Kadija Osei

PhD Candidate
CG 220
kadija.lodge.tulloch@mail.utoronto.ca

Fields of Study

  • Prisons and Punishment

Areas of Interest

  • Former prisoner reentry
  • Corrections
  • Reintegration
  • Rehabilitation
  • Post-release programs
  • Christian post-release interventions
  • Racial inequality

Working Dissertation

Supervisors

Scot Wortley

Biography

Kadija Osei is currently a doctoral candidate at the Centre of Criminology and Sociolegal Studies at the University of Toronto. She is interested in reintegration programming, restorative justice and reentry for formerly incarcerated persons. Her advocacy work at U of T, which consisted of preserving an access program for adults lacking the credentials necessary for university admission, drives her passion to bring awareness to issues surrounding post-incarceration reintegration programming for marginalized and racialized individuals. Kadija conducted an independent research project examining the effectiveness of reintegration programs in the Greater Toronto Area by analyzing how these programs meet the financial, social and health-related needs of former inmates.  Through her academic endeavors, her aim is to develop policy-relevant Canadian scholarship around this issue, thus contributing to the development of evidence-based program design and evaluation strategies that addresses the needs of this population. As an extension of her current research on reentry programs, she intends to explore a particular niche of reentry programming, namely aftercare services offered by church ministries that serve the prison population. Her goal is to understand the impact of the black church on reentry outcomes.

Selected Publications

  • Wortley, S., Owusu-Bempah, A. & Lodge-Tulloch, K. (2022). Crime & Justice: The Experiences of Black Canadians. In Perry, B. (Ed.), Diversity, crime and justice in Canada (3rd Edition). Oxford.

Education

BSc Hons. (Psychology and Criminology), University of Toronto
MA (Criminology and Sociolegal Studies), University of Toronto

Presentations

Wortley, S., Bundy, J., Tanner, J. & Lodge-Tulloch, K. (2020, February) Votes of Non-Confidence: Disadvantaged Youth and Perceptions of Police Legitimacy in a Canadian City. Paper presented at the Western Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Phoenix,
Wortley, S. & Lodge-Tulloch, K. (2020, February) Shots Fired: Why Young People Use and Carry Guns in Toronto. Paper presented at the Western Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
Wortley, S. & Lodge-Tulloch, K. (2019, November) Snitches Get Stitches: Why Youth Fail to Report Violent Crime to the Police. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Wortley, S., Bundy, J., Tanner, J. & Lodge-Tulloch, K (2019, November) The Impacts of Police “Street Checks” on Youth in Two Canadian Cities. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Wortley, S. & Lodge-Tulloch, K. (2019, February) Speak No Evil: Why Youth Fail to Report Violent Crime to the Police. Paper presented at the Western Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Honolulu, HI.
Lodge-Tulloch, K. (2018, March) A Questionable System of Penal Reform in Canada: A Historical Approach to Understanding Rehabilitation for Ex-Offenders. Paper presented at Rethinking Law, Criminal Justice Policy, and Regulation Graduate Student Conference

Cohort

  • 2018