Adelina Iftene
Associate Professor of Law; Criminal Justice Certificate Coordinator
Connect with me
Email: aiftene@dal.ca
Phone: 902-494-1296
Mailing Address:
6061 University Avenue
PO Box 15000
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2
- Prison Law & Prisoners’ Rights
- Criminal Law & Criminal Justice
- Sentencing
- Evidence
- Charter Rights
Education
- LLB (Romania)
- LLB Accreditation (Canadian Federation of Law Societies, NCA)
- LLM (Queen's)
- PhD (Queen's)
Bio
Adelina teaches criminal law, evidence, sentencing, and imprisonment and prison policy. Her major research work explores issues related to prison health and access to justice for prisoners, as well as evidentiary issues arising out of undercover investigations. Her manuscript “Punished for Aging: Vulnerabilities, Rights, and Access to Justice in Canadian Penitentiaries,” was published by University of Toronto Press in 2019. Adelina is also a co-author of the Annual Review of Criminal Law (Thomson Reuters).
Teaching
- LAWS 1001: Criminal Law
- LAWS 2008: Evidence
- LAWS 2276: Imprisonment and Prison Policy
- LAWS 2370: Sentencing: Principles, Law, and Policy
Areas of supervision: Criminal Justice, Sentencing, Prison Law
Research interests
Adelina's past, current and upcoming major research projects investigate issues surrounding aging in Canadian penitentiaries; the regulation of health care provision in prisons; the regulation of end of life and medical assistance in dying in prisons; prison release mechanisms, in particular compassionate release; access to justice behind bars; and sentencing of older and sick individuals.
