James W. Williams is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Science and a member of the undergraduate program in Criminology and the graduate programs in Sociology and Socio-Legal Studies. Current areas of research include: financial regulation; the impact of financialization in the social sector; new computing technologies and crime prevention programming; and new regulatory technologies and their impact on corporate wrongdoing. Williams is the author of Policing the Markets: Inside the Black Box of Securities Enforcement (Routledge, 2012). His work has also been published in journals including the British Journal of Criminology, Environment and Planning A, Economy and Society, Journal of Cultural Economy, Law and Policy, and Science, Technology, and Human Values.

Research Interests

Current Courses

Term	Course Number	Section	Title	Type
Fall/Winter 2024	AP/SOSC4657 6.0	A	Crime and the Corporation	SEMR

James W. Williams is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Science and a member of the undergraduate program in Criminology and the graduate programs in Sociology and Socio-Legal Studies. Current areas of research include: financial regulation; the impact of financialization in the social sector; new computing technologies and crime prevention programming; and new regulatory technologies and their impact on corporate wrongdoing. Williams is the author of Policing the Markets: Inside the Black Box of Securities Enforcement (Routledge, 2012). His work has also been published in journals including the British Journal of Criminology, Environment and Planning A, Economy and Society, Journal of Cultural Economy, Law and Policy, and Science, Technology, and Human Values.

Degrees

Ph.D., Sociology, York University
M.A., Social and Political Thought, York University
B.A. Honours, Social Behaviour, Queen's University

Research Interests

Current Courses

Term	Course Number	Section	Title	Type
Fall/Winter 2024	AP/SOSC4657 6.0	A	Crime and the Corporation	SEMR