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Brenda Kobayashi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Western University. A socio-legal scholar and criminologist, her research investigates the intersection of power, law, and justice. She focuses on the implications of legislative changes affecting young individuals in conflict with the law, particularly how these changes influence the justice system's response to disadvantaged segments of the population. Her areas of specialization include regulation, law, crime, youth justice, youth society, punishment, and law society. Kobayashi’s work critically analyzes the experiences of young people within the Canadian legal framework and seeks to determine what constitutes a fair response to existing power imbalances in the justice system. She has contributed to the academic literature with several publications addressing issues of accountability and social problems within Canadian Aboriginal communities.
Western University • London, Ontario, Canada
Teaching and researching in the field of sociology with a focus on socio-legal studies.
Streams include Archaeology and Bioarchaeology, and Sociocultural Anthropology.