Dr. Daniel H. Antonowicz


 

Dan Antonowicz (Ph.D. Psychology, Carleton University) is Associate Professor, Department of Criminology, Wilfrid Laurier University – Brantford, Canada. 

He was previously Assistant Professor, Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa and Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology, Carleton University. His clinical experience includes the assessment and treatment of adult offenders in Canadian provincial and federal institutions. He has worked as a research officer for the Government of Canada in various departments such as the Correctional Service of Canada, the Solicitor General, and the Ministry of Justice. 

He has conducted research on the efficacy of offender treatment programs, sex offender assessment and treatment, sentencing of offenders, mentally disordered offenders, and firearms control.  His publications include articles in international journals on offender rehabilitation, the personality characteristics of sex offenders, and sentencing of offenders. 

His research on effective offender rehabilitation programs appears as a chapter in books such as Thinking Straight: The Reasoning and Rehabilitation Program for Delinquency Prevention and Offender Rehabilitation (AIR Training & Publications, 1995) and Social Problem-Solving and Offending (Wiley, 2006).He is also co-editor of two books: Going Straight: Effective Delinquency Prevention and Offender Rehabilitation (AIR Training & Publications, 1995) and co-author of Antisocial Drivers: Prosocial Driver Training for Prevention and Rehabilitation (C.C. Thomas,