Professor, Criminal Justice

Office: EA3011
Phone: 403.440.6381
E-Mail: Dking@mtroyal.ca

Education: 

M.A: Sociology, University of Regina, Sask.
B.A. (Hons): Economics, University of Regina, Sask.

Teaching:

• CRJS 1010 – Introduction to Canadian Law
• CRJS 2019 – Restorative Justice
• CRJS 3011 – Canadian Criminal Law
• CRJS 4001 – Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
• CRJS 4003 – Advanced Criminological Theory
• CRJS 4015 – Advanced Topics in Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Law
• CRJS 5001 – Honours Seminar
• Available to supervise Honours students

Scholarly Interests:

• Court applications of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
• Canadian Criminal Law
• Canadian Policing
• Canadian Criminal Justice system
• Restorative Justice
• Criminological Theory

Recent Publications:

Book Chapter:

King, D. (2023). Chapter 6. Policing and Alberta’s United Conservative Party. In D. Bratt, R. Sutherland & D. Taris, Blue Storm: The Rise and Fall of Jason Kenney. University of Calgary Press. Canada. https://ucp.manifoldapp.org/read/blue-storm/section/1d11001d-0cbf-4cb8-91ff-7c82fb95841d#_idParaDest-14

Articles:

King, D. (2020). Teaching restorative justice. Justice Report: Canadian Criminal Justice Association. Issue 35.1. https://www.ccja-acjp.ca/pub/en/justice-report/issue-35-1/

King, D. (2014). Personal Reflections on justice education at Mount Royal University. Annual Review of Interdisciplinary Justice Research, 4, 1-10.

Awards and Nominations:

Mount Royal University Distinguished Faculty Award

• Recipient – 2011 and 2006
• Nominee – 2020, 2010, 2008, 2004

Mount Royal University Distinguished Teaching Award (Credit-Free)

• Recipient – 2011

Mount Royal University Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Supervision Award

• Nominee – 2020

Service (Current):

Mount Royal University Honours Committee. Elected member – 2019 to present.

Mount Royal University Police Studies Certificate Committee (Continuing Education). Appointed member – 2011 to present.

Western Regional Criminology Articulation Committee. Appointed member – 1999 to present.

Department of Economics, Justice, and Policy Studies Part time Hiring Committee. Elected member – 2015 to present.

Related:

• Yearly participation in 50+ new media interviews in local, reginal, national and international news outlets.
• Oversaw the development and launch of Mount Royal University’s Bachelor of Arts – Criminal Justice in 2013-2014.
• Co-developed, co-launched, and instructed in the Police Studies Certificate in the Faculty of Continuing Education since 2009.