尤物视频

Marie Ouellet

Assistant Professor
Criminology

BIOGRAPHY

Marie Ouellet is an assistant professor in the School of Criminology at 尤物视频. 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  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鈥檚 Early CAREER Award and by the National Collaborative of Gun Violence Research. Her research has been published in CriminologyCriminology & Public PolicyJournal of Research in Crime and DelinquencyJournal of Quantitative Criminology, and Social Networks among other outlets.

 

AREAS OF INTEREST

Social networks; policing; criminal groups.

EDUCATION

  • MA (Montreal)
  • PhD (SFU)

NOTE FOR POTENTIAL GRADUATE STUDENTS:

Willing to accept new graduate students who share research interests in similar areas.

Selected Publications

  • Ouellet, M., & Hashimi, S. (2025). The role of networks in policing. Annual Review of Criminology. Forthcoming.
  • Ouellet, M., Hashimi, S., Gravel, J., & Dabney, D. (2025). The influence of workplace friendships on police firearm use. . Online first.
  • Hashimi, S., Ouellet, M., Ledford, L.*. (2025). Partners in force? Understanding police use of force from a network perspective. , 62(3), 429-473.
  • Hashimi, S., Ouellet, M. (2025). Invite only: The prevalence of subgroups within a police department. , 96, 102347.
  • Ouellet, M., Hashimi, S., & Vega Yon, G. G. (2023). Officer networks and firearm behaviors: Assessing the social transmission of weapon-use. , 39, 679-703.

Selected Awards

  • 2021, Dean鈥檚 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. 鈥淐AREER: Dynamics of Police Networks,鈥 National Science Foundation Early CAREER Program, $400,009.
  • 2020-2023. 鈥淭he Structure of Officer-Involved Shootings,鈥 National Collaborative of Gun Violence Research, $401,820.
  • 2019-2022. 鈥淎ssessment of Network Disruption Strategies,鈥 U.S. Department of Homeland Security, $350,000.