Matthew Light

Dr. Matthew Light is the Academic Director and Professor at the University of Toronto's Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies. Dr. Light studies migration control, policing and criminal justice, and public and citizen security, primarily in the post-Soviet region. His book (Routledge 2016) and several related articles on Russian federal and regional migration policies in the aftermath of the breakup of the USSR analyze what forms of freedom of movement emerged in the new post-Soviet Russian state, and frame the Soviet and post-Soviet experience with migration management in comparative international perspective. Dr. Light’s recent work concerns policing and other aspects of public and citizen security in several post-Soviet countries, including Russia, Georgia, and Armenia, and examines the evolution of both public policing institutions and private provision of security in the region.

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