Fields of Research

Aged health care
Police administration, procedures and practice
Aged care nursing
Causes and prevention of crime
Correctional theory, offender treatment and rehabilitation
Health promotion
Medicine, nursing and health curriculum and pedagogy
Criminology
Health services and systems
Public law
Applied sociology, program evaluation and social impact assessment
Criminal law
General practice
Other law and legal studies
Urban geography
Gender studies
Education assessment and evaluation

Research Objectives

Health related to ageing
Law enforcement
Nursing
Crime prevention
Dental health
Rehabilitation and correctional services
Other health
Justice and the law
Pacific Peoples community services
Employment patterns and change
Criminal justice
Health education and promotion
Other law, politics and community services
Gender and sexualities
Families and family services
Public health (excl. specific population health)

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

'Just Listen Properly, Like with Intent': LGBTIQ+ Tasmanians: Telling us the Story
An Evaluation of the 'Inside Out' Prison Program
Analysis of the Tasmania Police Risk Assessment Screening Tool (RAST) Final Report
Aspects of nursing student placements associated with perceived likelihood of working in residential aged care; Journal of Clinical Nursing
Aspects of WIL that improve student nurses' attitudes towards working in aged care; Australian Collaborative Education Network 2016 Conference
Bullying and gangs; International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health
Consumer Access, Appraisal, and Application of Services and Information for Dementia (CAAASI-Dem): a validation study; Aging and Mental Health
Development and preliminary psychometric properties of the General Practitioner Attitudes and Confidence Scale (GPACS–D) for dementia; BMC Family Practice
Effect of a dementia education intervention on the confidence and attitudes of general practitioners in Australia: a pretest post-test study; BMJ Open
Evaluation of Risdon Prison Program 'Inside Out'
Evaluation of the ‘Safety First at Rosny Park’ Project
Evaluation of the ‘Trial of Alcohol Interlocks’: final Report
Forensic Science and Policing in South Australia
Forensic Science and Policing in Tasmania: Preliminary Report
Gangs in Perth: Student Perspectives
General practitioners attitude and confidence scale for dementia (GPACS-D): confirmatory factor analysis and comparative subscale scores among GPs and supervisors; BMC Family Practice
Harnessing the power of perception: Reducing alcohol-related harm among rural teenagers; Youth Studies Australia
Learning opportunities in a residential aged care facility: the role of supported placements for first-year nursing students; Journal of Nursing Education
LGBTIQ Tasmanians and Tasmania Police
Making sense of partnerships - A study of police and housing department collaboration for tackling drug and related problems on public housing estates
Measuring consumer access, appraisal and application of services and information for dementia (CAAASI-Dem): a key component of dementia literacy; BMC Geriatrics
Nursing students' preferences for professional experience placement: Investigation of 8 years of student placement management system data; NETNEP 2016, 6th International Nurse Education Conference
Pain assessment in older adults with dementia: An exploratory pilot study of paramedic students’ perceptions of the utility of two validated assessment tools; Australasian Journal of Paramedicine
Quality clinical placements: The perspectives of undergraduate nursing students and their supervising nurses; Nurse Education Today
Review of the Road Safety (Alcohol and Drugs) Amendment Act 2005
The Social Norms approach: Reducing alcohol-related harm amongst rural Tasmanian high school students; 6th Australia and New Zealand Youth Conference
Trialling 'Social Norms' Strategies for Minimising Alcohol-Related Harm Among Rural Youth'(Social Norms Analysis Project) - Final Evaluation Report
Vandalism in Launceston
Workshops on diagnosis and management of dementia for general practitioners: a pre-post intervention study of dementia knowledge; BMJ Open
Youth Gangs and Youth Violence: Charting the Key Dimensions; The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology

Research Projects

Evaluating the impact of traffic infringement cautions

Research Candidate Supervision