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Tuulia Law

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Department of Social Science

Associate Professor
Teaching Stream
Criminology (CRIM)
On Sabbatical (July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025)

Office: 738 Ross Building South
Phone: (416)736-2100 Ext: 44522
Email: tlaw@yorku.ca

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Accepting New Graduate Students


A key focus of my research and teaching is the interplay of gender norms with legal and social governance of sexual conduct. In this broad area, I am currently undertaking interview-based research about students' application of anti-sexual-violence education in sexual interactions. I also continue to research and work with community partners in the sex industry; my research in this area touches on labour relations and working conditions, management, the performance of gender, class and race.

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Degrees

Doctorate of Philosophy, Criminology, University of Ottawa
Master of Arts, Women's Studies, University of Ottawa
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Concordia University

Appointments

Faculty of Graduate Studies

Research Interests

, Intersectional gendered violence; sexual assault on campus; sex work and sex industry management; criminalized masculinities.
Books

Publication
Year

Law, T. (2023) Playing the supporting role: Strip club managers and other third parties. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

2023

Bruckert, C. and T. Law. (2018). Women and gendered violence in Canada: An intersectional approach. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

2018

Book Chapters

Publication
Year

Law, T., B. Mario, and C. Bruckert. (2020). Unruly women in neoliberal times: Still bad, mad, and sluts. In C. Côté-Lussier, D. Moffette, and J. Piché (Eds.), Contemporary criminological issues: Moving beyond insecurity and exclusion. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press.

2020

Gillies, K., E. Lam, T. Law, A. Sterling, and E. van der Meulen. (2019). Understanding the work in sex work: Canadian contexts. In L. Nichols (Ed.), Women, gender and work. Canadian Scholars’ Press.

2019

Bruckert, C. and T. Law. (2018). The business of sex business: Third parties in the incall/outcall sector. In C. Bruckert and C. Parent (Eds.), Getting past ‘the pimp’: Management in the sex industry. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

2018

Law, T. (2018). Third parties and the employment relationship: The erotic dance sector in Ontario. In C. Bruckert and C. Parent (Eds.), Getting past ‘the pimp’: Management in the sex industry. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

2018

Law, T. and C. Bruckert. (2016). The surveillance web: Surveillance, risk and resistance in Ontario strip clubs. In E. van der Meulen and R. Heynen (Eds.), Expanding the Gaze: Gender and the Politics of Surveillance. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

2016

Law, T. (2013). Transitioning out of sex work: Exploring sex workers’ experiences and perspectives. In E. Durisin, E. van der Meulen and V. Love (Eds.), Selling sex: Experience, advocacy, and research on sex work in Canada. Vancouver: UBC Press.

2013

Journal Articles

Publication
Year

Law, T. (2021). A different kind of risky business: Men who manage men in the sex industry. Sexualities, 13634607211026312.

2021

Law, T. (2020). His reputation precedes him: Examining the construction and management of the pimp in strip clubs. Deviant Behavior, 41(1), 103-117.

2020

Law, T., and M. Raguparan. (2020). “It’s a puzzle you have to do every night”: Performing creative problem solving at work in the indoor Canadian sex industry. Work, Employment and Society, 34(3), 424-440.

2020

Law, T. (2016). Dirty work and theoretical disorder: Towards a cohesive analysis of stigmatized organizations. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Organizational Studies, 11(1), 1-11.

2016

Law, T. (2015). Licensed or licentious? Examining regulatory discussions of stripping in Ontario. Canadian Journal of Law and Society, 30(1), 31-50.

2015

Research Reports

Publication
Year

Bruckert, C. and T. Law. (2013). Beyond pimps, procurers and parasites: Mapping third parties in the incall/outcall sex industry. Ottawa: Rethinking management in the sex industry project.

2013


A key focus of my research and teaching is the interplay of gender norms with legal and social governance of sexual conduct. In this broad area, I am currently undertaking interview-based research about students' application of anti-sexual-violence education in sexual interactions. I also continue to research and work with community partners in the sex industry; my research in this area touches on labour relations and working conditions, management, the performance of gender, class and race.

Degrees

Doctorate of Philosophy, Criminology, University of Ottawa
Master of Arts, Women's Studies, University of Ottawa
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Concordia University

Appointments

Faculty of Graduate Studies

Research Interests

, Intersectional gendered violence; sexual assault on campus; sex work and sex industry management; criminalized masculinities.

All Publications


Book Chapters

Publication
Year

Law, T., B. Mario, and C. Bruckert. (2020). Unruly women in neoliberal times: Still bad, mad, and sluts. In C. Côté-Lussier, D. Moffette, and J. Piché (Eds.), Contemporary criminological issues: Moving beyond insecurity and exclusion. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press.

2020

Gillies, K., E. Lam, T. Law, A. Sterling, and E. van der Meulen. (2019). Understanding the work in sex work: Canadian contexts. In L. Nichols (Ed.), Women, gender and work. Canadian Scholars’ Press.

2019

Bruckert, C. and T. Law. (2018). The business of sex business: Third parties in the incall/outcall sector. In C. Bruckert and C. Parent (Eds.), Getting past ‘the pimp’: Management in the sex industry. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

2018

Law, T. (2018). Third parties and the employment relationship: The erotic dance sector in Ontario. In C. Bruckert and C. Parent (Eds.), Getting past ‘the pimp’: Management in the sex industry. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

2018

Law, T. and C. Bruckert. (2016). The surveillance web: Surveillance, risk and resistance in Ontario strip clubs. In E. van der Meulen and R. Heynen (Eds.), Expanding the Gaze: Gender and the Politics of Surveillance. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

2016

Law, T. (2013). Transitioning out of sex work: Exploring sex workers’ experiences and perspectives. In E. Durisin, E. van der Meulen and V. Love (Eds.), Selling sex: Experience, advocacy, and research on sex work in Canada. Vancouver: UBC Press.

2013

Books

Publication
Year

Law, T. (2023) Playing the supporting role: Strip club managers and other third parties. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

2023

Bruckert, C. and T. Law. (2018). Women and gendered violence in Canada: An intersectional approach. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

2018

Journal Articles

Publication
Year

Law, T. (2021). A different kind of risky business: Men who manage men in the sex industry. Sexualities, 13634607211026312.

2021

Law, T. (2020). His reputation precedes him: Examining the construction and management of the pimp in strip clubs. Deviant Behavior, 41(1), 103-117.

2020

Law, T., and M. Raguparan. (2020). “It’s a puzzle you have to do every night”: Performing creative problem solving at work in the indoor Canadian sex industry. Work, Employment and Society, 34(3), 424-440.

2020

Law, T. (2016). Dirty work and theoretical disorder: Towards a cohesive analysis of stigmatized organizations. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Organizational Studies, 11(1), 1-11.

2016

Law, T. (2015). Licensed or licentious? Examining regulatory discussions of stripping in Ontario. Canadian Journal of Law and Society, 30(1), 31-50.

2015

Research Reports

Publication
Year

Bruckert, C. and T. Law. (2013). Beyond pimps, procurers and parasites: Mapping third parties in the incall/outcall sex industry. Ottawa: Rethinking management in the sex industry project.

2013