Dr. Dale Ballucci

Associate Professor

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Biography

Dale Ballucci is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Western University. He has over 15 years of qualitative research experience, specializing in socio-legal studies, contemporary criminology, and policing. His work employs an interdisciplinary approach to explore professional decision-making processes, focusing on how authorities use risk tools, digital technologies, and policies in their discretionary powers to justify decisions and actions. Ballucci's research provides critical insights aimed at informing policy revisions within the criminal justice and immigration systems. His areas of specialization include Risk Governance, Digital Technology Evidence, Legal Regulation, and policies on Intimate Partner Violence and Human Trafficking. Ballucci has published selected works in reputed journals, including a seminal paper on the expanding power of crime analysts and the implications of digital evidence on sex crime and policing in the 21st century.

Research Interests

Requirements for Western University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:6
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:86
Prerequisites
Four-year degree, honours or the equivalent, in anthropology or equivalent background in social sciences.
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Two academic references
  • Sample of written work (15-20 pages)
  • Statement of academic intent
  • Transcripts
  • CV (optional)
Specialization Notes

Streams include Archaeology and Bioarchaeology, and Sociocultural Anthropology.