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Karen Parhar

Email: karen.parhar@kwantlen.ca

Phone: 604-599-2222 VM: 9284

Office Location: Surrey Main 2881-9

Courses taught at Kwantlen:
  • Psychology 1100
  • Psychology 1200
  • Psychology 2330
  • Psychology 3500
  • Psychology 4700
Areas of interest and investigation:
Applied social psychology, crime desistance

Educational background: B.A. (UBC), M.A. (Univ. Saskatchewan), Ph.D. (Univ. Saskatchewan)

Selected references:

Parhar, K.K., Wormith, J.S., Derkzen, D.M., & Beauregard, A.M. (2008). Offender coercion in treatment: A meta-analysis of effectiveness. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 35(9), 1109-1135.

Parhar, K., & Wong, S.C.P. (2007). Seeing eye to eye: Parole office and parolee views of crime desistance. Forum on Corrections Research, 19(1), 23-27.