John Winterdyk

{{short description|Canadian criminologist}}

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John Winterdyk (born 1953) is a Canadian criminology professor emeritus at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta.{{Cite news|work=Metro International|title=Weekend shooting worst-case scenario for Calgary gangs: Criminologist|author=Jeremy Nolais|date=July 4, 2012|url=http://metronews.ca/news/calgary/285764/weekend-shooting-worst-case-scenario-for-calgary-gangs-criminologist/|accessdate=December 14, 2014}} He is the university's Centre for Criminology and Justice Research chair.{{Cite news|work=The Globe and Mail|title=Watchdog says prison violence on rise; Toews says it has decreased|author=Anna Mehler Paperny|date=August 8, 2011|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/watchdog-says-prison-violence-on-rise-toews-says-it-has-decreased/article589786/|accessdate=December 14, 2014}}

He has spent much time in Sub-Saharan Africa studying local beliefs about violence and honour.{{Cite news|work=Fast Forward Weekly|title=Honour and violence|author=Suzy Thompson|date=November 14, 2013|url=http://www.ffwdweekly.com/news--views/news/honour-and-violence-11499/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141214224945/http://www.ffwdweekly.com/news--views/news/honour-and-violence-11499/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 14, 2014|accessdate=December 14, 2014}} He was the first person to receive a PhD in Criminology from the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University.{{Cite web|title=John Winterdyk, PhD|publisher=Mount Royal University|url=http://www.mtroyal.ca/AboutMountRoyal/MediaRoom/FeaturedEvents/PreviousFullProfessors/JohnWinterdyk/index.htm|accessdate=December 14, 2014}} He later served as visiting scholar to the Max Planck Society in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.{{Cite web|title=Faculty profile|publisher=Mount Royal University|url=http://research.mtroyal.ca/research.php?action=view&type=researchers&rid=1516|accessdate=December 14, 2014}} In 2010, Winterdyk conducted a study with several Canadian and international colleagues, and the study concluded that Canada is not doing as well as other democratic countries in the Western world in preparing its law enforcement officers to address the issue of people smuggling. Winterdyk wrote a book called Human Trafficking: Exploring the International Nature, Concerns, and Complexities and signed copies of the book at an event at Mount Royal University on February 16, 2012, which also included a speech by Yvon Dandurand on the subject of human trafficking, and a reading of the play She Has a Name by Andrew Kooman.{{cite web|date=February 16, 2012|publisher=Mount Royal University|title=Human Trafficking: She Has a Name|url=http://www.mtroyal.ca/news/evView.php?item=1643|accessdate=December 12, 2014}}