Fields of Research

Police administration, procedures and practice
Causes and prevention of crime
Criminological theories
Higher education
Sociolinguistics
Sociological studies of crime
Social determinants of health
Sociology of migration, ethnicity and multiculturalism
Family and household studies
Sociology
Crime and social justice
Sociology of inequalities
Applied sociology, program evaluation and social impact assessment
Criminology
Victims
Health services and systems
Race/ethnicity and crime
Law, gender and sexuality (incl. feminist legal scholarship)
Correctional theory, offender treatment and rehabilitation
Gender and crime
Social theory
Counselling, wellbeing and community services
Sociology of family and relationships
Health and community services
Sociological methodology and research methods
Public law
Gender studies
Other Indigenous studies
Population trends and policies
Social change
Social policy
Sociology of culture
Health policy
Gender relations
Criminal law
Public policy
Social geography
Rural sociology

Research Objectives

Law enforcement
Criminal justice
Gender and sexualities
Ability and disability
Crime prevention
Pacific Peoples community services
Determinants of health
Work and labour market
Civil justice
Ageing and older people
Violence and abuse services
Expanding knowledge in human society
Health related to ageing
Justice and the law
Legal processes
Rehabilitation and correctional services
Families and family services
Religion and society
Specific population health (excl. Indigenous health)
Health status (incl. wellbeing)
Other health
Expanding knowledge in law and legal studies
Structure, delivery and resourcing
Community services
Citizenship and national identity
Multicultural services

Career Best Publications

A queer criminal career; Current Issues in Criminal Justice
Cripping criminology; Theoretical Criminology
Diversity and safety on campus @ Western: Heterosexism and cissexism in higher education; International Review of Victimology
Fear of heterosexism among sexuality and gender diverse staff and students; Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Policing Practices and Vulnerable People; Palgrave Macmillan
Positive ageing, neo-liberalism and Australian sociology; Journal of Sociology
Understanding the vicarious trauma and emotional labour of criminological research; Methodological Innovations
Unexceptional violence in exceptional times: disablist and ableist violence during the COVID-19 pandemic; International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy
Verbal and Textual Hostility in Context; Hate crime: concepts, policy, future directions

Research Publications

'Figurehead' hate crime cases: developing a framework for understanding and exposing the ‘problem’ with ‘disability’; Normality and Disability: Intersections Among Norms, Law, and Culture
'To prove I'm not incapable, I overcompensate': disability, ideal workers, the academy; Economic and Labour Relations Review
'We're led by stupid people': Exploring Trump's use of denigrating and deprecating speech to promote hatred and violence; Crime Law Soc Change
A federation of clutter: the bourgeoning language of vulnerability in Australian policing policies; Policing Encounters with Vulnerability
A governance of denial: hate crime in Australia and New Zealand; The Routledge International Handbook on Hate Crime
A queer criminal career; Current Issues in Criminal Justice
Ableism in higher education: the negation of crip temporalities within the neoliberal academy; Higher Education Research & Development
Anti-cosmopolitanism and 'ethnic cleansing' at Cronulla; Ocean to Outback: Cosmopolitanism in Contemporary Australia
Appreciating the Difference Roles of Community and State Based Responses to the Elimination of Violence; Eliminating Sexual Violence against Women: Towards a Global Initiative
Assistive Devices Intervention (ADI) Evaluative Research Program: Report to Community Based Support South (CBS) Inc
ATDC Consumer Engagement Strategy
Beyond Marriage: Remaining Challenges for L ond Marriage: Remaining Challenges for LGBTIQ Families amilies; Journal of Family Strengths
Chilla Bulbeck's Living Feminisms
Cisnormativity, criminalisation, vulnerability: Transgender people in prisons; Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies Briefing Paper
Conceptual divides and practice synergies in law enforcement and public health: some lessons from policing vulnerability in Australia; Policing and Society
Crime & Criminology; Oxford University Press
Crime and Criminology; Oxford University Press
Crime and Criminology; Oxford University Press
Crime and Deviance; The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory
Cripping criminology; Theoretical Criminology
Current Issues in Criminal Justice; Current Issues in Criminal Justice
Diversity and safety on campus @ Western
Diversity and safety on campus @ Western: Heterosexism and cissexism in higher education; International Review of Victimology
Divides and synergies in Australian law enforcement and public health; Journal of Drug Abuse
Expected but not accepted: victimisation, gender, and Islamophobia in Australia; International Review of Victimology
Fear of heterosexism among sexuality and gender diverse staff and students; Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Guest Editorial- Vulnerability and the Criminal Justice System; Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice
Home is where our story begins-a study of CALD LGBTQ people's relationships to family
Home is where our story begins: CALD LGBTIQ+ people’s relationships to family; Current Issues in Criminal Justice
Honour, violence and heteronormativity; International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy
in terrorem: 'with their tanks and their bombs, and their bombs and their guns, in your head'; Australian Journal of Sociology
In/visibility on campus? Gender and sexuality diversity in tertiary institutions; Higher Education
Introduction: queer(y)ing justice; Current Issues in Criminal Justice
Islamophobia in Australia - II (2016-2017)
Island of Ideas: public lecture series, #BlackLivesMatter; 2020 Social Sciences Week Forum
Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice; Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice
Journal of Family Strengths; Journal of Family Strengths
Law Enforcement, Public Health, and Vulnerability; Law Enforcement and Public Health: Partners for Community Safety and Wellbeing
LGBQ people and social justice; Routledge Handbook of Social, Economic, and Criminal Justice
LGBTIQ Tasmanians and Tasmania Police
LGBTQ+ People’s Experiences and Perceptions of Sexual Violence
Mapping cyber-enabled crime: understanding police investigations and prosecutions of cyberstalking; International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy
Measuring the tangible fear of heterosexist violence; Journal of Interpersonal Violence
No place like home: intrafamilial hate crime against men and lesbians; Queering Criminology
Police as public health interventionists; Policing encounters with vulnerability
Policing Encounters with Vulnerability; Palgrave Macmillan
Policing Ethnic Minorities: Disentangling a Landscape of Conceptual and Practice Tensions; The Palgrave Handbook of Ethnicity
Policing Practices and Vulnerable People; Palgrave Macmillan
Policing Vulnerability; The Federation Press
Policing vulnerable people; Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies Briefing Paper
Policing vulnerable people; Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies
Positive ageing, neo-liberalism and Australian sociology; Journal of Sociology
Race Riots on the Beach: A case for criminalising hate speech; Papers from the British Criminology Conference
Responding to Heterosexist Hate: A Gender Critique of Coalitionist Strategies in New South Wales; Women Against Violence Journal
Review and Evaluation of the Officer Next Door Program
Rural, Regional and Remote Police in Tasmania: Officer and Family Safety and Security
Safety and security in remote, rural, and regional policing; International Journal of Rural Criminology
Sexual Violence in Southern Tasmania: Research Report for Sexual Assault Support Service Tasmania
Sexuality at Work; New Zealand Journal of Industrial Relations
Speech Act Theory, Maledictive Force and the Adjudication of Vilification in Australia; New Talents 21C
Speech act theory, maledictive force and vilification in Australia; New Talents 21C: other contact zones
The dark figure of disablist violence; The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice
The Harms of Verbal and Textual Hatred; Hate Crimes: The Consequences of Hate Crime
The Role of Verbal-Textual Hostility in Hate Crime Regulation: Final Report
The Text and Context of Malediction: A Study of Antisemitic and Heterosexist Hate Violence; VDM Verlag
Time to get serious about police education; National Policing Institute
Understanding the vicarious trauma and emotional labour of criminological research; Methodological Innovations
Unexceptional violence in exceptional times: disablist and ableist violence during the COVID-19 pandemic; International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy
Verbal and Textual Hostility in Context; Hate crime: concepts, policy, future directions
Vulnerability and Diversity in Policing; Policing Vulnerability
Vulnerability as a Contemporary Challenge for Policing; Policing Encounters with Vulnerability
Vulnerable People Policing: A Preparatory Framework for Operationalising Vulnerability; Policing Vulnerability
‘Figurehead’ hate crime cases: developing a framework for understanding and exposing the ‘problem’ with ‘disability’; Continuum
“We deal with very weird, like just strange, not always, policing matters”: Small town policing in rural, regional, & remote communities in Tasmania
“We will build a great wall”: domination, criminalization, and expatriation in Trump campaign and rally speeches; International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy

Research Projects

What is 'Positive Ageing'? A Comparative Study of Rural and Regional Tasmania; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
ARCDW Scholarship Disability and Criminal Justice
Assistive Devices Intervention Project
ATDC consumer and community engagement
Relationships Between LGBTIQ Tasmanians and Tasmania Police
Review and Evaluation of the Officer Next Door Program
Sexual Assault and LGBTQ communities
Sexual violence in southern Tasmania
Home is Where Our Story Begins: CALD LGBTIQ+ People’s Relationships with Family
Sexual Health and Attitudes of Australian Prisoners 2

Research Candidate Supervision

Health Informatics, Discourses and the Use of Personal Health Information- Which piper, which tune and who pays?
The meaning of higher education in refugee resettlement experiences for students studying at the University of Tasmania