Marie Ouellet

BIOGRAPHY

Marie Ouellet is an assistant professor in the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University. 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 police networks 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’s 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 (SFU)

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. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 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. British Journal of Criminology, 62(6), 1518-1536.
Ouellet, M., Hashimi, S., Gravel, J., & Dabney, D. (2020). The promise of a network approach for policing research. Justice Quarterly, 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. Criminology & Public Policy, 18(3), 675-704.
Ouellet, M., Bouchard, M., & Charette, Y. (2019). One gang dies, another gains? The network dynamics of criminal group persistence. Criminology, 57(1), 5-33.

Selected Awards

2021, Dean’s 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. “CAREER: Dynamics of Police Networks,” National Science Foundation Early CAREER Program, $400,009.
2020-2023. “The Structure of Officer-Involved Shootings,” National Collaborative of Gun Violence Research, $401,820.
2019-2022. “Assessment of Network Disruption Strategies,” U.S. Department of Homeland Security, $350,000.

Courses

This instructor is currently not teaching any courses.

School of Criminology