Eden Hoffer is a Health Information Science PhD student in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS). Her research focusses on the criminalization of intimate partner violence victim-survivors through mandatory charging policies and the ways in which these policies serve to harm them rather than offer them protection. Broadly, Eden is interested in any policy-driven and/or gender-related concerns, including human trafficking, women's health, motherhood and "mothering", and period poverty.
In the context of intimate-partner violence, Eden's M.A. work began to focus on navigating the highly gendered tensions between protectionism, paternalism, and women's agency within Canadian legislation and Canadian criminal justice policies (with specific respect to mandatory charging policies).
Teaching Assistant Positions Held at Western:
MIT2000: History of Communication (F2023)
MIT2200: Mapping Media and Cultural Theory (W2024)
Teaching Assistant Positions Held at Toronto Metropolitan University:
CRM306: Corrections in Canada (F2020) - Department of Criminology
CRM304: Youth Justice in Canada (W2021) - Department of Criminology
Research Interests:
- Intimate-Partner Violence (IPV)
- Gender Based Violence (GBV)
- Motherhood in the Context of IPV/GBV
- Criminalization
- Victimization, Re-Victimization
- Health Inequities
- Mandatory Charging Policies, No-Drop Prosecution Policies
- Trauma-and Violence-Informed Care (TVIC)
- Policy-Driven Research
Journals
Journal of Family Violence (Reviewer)
Violence Against Women - Journal (Reviewer)
Associations
2020- American Society of Criminology (ASC)
2023- Doctor of Philosophy, Health Information Science
Western University
2021 Master of Arts, Criminology and Social Justice
Toronto Metropolitan University
2020 Bachelor of Arts (Hons.), Criminology and Psychology
Toronto Metropolitan University
