Assistant Professor
Contact
Department: Social Science
Email address: marshar@yorku.ca
York U Profile link: https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/profiles/marshar/
Research Interests
In Dr. Rampersaud's research and teaching, she focuses on the complex relationships between race, punishment, law, and justice. She combines insights from critical race, punishment, and abolition theories to examine issues of racial and social justice, the purpose of punishment, and the impacts of societal structures on differently situated children, youth, and families. Her approach to research is firmly rooted in praxis, and she works closely with the communities who inform my research to cultivate projects from the ground up.
Published Manuscripts (Select Publications)
2025 Swardh, K., & Rampersaud, M. “‘They expect you to be better’: Comparative Experiences of Youth and Adult Criminal Justice Systems.” International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 1-20.
2024 Rampersaud, M., Swardh, K., & Parada, H. “Child Welfare, Immigration, and the Justice Systems: An Intersectional Life Course Perspective on Youth Trajectories.” Laws, Special issue on The Human Rights of Migrants, Vol. 13(3), 34. https://doi.org/10.3390/laws13030034
2023 Rampersaud, M. “Risk and Releasability: Rethinking ‘Suitable’ Support Networks for Former Foster Youth in Ontario Bail Courts.” Canadian Journal of Law and Social Policy. ACCEPTED
2022 Rampersaud, M., Parada, H., Escobar Olivo, V., & Ouellette, C. “Reimagining Youth Subjectivity: A Deconstruction of Child and Youth Legislation in Ontario”. International Journal of Children’s Rights, Vol. 32, pp.447-476. DOI:10.1164/15718182-32020007.
2022 Rampersaud, M. “Punitive Justice: When Race and Mental Illness Collide in the Early Stages of the Legal System”. Canadian Journal of Law and Society, Vol. 37(3), pp.387-408. Doi:10.1017/cls.2022.23.