Socio-Legal Studies: Janelle Douthwright and Tameeka Okwabi

socio-legal studies: Douthwright read a similar study from Milwaukee, Wis., during her undergraduate courses and she was floored by the findings, according to Toronto Star. I thought there was no way this would be true here in Toronto, she said. For a city that claims to be multicultural, the results were shocking, said Janelle Douthwright, the study's author, who recently graduated with a Masters of Arts in Criminology and Socio-Legal Studies from the University of Toronto. She pursued her graduate studies to find out. She gave two of the applicants Black sounding names Khadija Nzeogwu and Tameeka Okwabi and gave one a criminal record. Article Continued Below Douthwright created four fictional female applicants and submitted their resumes for entry level service and retail positions in Toronto over the summer. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.