Marcus Sibley
Dr. Marcus Sibley
Assistant Professor
Email: marcus.sibley@smu.ca
Professional Profile
Dr. Marcus Sibley is a critical criminologist whose research explores the intersections of critical policing and surveillance with particular emphasis on the criminalization of sex work and human trafficking, sexual and gender-based violence, and the governance of people experiencing homelessness in Canada.
Dr. Sibley has been part of research projects that explore:
- the surveillance of sex work and human trafficking in Canada
- the myriad forms of policing and governing homelessness
- the emergence and expansion of online community surveillance networks and their roles in contemporary governance practices
- the historicity of the concept of “rape culture” and the legal implications of regulating sexual violence
- workplace culture of correctional officers
Current Research Projects:
Principal Investigator (with Dr. Kevin Walby) - Examining Community Safety and Surveillance Groups in Canadian Cities, SSHRC Insight Development Grant
Principal Investigator (with Drs. Erin Dej, Carrie Sanders, Samantha Henderson, Jason Webb) - Approaches to Social Inclusion, Community Resilience, and Homelessness in the Context of Emerging Asocial Societies, SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grant
Co-Investigator (with Drs. Katrin Roots, Emily van der Meulen, Robert Heynen) - Multijurisdictionality and Investigative Strategies of Anti-Trafficking Policing in Canada, SSHRC Insight Development Grant
Co-Investigator (with Drs. Erin Dej, Carrie Sanders, Jessica Braimoh, Stephanie Howells, Ryan Broll, James Popham, William O’Grady) - From NIMBY to Neighbour, SSHRC Partnership Development Grant
Research areas and interests:
- Policing and surveillance
- Violence
- Critical theory
- Socio-legal studies
- Risk
Publications
Sibley, M. A., & van der Meulen, E. (2022). Courting Victims: Exploring the Legal Framing of Exploitation in Human Trafficking Cases. Canadian Journal of Law and Society / La Revue Canadienne Droit et Société, 37(3), 409–429.
Sibley, M. A. (2020). Attachments to Victimhood: Anti-Trafficking Narratives and the Criminalization of the Sex Trade. Social & Legal Studies, 29(5), 699-717.
Crocker, D., & Sibley, M. A. (2020) Transforming Campus Rape Culture: Lessons From Complexity Theory. In R. Lewis & S. Maine (Eds.), Collaborating for change: Transforming cultures to end gender based violence in higher education (pp. 23-46). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Sibley, M. A., & Moore, D. (2020). The Silos of Sexual Violence: Understanding the Limits and Barriers to Survivor-Centrism on University Campuses. In D. Crocker, A. Nelund, & J. Minaker (Eds.), Violence Interrupted: Confronting Sexual Violence on University Campuses (pp. 280-297). Montreal: McGill–Queen’s University Press.
Sibley, M. A., Wohlbold, E., Moore, D., & Singh, R. (2019). ‘How She Appears’: Demeanour, Cruel Optimism, and the Relationship Between Police and Victims of Domestic Violence. In G. Pavlich & M. P. Unger (Eds.), Entryways to Criminal Justice: Accusation and Criminalization in Canada (pp. 165-190). Edmonton: University of Alberta Press.
Sibley, M. A. (2018). Owning Risk: Sex Worker Subjectivities and the Reimagining of Vulnerability and Victimhood. The British Journal of Criminology, 58(6), 1462-1479.