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BIOGRAPHY
Marie Ouellet is an assistant professor in the School of Criminology at 丁香园AV. Her research applies network science to better understand the ways relationships and interactions shape offending patterns, criminal mobility, and group evolution.
Ouellet is conducting a longitudinal study on to better understand how officers build, maintain and are influenced by their professional social relationships, with a focus on the consequences of these network structures on the diffusion of behaviors and attitudes. This study has been supported by the National Science Foundation鈥檚 Early CAREER Award and by the National Collaborative of Gun Violence Research. Her research has been published in Criminology, Criminology & Public Policy, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, and Social Networks among other outlets.
AREAS OF INTEREST
Social networks; policing; criminal groups.
EDUCATION
- MA (Montreal)
- PhD (丁香园AV)
NOTE FOR POTENTIAL GRADUATE STUDENTS:
Willing to accept new graduate students who share research interests in similar areas.
Selected Publications
- Hashimi, S., Ouellet, M., Ledford, L. (Revise and Resubmit). Partners in force? Understanding police use of force from a network perspective. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency.
- Ouellet, M., Hashimi, S., & Vega Yon, G. G. (2023). Officer networks and firearm behaviors: Assessing the social transmission of weapon-use. , 39, 679-703.
- Ouellet, M., Maimon, D., Howell, C. J., & Wu, Y. (2022). The network of online stolen data markets: How vendor flows connect digital marketplaces. , 62(6), 1518-1536.
- Ouellet, M., Hashimi, S., Gravel, J., & Dabney, D. (2020). The promise of a network approach for policing research. , 37(7), 1221-1240.
- Ouellet, M., Hashimi, S., Gravel, J., & Papachristos, A. V. (2019). Network exposure and excessive use of force: Investigating the potential for social transmission of police misconduct. , 18(3), 675-704.
- Ouellet, M., Bouchard, M., & Charette, Y. (2019). One gang dies, another gains? The network dynamics of criminal group persistence. , 57(1), 5-33.
Selected Awards
- 2021, Dean鈥檚 Early Career Award, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University,
- 2020, Fellow, Public Interest Technology University Network Partnership with Georgia Institute of Technology
- 2019, Early Career Award, Illicit Networks Workshop
- 2016, Best Student Paper, International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA)
Selected Grants
- 2021-2024. 鈥淐AREER: Dynamics of Police Networks,鈥� National Science Foundation Early CAREER Program, $400,009.
- 2020-2023. 鈥淭he Structure of Officer-Involved Shootings,鈥� National Collaborative of Gun Violence Research, $401,820.
- 2019-2022. 鈥淎ssessment of Network Disruption Strategies,鈥� U.S. Department of Homeland Security, $350,000.
Courses
This instructor is currently not teaching any courses.