Student Research Assistant, Lawfully Owed DNA
Student Research Assistant, Lawfully Owed DNA
You’re passionate about research and bringing new knowledge to the forefront alongside others who are just as driven as you are in their search for answers. Your curiosity fuels your learning, but where you really shine is your ability to collaborate with diverse groups like students, faculty experts and employees, and community partners.
If this sounds like you, we need your talents! Apply to the Student Research Assistant position, and gain real-world research experience, while creating meaningful career connections.
WHO WE ARE
Do what you love. Be good t’s how Douglas College defines a great career. It’s a philosophy that resonates through our classrooms, our offices and our boardrooms. It inspires our students and drives us to make Douglas College one of BC’s Top Employers. We love what we do. And we’re looking for passionate, motivated people to join us in making one of Canada’s best degree-granting colleges even better.
Be a part of an institution where everyone is committed to empowering successful students, creating responsive learning environments, fostering social and environmental responsibility, and supporting healthy learning and work environments.
WHAT WE OFFER
We offer the opportunity to do what you do best in an inclusive, collaborative and collegial environment. At Douglas, our goal is to ensure our people are valued and supported by promoting a healthy work-life balance, professional growth, and development, as well as a safe and respectful workplace.
- Transit-accessible campuses
- Hybrid work arrangements for eligible positions
- Excellent Health and Dental Benefits for eligible positions
- Defined-Benefit Pension Plan for eligible positions
- Professional Development opportunities
- Access to our Fitness Centres and Classes
We will then collect information on the DNA collection laws then in force. The purpose of this research is to determine whether the perpetrators were lawfully required to provide a DNA sample prior to committing the offence in order to identify gaps in laws authorizing the lawful collection of DNA samples, and to improve justice outcomes for victims of sexual assault.
Responsibilities:
- Collecting and organizing data from court records, archives, and information aggregator sites;
- Undertaking literature reviews including identifying appropriate resources;
- Researching legislation regarding forensic DNA in different jurisdictions in Canada and the United States;
- Searching for court documents and legal files in different jurisdictions;
- Attending research team meetings in person and online;
- Assisting with preparation, publication and dissemination of research data.
- An understanding of how to conduct legal research and use legal citations;
- An understanding of quantitative research methods in Criminology;
- A familiarity with the legal system;
- A familiarity with the use of forensic DNA in criminal investigations;
- A willingness to research cases involving violence and sexual violence;
- A desire to improve justice outcomes for victims of violent crime and their families.
- The domestic student must be enrolled in, and maintain, a minimum of one or more (3 credit) courses at Douglas College throughout the work term; OR
- The domestic student must have been enrolled in, and maintained, a minimum of one or more (3 credit) courses at Douglas College in the term immediately preceding the work term and has indicated an intention to enroll at the college in the term immediately following the work term; OR
- The domestic student must be enrolled in, and maintain a minimum of two or more (3…
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