Dr. Stephen Muzzatti
Areas of Expertise
cultural criminology; animals in society (HAS); transgression; death & dying
Research
Dr. Muzzatti鈥檚 primary research lies at the intersection of cultural and ultra-realist criminologies with particular attention to the issues of crime, social harms, consumerism and human interaction with animals. He is particularly interested in the intertwining social dynamics of neoliberalism, brutality and victimisation. As such, he has published on a wide array of topics including terrorism, violence against animals, state and corporate crime, narcissism, working-class spaces and identities, paranormal phenomenon, motorcycle culture and street racing, the Italian-Canadian community, advertising and the monetisation of violence.
Courses
- SOC 105: Introduction to Sociology
- SOC 319: Sociological Perspectives on Crime
- CC 8836: Animals in Society and Culture
Graduate Program Membership
Community & Professional Service
- Department Representative to the
- Lifetime Member of the
- former Executive Officer of the American Society of Criminology鈥檚
- inaugural Chair of the Safety and Security Group
Recent Publications
Muzzatti, S.L. and K.L. Grieve. 2025. In Violence and Harm in the Animal Industrial Complex: Human-Animal Entanglements (pp. 263-275), edited by G. Hunnicutt, R. Twine and K. Mentor. London: Routledge.
Grieve, K. L. & S.L. Muzzatti. 2023. Zoophilologica 11 (Veterinary Social Work Special Issue): 1鈥�23.
Colaguori, C & S.L. Muzzatti. 2023. Contemporary Justice Review 25: 256-270.
Muzzatti, S.L. and K. Grieve. 2022. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science 25(2): 153-166.
Muzzatti, S.L. 2022. Critical Criminology 30(3): 495鈥�507.
Muzzatti, S.L. and D. Rothe. 2022. in Troubled Persons Industries: The Expansion of Psychiatric Categories beyond Psychiatry (pp. 107-128), edited by M. Harbusch. Cham, Switzerland Palgrave Macmillan.
Muzzatti, S.L. and K. Grieve. 2020. 鈥淎nimal Cruelty鈥� in (pp. 1-34), edited by C. Richardson. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.
Muzzatti, S.L. and B. Rigato. 2020. in The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2nd ed. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Muzzatti, S.L. and M. Reid. 2019. 鈥淐rime and Economics: Consumer Culture, Criminology, and the Politics of Exclusion鈥� in (pp. 141-155), edited by D. Okada, M. Maguire & A. Sardina. Los Angeles: Sage.
Muzzatti, S.L. and E.M. Smith. 2018. 鈥溾�楾he Spirits Tell Me That You鈥檙e Seeking Help鈥�: Fortune-Telling in Late Capitalism鈥� in (pp. 116-135), edited by D. Waskul and M. Eaton. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Rothe, D.L. and S. Muzzatti. 2018. Mortuuspolitics: Politicization of the dead, capitalism, and inequality. Contemporary Justice Review 21(3): 327-337.