Seems like a nice guy but should NOT be a prof, very boring, basically no midterm review, useless slides, and an easy marker but assignments are very unclear. Class seemed very interesting but it was the most boring I've ever been in.

Horrible prof. Expects a lot from the students but is too lazy to teach something relevant.

Really bad professor!!! Not only do you have to sign in for the mandatory attendance, but he doesn't teach from the textbook at all and everything he does talk about will never be on the midterms or exams. He gives tons of readings and tells the class to read about 15 chapters for the midterm without specifying at all what to study. AVOID!!!

Apparently to him it's okay for riot police to senselessly beat on protesters. Marking? Nothing from class is important apparently. Teaching? Just see for yourself.

every class he plays at least one hour long video which would be fine once in a while but not every class. in class he even said NOTHING from the slides in class or the videos will be on the midterm, it will solely be based on the readings which he doesn't even mention in class. So bored, and terrible professor!

This Professor is HORRIBLE. If you can take this course with anyone else, you should. None of his lectures are on the mid-term. He doesn't teach from the textbook. You have to teach yourself everything pretty much. He is a hard marker for no reason. I love law but he made me hate this CLASS SO MUCH.

He reads off his slides, puts them online afterwards; for the midterm he copy & pasted from the textbook. He is unclear with assignments. His knowledge on the subjects are slim. Some of his comments on police disparity were contradictory to what we learn in criminology. 11 out of 10 WOULD NOT RECOMMEND.

One of the worst profs I've ever had. Not only are none of his lectures on any evaluation but he's also extremely rude when attempting to seek feedback. His expectations aren't clear at all and he's an extremely tough marker. If you can take this class with any other professor, I would strongly recommend it.

Just bad. The course could have been taught way better. Half the class received a D or lower which demonstrates how the professor failed to teach the course or express his expectations clearly. Very rude and condescending when you email him for help. Don't take a class with this professor!

The first assignment had nothing to do with criminology and the expectations were unclear and described poorly. The midterm had nothing to do with comprehension and was strictly memorizing about 8 out of 20 essays. Some good students got horrible marks because this prof can't make a proper exam or rubric.

I don't usually rate professors because their descriptions are fairly accurate but... The first assignment had nothing to do with the content covered in the midterm or final. The midterm had no review other than "study 200+ pages of text. The final was ridiculously marked, and many students failed because of no instruction. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.

Poor lecturer, always looking at his notes. Does not make his expectations clear, resulting in the whole class losing marks on a midterm. Not accommodating, or approachable

He would say what he expected but then after we got our midterms back he completely changed it. Make sure you date your notes. For the midterm and final you have to summarize each class and each reading. He is also very temperamental and I did not find him approachable. Would suggest avoiding this prof. Tough marker and reads right off the slides.

He is the most unclear professor I have ever had. He reads only from the slides and the slides themselves are very unorganized. The first assignment is completely unrelated to any of the course material. The midterm was so long that it could have been the final. Would never recommend him to anyone

He always reads the slides, talks like everything is really easy and he is the easiest person, however, he does not have any idea what he is doing. I am a A- student in cumulative but this is the worst course I have ever had. DO NOT TAKE IT, SERIOUSLY!

Highly recommend avoiding this teacher at any cost. Is very disrespectful and incredibly rude towards students, the subject matter, does not give any instructions about assignments but has ridiculously high expectations that have never been made clear during class, does not respect the course content. Wait a semester, avoid him as a teacher.

I'd avoid this professor at all costs. Took a class with him and the first thing he said was that nothing on the slides would be covered on any assessments. All material is from the textbook and he is very unwelcoming during office hours, asking why I never show up to class. You never know what to focus on. Avoid.

Least favorite professor at this school. Mid-term was open book and seemingly impossible to finish. I would say 1/3 of class finished it. Reads off his slides. 1st assignment has nothing to do with crim. His final is a take home and his outline was so vague. Don't bother emailing him for direction as he is only going to confuse you even more.

Typical arrogant close minded professor. Took a month to mark my final exam. His feedback is incredibly negative. In all honesty, just do your best to avoid him b/c his class is just a waste of your time. Can't believe this man most likely makes six figures.. smh

Honestly... AVOID AT ALL COSTS.. I normally don't bother coming on here and writing reviews fro a prof but he honestly deserves my first bad review. One midterm which was extremely long and no one finished, he just reads off the slides and literally copies material from the textbook and pastes it as a question on the midterm.. AVOID

Absolutely useless course from a horrible and boring professor. Reads from the slides, monotone, and confusing to everyone. Marks assignments harsh. Please do not hire him back , save the students !

Worst prof. Doesn't respond to emails. I get As in all my class and got a D+ in this one.

Worst experience I have ever had in the university setting. Mid-term was way too long to be completed in 80 minutes. Received final exam marked 5 weeks after submitting it and the grading is completely inconsistent with the assignment outline. On top of everything this professor is rude and arrogant. Under no circumstance take a class with him.

The worst professor ever. That's all.

THE WORST professor in the history of ALL bad professors. Genuinely enjoys failing students (class average was a D+). It's actually impossible to meet his expectations. Arrogant and condescending. No help at all. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.

Had a difficult midterm where the questions were very specific (open book) that was worth 40%. He made the final exam seem very difficult and didn't give us a review which led to lots of stress and over studying for a relatively easy exam (worth 60%). You don't get a sense that he cares if you pass or not.

Avoid if at all possible. He took what should have been an interesting and informative class and made it really boring. He reads off the lecture slides and doesn't really add anything to them. Nobody finished the open-book midterm in the time given - it was too specific and didn't allow us to accurately demonstrate our knowledge on the subject.

I thoroughly hated this class. I took it as an elective, thinking it could provide a greater background on criminology and laws, and it was a waste of an elective. I regret taking it and even though I did ok, it was a useless course. One 40% midterm, one take-home 60% final. He also makes the final exam submission due at 8:30 am. Not a good prof.

One of the worst prof at uottawa. His lectures are super contusing and pointless. I regret taking his class. Avoid at all cost he is just awful.

One of the worst profs I've ever had. Made fun of students' names and lectures were long. Any questions asked in class were almost always answered by, "it's in the textbook." AVOID

Hardest prof Ive had at University. Do not take him if you want a good mark. I had to drop the class, it was that hard. 40% midterm 60% final

HARD grader, is not clear with what he wants, 40% midterm 60% final dumb hard. Avoid this prof

trash. reads off the slide the whole class. class is not well structured. hard marker. is not specific on what needs to be studied/incorporated In the final. class average was like 48%.

Literally the worst. Read directly from the textbook every lecture, explained NOTHING, the powerpoints are useless, and his voice doesn't help with the already dry material. Asked for clarification about a concept and he told me to read the textbook so he's not much help outside of class either. Avoid if you value your GPA fellas

Does not explain anything properly. Reads right off of the slides. Boring and rude. class average for the midterm was 49% ....... clearly the issue is his teaching. He also gave me a C on a take home exam??? so basically his answers that he gave in the class were wrong.

He's a very bad prof! His lectures consist of him reading an article he found online word for word and displaying random "keywords" from them on his PPT. Makes it extremely hard to follow what he's saying. Midterm average was below 50% and people didnt do much better in the take home final. If you can just stay away!

Failed me on the final take home paper, I requested why and he didnt give me a straight answer where I went wrong. Pretty much just said better luck next time and stopped replying to me. Boring lectures and very low class average.

This man is a living nightmare. Almost 200 pages of notes and releases his slides over the span of 3 days, so the terror is never over. Delivers unclear instructions in terms of mid terms and I'm sure does not know how to use bright space.

Worst professor I've had this far! Lectures are prerecorded and only has a few words on his slides! you can tell he is reading straight off of a paper and rambles on for minutes expecting you to takes notes all for one bullet point! absolutely avoid at all costs!!!!

His lectures are boring, I find myself losing focus every few seconds. He reads straight out of textbooks and articles. Has about 4 slides for an hour lecture. I ran into problems accessing the online database for assigned readings and he did not help me resolve my issue. Includes required readings in the syllabus but doesn't provide some of them

He is an awful prof. He only posts videos of himself talking over his slides. His slides are terrible. He makes his slides confusing on purpose. Such a boring lecturer. Crazy that I am paying so much money to learn from this guy saddening

This is the 1st bad review I have EVER left. Disclaimer: I have done all my readings (which, in theory, should make lectures easier) and have tried very hard to think positively. He reads through the whole entire 2h30 (too fast to take notes), and doesn't seem to understand what he is reading. I wanna fling myself off a bridge, Thanks

He tests if you've copied his lecture notes WORD FOR WORD instead of testing to see if you understand course content. He composes questions designed to make you screw up. He's the worst professor I've ever had. RUN WHILE YOU CAN!

this prof literally DOESNT SHOW UP TO LECTURES he has cancelled 4 lectures and just sends us 30 pages of his lecture notes. Im reporting this mf to dean - his test and literally taken straight from the articles he uses

he reads off of his notes word for word during lectures. He goes into the heaviest detail about stuff that is completely irrelevant to crim and we get tested on it so heavily. I thought it wouldn't be this bad, but he managed to surpass my expectations... and they were low. He is horrible, you won't survive unless you have a light work load. gl...

Cancelled many classes, I do not learn anything during the lectures, just reads from his notes. Calls out people for no reasons. Many irrelevant points are made which gets confusing.

Talks so fast, so monotone. His lectures sound like he's copied and pasted random sentences from various articles and pasted them all together. Nothing connects together, his slides are full of words yet say nothing. He expects you to know the sources to every single definition he gives. Dawg just needs to retire

AVOID AT ALL COST!!!

Ok first of all, he never showed up in classes. Second of all, we had a quiz when he never showed up. Third of all, the quiz was 10 mins and had 20 questions, more than hald of them was fill in the blanks, and also the questions are super long. So long that you can't even finish readling all of them.

Terrible. I've never written a review for a prof before but he is so ridiculous reading off his little tablet at 2x speed I just had to. All other negative reviews are accurate and the positive ones I'm convinced he wrote himself. Avoid if possible. I really don't want to have to ever take him again.

Ok tbf to him, we weren't supposed to show up 2 class for the quiz a few others mentioned. That being said he is still BAD. He talks so fast and 90% of the time just reads from his iPad. There is so much to write down that you won't even know what's relevant. Get ready to miss key info and asking for repeating stuff! Try your best to not take him

terrible, you have been warned. I have yet to meet someone who has a different opinion.

Run this teacher is simply the worst

After 5 years of undergrad, this is the first and only course I've ever failed. That's it - that's my review. Make of that what you will.

His exams are such a headache, I am actively ripping my hair out. Avoid for your own sanity.

Nice guy but DO NOT take his class. Lectures are so hard to follow. Final exam is so difficult. Very boring.

Overall, he is not a good prof. He reads straight from his Ipad, his multiple choice exams are insanely confusing and his final exam for this class is worth 50% is very hard to get a good grade. If you can avoid him, I truly recommend you do. If he is the only prof teaching the course, try taking it during summer or in the following year.

Awful professor. Kept calling out people for things that were ridiculously irrelevant. As someone with a hearing impairement ( and he was made aware of) it was very hard to even understands what he say and i sat in the front row. Irrelevant lectures, his tests were not based on the actual course material. AVOID AT ALL COST.

Post lectures online but deletes them a couple weeks before examination with no warning right before tests when you want to start reviewing. Testing super specific to quotes from lectures of lines from the textbook, does not seem interested in overall comprehension of themes. Hard to tell what was learned by the end of the course.

never again

Absolute worst prof out of my four years studying at the University of Ottawa. Only way to pass is to read every reading from top to bottom on your own time. Going to lectures is useless.