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Biography

Marie Manikis is an Associate Professor and鈥�William Dawson Scholar鈥痑t the Faculty of Law of 黑料不打烊 University where she teaches Criminal Justice, Sentencing, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure. She is a and an adviser for the Sentencing Academy (England and Wales). She is also a Research Associate for the International Centre for Comparative Criminology (University of Montreal) and a member of 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism.听

Her scholarship is interdisciplinary, comparative, and uses social science methodologies to advance the available knowledge in criminal law and criminal justice. Her research interests include criminal justice and sentencing, and particularly aspects that relate to victim participation, prosecutorial discretion and accountability, bail and pre-trial detention, as well as principles of Indigenous participation (Gladue鈥痯谤颈苍肠颈辫濒别蝉).听

Professor Manikis has published her work in leading peer-reviewed journals including the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, the Cambridge Law Journal, the Modern Law Review, and Public Law.听Her manuscript鈥疺ictims as Agents of State Accountability鈥痠s under contract with Oxford University Press, and has been accepted into its distinguished Criminal Law and Justice Series. She is also co-editing the volume鈥�Sentencing, Public Opinion, and Criminal Justice: Essays in Honour of Julian V Roberts鈥�(with Dr Gabrielle Watson) under鈥痗ontract with Oxford University Press.听

She has received several awards and prizes for her scholarship, including the (2022), the鈥�Principal鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researcher鈥�(2019), the鈥�Fondation du Barreau du Quebec鈥檚 award for best article (2018), and the Faculty of Law鈥檚 Research Merit Award (2017). She was also elected as an associate member of the International Academy of Comparative Law (2021).听听

Professor Manikis鈥� scholarship was cited by various courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada and the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. She also regularly provides鈥痯olicy and consultation reports to government鈥痓odies, including the Department of Justice Canada, the Ministry of Justice in England and Wales, and the Canadian Senate. She has presented at several conferences, seminars, and continuing legal education sessions for lawyers and judges and鈥痟as held visiting researcher positions at the Center for the Study of Law and Society, University of California鈥疊erkeley鈥痑nd the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security, and Law in鈥疓ermany.听

She completed a DPhil in law at the University of Oxford (2014), which compared victims鈥� rights and remedies in England and Wales and the United States. Her doctoral thesis was supported by the SSHRC, the FRQSC, the Maple Leaf Trust, the Peter Birks fund and the Modern Law Review. During her doctoral studies, she taught graduate tutorials in criminal justice at the Centre for Criminology at the University of Oxford and was a Visiting Researcher at Harvard Law School. Prior to this, she practiced law in Montreal and clerked for a Superior Court Justice.听

Professor Manikis is interested in supervising graduate and postdoctoral students working on topics that relate to victims, sentencing, criminal law and criminal justice.听

Publications

Peer-reviewed articles

• Marie Manikis and Audrey Matheson, 鈥淐ommunicating Censure: The Relevance of Conditions of Imprisonment at Sentencing and During the Administration of the Sentence鈥� (2023) Modern Law Review (forthcoming).
• Marie Manikis and Nicholas Doiron, 鈥淪olitary Confinement and State Harm: Reimagining Sentencing in Light of Dynamic Censure and State Blame鈥� (2023) Punishment & Society (forthcoming).
• Marie Manikis, 鈥淩ecognising State Blame in Sentencing: A Communicative and Relational Framework鈥� (2022) 81:2 Cambridge Law Journal 294-322.
• Marie Manikis, 鈥淭he Principle of Proportionality in Sentencing: A Dynamic Evolution and Multiplication of Conceptions鈥� (2022)鈥�Osgoode Hall Law Journal鈥�587-628.
• Marie Manikis, 鈥淐onceptualising the Victim in England and Wales and the United States Within a Spectrum of Public and Private Interests鈥澨�(2021) 41:1听Oxford Journal of Legal Studies听219-242.
• Marie Manikis and Jess De Santi, 鈥淧unishment and Retribution Within the Bail Process: An Analysis of the Public Confidence in the Administration of Justice Ground for Pre-Trial Detention鈥� (2020) 35:3听Canadian Journal of Law and Society听413-435.
• Marie Manikis and Jess De Santi, 鈥淧unishing while Presuming Innocence: A Study on Bail Conditions and Administration of Justice Offences in Quebec鈥� (2019) 60:3 Cahiers de droit 873-904.
• Marie Manikis, 鈥淎 New Model of the Criminal Justice Process: Victims鈥� Rights as Advancing Penal Parsimony and Moderation鈥� (2019) 30:2 Criminal Law Forum 201-223.
• Marie Manikis, 鈥淐ontrasting the Emergence of the Victims鈥� Movements in the United States and England and Wales鈥� (2019) 9:2 Societies 35-53.
• Marie Manikis and Daniel Pascoe, 鈥淢aking Sense of the Victim鈥檚 Role in Clemency Decision-Making鈥� (2018) International Review of Victimology.
• Marie Manikis, 鈥淓xpanding participation: A comparative approach to victims as agents of accountability in the criminal justice process鈥� (2017) 1听Public Law 听63-80.
• Marie Manikis (with Peter Grbac), 鈥淏argaining for Justice: The Road Towards Prosecutorial Accountability in the Plea Bargaining Process鈥� (2017) 40:3 Manitoba Law Journal 85-110.
• Marie Manikis, 鈥淭owards Accountability and Fairness for Aboriginal People: The Recognition of Gladue as a Principle of Fundamental Justice that Applies to Prosecutors鈥� (2016) 21 Canadian Criminal Law Review 164-184.
• Marie Manikis, 鈥淭he recognition of prosecutorial obligations in an era of mandatory minimum sentences of imprisonment and over-representation of Aboriginal people in prisons鈥� (2015) 71 Supreme Court Law Review 277-300.
• Marie Manikis. 鈥淚magining the future of victims鈥� rights: A comparative perspective鈥� (2015) 13:1 Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law 163-186.
• Marie Manikis, 鈥淰ictim Impact Statements at Sentencing: Towards a Clearer Understanding of their Aims鈥� (2015) 65:2 University of Toronto Law Journal 85-123.
• Marie Manikis (with Julian V. Roberts), 鈥淰ictim Personal Statements: Latest (and last) Trends from the Witnesses and Victims Experience Survey in England and Wales鈥� (2013) 13:3 Criminology and Criminal Justice 245-261.
• Marie Manikis, 鈥淣avigating through an obstacle course: The complaints mechanism for victims of crime in England and Wales鈥� (2012) 12:2 Criminology and Criminal Justice 149-173.
• Marie Manikis, 鈥淩ecognizing Victims鈥� Role and Rights During Plea Bargaining: A Fair Deal for Victims of Crime鈥� (2012) 58:3-4 Criminal Law Quarterly 411.
• Marie Manikis (with Julian V. Roberts), 鈥淩ecognizing ancillary harm at sentencing: A proportionate and balanced response鈥� (2011) 15:2 Canadian Criminal Law Review 131-144.
• Marie Manikis (with Julian V. Roberts), 鈥淰ictim Impact Statements at Sentencing: The Relevance of Ancillary Harm鈥� (2010) 15:1 Canadian Criminal Law Review, 1-29.

Peer-reviewed book chapters

• Marie Manikis, 鈥淰ictim-related Assumptions around Guilty Plea-Based Sentence Reductions: A Communicative and Experiential Framework鈥� in JV Roberts and J Ryberg (eds), Pleading Guilty: Ethical Perspectives on Sentencing the Self-Convicted (Hart, 2023) forthcoming.听
• Marie Manikis and Mary Iliadis, 鈥淎nalysing the Victim Review Scheme of Decisions not to Prosecute in England and Wales and Within Comparative Jurisdictions鈥� in P Cox and S Walklate (eds),鈥�Victims鈥� Access to Justice鈥�(Routledge, 2022).听
• Marie Manikis and Mary Iliadis, 鈥淎nalysing the Victim Review Scheme of Decisions not to Prosecute in England and Wales and Within Comparative Jurisdictions鈥� in P Cox and S Walklate (eds),听Victims鈥� Access to Justice听(Routledge, 2022) forthcoming.
• Marie Manikis, 鈥淩ole of the Victim at Sentencing鈥� in D Cole and JV Roberts (eds),听Sentencing in Canada: Law, Policy and Practice听(Irwin Law, 2020)
• Marie Manikis, 鈥淐omparative Perspectives on Victim Participation in Justice Proceedings鈥� in E Erez and P Ibarra (eds), The Oxford Encyclopedia of International Criminology (OUP) (in press)
• Marie Manikis, 鈥淩ole of the Victim at Sentencing鈥� in D Cole and JV Roberts, Sentencing in Canada: Law, Policy and Practice (Irwin Law, 2020) (forthcoming)
• Marie Manikis, 鈥淐omparative Perspectives on Victim Participation in Justice Proceedings鈥� in E Erez and P Ibarra (eds), The Oxford Encyclopedia of International Criminology (forthcoming)
• Marie Manikis, 鈥淐onceptualizing the victim within criminal justice processes in common law tradition鈥� in D Brown et al. (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Criminal Process, (Oxford University Press: Oxford 2018)
• Marie Manikis, 鈥淭he Difficult Road to Accountability: A Study on Complaints Mechanisms to Investigate and Address Victims鈥� Rights Violations鈥� in J. Desrosiers, M-E. Sylvestre and M. Garcia, Criminal Law Reform in Canada: Challenges and Possibilities (Yvon Blais, 2017).

Book chapters

• Marie Manikis, 鈥淐riminal Justice and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms鈥� in JV Roberts and M Grossman (eds), Criminal Justice in Canada: A Reader, 6th ed. (Thomson: Toronto 2020)
• Marie Manikis, 鈥淐riminal Justice and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms鈥� in JV Roberts and M Grossman (eds), Criminal Justice in Canada: A Reader, 5th ed. (Thomson: Toronto 2015)
• Marie Manikis, 鈥淐riminal Justice and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms鈥� in JV Roberts and M Grossman (eds), Criminal Justice in Canada: A Reader, 4th ed. (Thomson: Toronto 2011)

Other research journals

• Marie Manikis, 鈥淚mpact Statements at Sentencing: Developments since the Victims鈥� Bill of Rights鈥� (2022) 15 Victims of Crime Research Digest鈥�(Department of Justice Canada)听
• Marie Manikis, 鈥淩ecent Developments on Victim and Community Participation in Criminal Justice鈥� (2019) 12鈥�Victims of Crime Research Digest鈥�(Department of Justice Canada)听
• Marie Manikis, 鈥淩ecent Developments on Victim and Community Participation in Criminal Justice鈥� (2019) 12 Victims of Crime Research Digest (Department of Justice Canada)
• Marie Manikis, (with Jo-Anne Wemmers), 芦听Le d茅dommagement dans le syst猫me de justice p茅nale听禄 (2017) Research in Brief, Justice Canada, (forthcoming).
• Marie Manikis and Ivana Isailovic, 芦 Au del脿 des cat茅gories? Les nouvelles normes en mati猫re de changement de sexe听禄 (2016) 4 Contours, 70.
• Marie Manikis, 鈥淎 comparative overview of victims鈥� rights, enforcement mechanisms and redress in England and Wales and the American Federal jurisdiction鈥� (2013) 6 Victims of Crime Research Digest
• Marie Manikis (with Julian V. Roberts), 鈥淰ictim Impact Statements in Canada: Recent Guidance from the Courts of Appeal鈥� (2012) 5 Victims of Crime Research Digest
• Marie Manikis, 芦听Les tribunaux d'arbitrage civils islamiques en Ontario听禄, 1:1 International Legal (2005) Perspectives, Canadian Lawyers Abroad

Government reports

• Marie Manikis,听Federalism and Victims鈥� Rights in Canada听(Ottawa: Office of the Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime, 2021)
• Marie Manikis, Report on Judicial Delays in Criminal Proceedings (Ottawa: Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, 2016)
• Marie Manikis, The Canadian Victims Bill of Rights: A Policy Analysis and Interpretation (Ottawa: Office of the Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime, 2014)
• Marie Manikis (with Julian V. Roberts), Victims鈥� Needs and the Development of Outcome Measurements (London: Ministry of Justice of England and Wales, 2012)
• Marie Manikis (with Julian V. Roberts) Victim Personal Statements at Sentencing: A Review of the Empirical Research (London: Office of the Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses of England and Wales, 2011)
• Marie Manikis, Research findings and legislation on victims鈥� rights in Canada (Ottawa: Senate of Canada, 2011)

Contributions to public life, media and editorials

• Marie Manikis, 鈥溾��, Policy Options, 7 April 2020.
• Marie Manikis, Interview 鈥淨uebec court declares mandatory minimum sentence unconstitutional for Aboriginal accused鈥�, The Lawyer鈥檚 Daily, 22 April 2020.
• Marie Manikis, Interview on the role of victims in England and Wales and comparative perspectives, The Economist, 21 May 2019.
• Marie Manikis, 芦 禄, Le Devoir, 16 January 2019.
• Marie Manikis, , CBC News, 30 January 2019.
• Marie Manikis, Interview on the role of victim impact statements, Canadian Press, 30 January 2019.
• Marie Manikis, Interview on Quebec鈥檚 proposal for specialized sexual violence tribunals, The Lawyers Weekly, 28 January 2019.
• Jeffrey Kennedy and Marie Manikis, 鈥溾��, The Gazette, 24 April, 2018.
• Marie Manikis, Interview on joint submissions at sentencing following R. v. Anthony-Cook, 2016 SCC 43, The Lawyers Weekly.
• Marie Manikis (with Kaitlyn O鈥橲haughnessy), 鈥淭he Mandatory Costs of Mandatory Minimum Sentences in Canada鈥�, Oxford Human Rights Hub, 19 April 2016.
• Marie Manikis (with Julian Roberts), 鈥淢andatory minimum sentences don鈥檛 work. They can鈥檛 work鈥�, The Gazette, 13 January 2016.
• Marie Manikis (with Marion Vannier), 鈥淟ife Without Parole sentencing violates human 听听听听 rights鈥�, The Gazette, 1 April 2015
• Marie Manikis, 鈥淲here are the rights in the proposed Victims Bill?鈥�, The Globe and Mail, 7 April 2014
• Marie Manikis, Interview on Bill C-32 and its implications, The Globe and Mail, 4 April 2014
• Marie Manikis, Interview on Bill C-32 and its impact in criminal law, The Lawyers Weekly.听听听听听听听听听听听
• Marie Manikis, National Webinar for the Victims Justice Network: 鈥淰ictim Impact Statements: Past Present and Future鈥�, 2014
• Marie Manikis, Consultation on a Proposed Federal Victims鈥� Bill of Rights, Ottawa: Department of Justice (September 2013).
• Marie Manikis, Consultation on Improving the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime, London: Ministry of Justice (April 2013).
• Marie Manikis, 芦听Procureurs de la Couronne听: une vague de d茅parts d茅sastreuse est 脿 craindre听禄 La Presse, 23 February 2011
• Marie Manikis, 鈥淯ne Couronne sans joyaux听: les cons茅quences d鈥檜ne justice secondaire au Qu茅bec鈥� Droit-inc, 24 February 2011

Education

• DPhil (Law) University of Oxford (2010-2014)
• MSt (Law), University of Oxford (2009-2010)
• LL.M., Osgoode Hall Law School (2008-2009)
• Member of the Quebec Bar (2007)
• LL.B. (Hons.), University of Montreal (2003-2006)

Employment

• William Dawson Chair, 黑料不打烊 University (2019- )
• Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, 黑料不打烊 University (2019- )
• Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, 黑料不打烊 University (2013-2019)
• Researcher (2009-2013), Tutor (2012), Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford (2009-2013)
• Teaching Assistant, York University (2008-2009)
• Lawyer (litigation) (2007-2008) and legal intern (2005-2007)
• Judicial Clerkship, Superior Court of Quebec (2005-2006)

Areas of interest

Criminal law, human rights, victims, sentencing and criminal justice.

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