Michelle Grossman

DPhil student

Michelle Grossman holds two Masters Degrees, one in Criminology and the other in Social Work, both from The University of Toronto in Canada. For three years following completion of the MA in Criminology, Michelle worked with Professor Anthony Doob at the Centre of Criminology at The University of Toronto as a Research Officer. During this time she also worked as a Researcher in the Forensic Division at the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry in Toronto. Following completion of the MSW degree, she worked at Toronto Child Abuse Centre (TCAC - now known as BOOST), an NGO in Toronto, as Manager of two of the Agency?s clinical programmes, one working with child victims of sexual abuse, the other, working with adult male sex offenders in a relapse prevention programme. After five years at TCAC, Michelle moved to Ottawa to assume a position with the Canadian Federal Government?s Department of Justice. For three years she worked for the Research and Statistics Division as the Senior Research Officer leading the research agenda for the Department?s Policy Centre for Victim Issues. She followed this with one year at the Canadian Department of Public Safety (formerly Solicitor General Canada). Michelle's doctoral research, under the supervision of Professor Andrew Ashworth, involves crime victims and international criminal law.