For the media
Please find below a list of our academic staff and their areas of speciality and expertise. Hyperlinks will lead to more detailed information about each person’s research and publications.
The Sydney Institute of Criminology is a leading Australian and international centre for research and teaching in critical and practical criminology. As such we are keen (within the restrictions of the academic workloads of our staff) to participate in and inform public debate and to provide factual and theoretical input into, or comment on, issues in the news and current affairs. Apart from our own academic staff we also have access to postgraduate students, academics from other Australian and international institutions and professionals working in the various criminological areas.
Please contact this office in the first instance by email (k.moore@usyd.edu.au) or phone (02 9351 0239, 0418 235889), giving as much information as possible. We will endeavour to respond immediately and will put you in touch with the person who can best help with your particular enquiry.
Dr Murray Lee (Institute Director)
www.law.usyd.edu.au/about/staff/MurrayLee/
- Fear of crime and moral panics
- Civic unrest,
- Social exclusion (and inclusion), marginalisation, inequality and disadvantage
- Crime and the community, the politics of law and order
- Architecture and design with regards to crime and community
Associate Professor Gail Mason (Institute Director)
www.law.usyd.edu.au/about/staff/GailMason/
- Hate crime: including assault, vilification, discrimination, homophobia, racism
- Organised hatred: ‘far right’/neo nazi/white supremacist/extremist groups and organisations; how they operate, who they are
- Sexuality and the law: Gender issues, domestic violence (a more theoretical perspective)
Professor Mark Findlay
www.law.usyd.edu.au/about/staff/MarkFindlay/
- Policing
- International governance and law
- Globalised crime
Professor Julie Stubbs
www.law.usyd.edu.au/about/staff/JulieStubbs/
- Violence against women
- Battered Women Syndrome
- Homicide and self defence
- Domestic violence and child contact
- Gender, race and class issues in criminology
Dr Thalia Anthony
www.law.usyd.edu.au/about/staff/ThaliaAnthony/
- Indigenous people and the law (e.g. NT Intervention, sentencing, offending)
- Domestic violence and indigenous people
- Civil liability especially with regards to police
Dr Arlie Loughnan
www.law.usyd.edu.au/about/staff/ArlieLoughnan/
- Mentally disordered defendants
- Criminal defences in general, especially with regards to mental illness or incapacity
- The politics of the law
- Clarification of the law and legal decisions or aspects of cases (NSW, Commonwealth and also UK law)
- Juries
Graeme Coss
www.law.usyd.edu.au/about/staff/GraemeCoss/
- Homicide
- Defences, especially the defence of provocation
Professor Terry Carney
- Drugs, drug law and policy