a PhD from Rutgers University and specializes in applied criminology, with expertise in policy evaluation and quantitative data analysis. Her research focuses on policing strategies, open-air drug markets, and opportunity theories of crime.
Education: PhD in Sociology from Rutgers University.
Research Interests: Policy and program evaluation, quantitative methods, municipal policing dynamics, and the application of criminological theories to real-world scenarios. Recent work emphasizes police use of force, body-worn camera footage analysis, and procedural justice.
Publications Trends: Sytsma's work consistently addresses policing reform, use-of-force dynamics, and the role of technology (e.g., body cameras) in policing. She investigates how situational factors influence police behavior and explores systemic challenges in criminal justice policy implementation.
Current Research: Co-Principal Investigator on a $110,346.69USD Charles Koch Foundation grant studying situational determinants of police use of force via body camera footage analysis in Newark, NJ.
Teaching: Courses include policing, criminology research methods, and youth justice. She actively mentors graduate students in criminology and criminal justice evaluation.
Grants & Collaboration: Secured major funding for use-of-force research. Collaborates with institutions like the Rutgers Center on Public Security and Routledge publishing.
Labs/Teams: Works with interdisciplinary teams analyzing video data and policy impacts, though no dedicated lab is explicitly named in her profile.
