Griffith University

Honours and Awards

• 2010- ongoing - Member of the College Peer Reviewers of ESRC (UK)
• 2010 - International Reviewer ARC 3
• 2005- ongoing, International Assessor (Scholar of International Recognition) for the Australian Research Council
• 2008 Assessor The Prime Minister's Initiative for International Education (PMI2) (UK) Key Researcher Hawke Research Institute, University of South Australia
• 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005. 2006 Supported Researcher Award University of South Australia
• 2005, 2006 Supported Teacher Award for teaching excellence
  

Publications

Books

• Robb, S. O’Leary, P.J., Bishop, P. & MacKinnon, A. (2010). Hope: the everyday and imaginary life of young people on the margins. Wakefield Press. Adelaide.
• Day, A., O’Leary, P., & Chung, D., & Justo, D. (2009). Integrated Responses to Domestic Violence: Research and Practice Experiences in Working with Men. Federation Press. Annandale NSW. (Willan Publishing in the UK)
  

Chapters in Books

• O’Leary, P.J. (in press). ‘Caring for Hope: The Importance of Hope for Socially Excluded Young People’ in Stehlik, T. & Patterson, J. (eds) Changing the paradigm – education as the key to a socially inclusive future,
• O’Leary, P.J. (2007). ‘Working with Male Victims and Survivors’, in Flood, M., Gardiner J.L., Pease, B,. and Pringle, K. (eds), Routledge International Encyclopaedia of Men and Masculinities, Routledge, London.
• O’Leary, P.J. (2003). ‘Questions of forgiveness: Male sexual abuse’ in ‘Responding to violence: A collection of papers relating to child sexual abuse and violence in intimate relationships’, Dulwich Centre Publications, Adelaide, Australia.
• O’Leary, P.J. (2001). ‘Working with male victims of childhood sexual abuse’, Chapter 8 In B. Pease & P. Camilleri (eds) Working with Men in Human Services, Allen and Unwin, Melbourne, Australia.
• O’Leary, P.J. (1999). ‘Liberation from Self-blame: Working with men who have experienced childhood sexual abuse’, In Extending Narrative Therapy: A Collection of Practice- Based Papers, Dulwich Centre Publications, Adelaide, Australia.
  

Articles in Journals

• Day, A., Chung, D., O’Leary, P., Justo, D., Moore, S., & Carson, E. (in press) Integrated Responses to Domestic Violence: Legally Mandated Intervention Programmes for Male Perpetrators, Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, Australian Institute of Criminology: Canberra.
• Easton, S.D., Coohey, C., O’Leary, P.J., Zhang, Y., & Hua, L. (in press). ‘The Effect of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Psychosexual Functioning During Adulthood’, Journal of Family Violence (I.F.= 0.939)
• O’Leary, P., & Gould, N. (2010). ‘Exploring Coping Factors amongst Men Who Were
• Sexually Abused in Childhood’, British Jounral of Social Work, Advance Access, doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcq098 (I.F.= 1.139)4
• O’Leary, P.J., Coohey, C. & Easton, S (2010). ‘The Effect of Severe Child Sexual Abuse and Disclosure on Mental Health During Adulthood’, Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 19, 275-289.
• O’Leary, P.J. (2009). ‘Men who were Sexually Abused in Childhood: Psychological Functioning and Coping Strategies’, Child Abuse and Neglect, 33 (7), 471-479. (I.F.= 2.339)
• O’Leary, P.J., & Robb, S. (2009). ‘Young People on the Margins: Hope and Utopias as Prerequisites for Sustainability’, International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, 5 (4), 325-342.
• Potito, C., Day, A., Carson, E., & O’Leary, P.J. (2009). ‘Domestic Violence and Child Protection: Partnerships and Collaboration’, Australian Journal of Social Work, 62, (3), 369-387.
• Day, A., Chung, D., O’Leary, P., & Carson, E. (2009). Programs for men who perpetrate domestic violence: An examination of the issues underlying the effectiveness of intervention programs. Journal of Family Violence, 24, 203-212. (I.F.= 0.939)
  
• Gollan, S., & O’Leary, P.J. (2009)‘Teaching Culturally Competent Social Work Practice through Black and White Pedagogical Partnerships’, Social Work Education, 28, (7), 707-721.
• O’Leary, P., & Gould, N. (2009). ‘Men who were Sexually Abused in Childhood and Subsequent Suicidal Ideation: Community Comparison Explanations and Practice Implications’, British Journal of Social Work, 39, 950-968. (I.F.= 1.139)
• O’Leary, P.J., & Barber, J., (2008). ‘Gender Differences in Silencing Following Childhood Sexual Abuse’, Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 17 (2), 133-143
• Coohey, C., & O’Leary, P.J. (2008). ‘Mothers and protective actions when their child reports sexual abuse’, Journal of Child Abuse and Neglect, 32, 245-259 (I.F.=2.00)
• Chung, D., O’Leary, P.J., & Hand, T. (2006) ‘Sexual Violence Offenders: Prevention and Intervention Approaches’, Issues Paper No. 5, Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault, Melbourne, Australia
• O’Leary, P.J. ( 2004). ‘Integrating a narrative approach to men who have been sexually abused in childhood: negotiating a relationship to challenge hegemonic masculinity’, Journal of Brief Therapy, Volume 3 (2), 153-169.
• O’Leary, P.J. (2002). ‘Questions of forgiveness: Male sexual abuse and the church’, International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work No 4.
• Carey, M., Trudinger, M., Boyd, C., O’Leary, P.J., & Tully, D. (2000). ‘Working with young homeless men and violence – A gathering of communities’, Dulwich Centre Journal No.9 Dulwich Centre Publications, Adelaide, Australia.
• O’Leary, P.J. (1999). ‘Reflections on Weaving New stories over the phone: An invitation into complexities’, Gecko, Dulwich Centre Publications, Adelaide, Australia, vol.3, pp. 51-55
• O’Leary, P.J. (1998). ‘Liberation from Self-blame: Working with men who have experienced childhood sexual abuse’, Dulwich Centre Journal No.4, 21-40., Dulwich Centre Publications, Adelaide, Australia. *I.F.= Impact Factor
  

Published Catalogues and Exhibitions

• Robb, S., Mackinnon, A., Bishop, P., O’Leary, P.J., & Hart, A. (2008) ‘Hope: The Utopian Imagination of Young People on the Margins’ , Adelaide Festival of Arts, University of South Australia and the Migration Museum, ISBN 978-0-646-48738-0
  

Prefaces or Forwards

• O’Leary, P.J. (2009). Forward in Child Protection Tool Kit for Schools edited by Koller, A for the Albanian Ministry of Education and Science and Terre des homes Albania.
  

Commissioned Government Reports

• O’Leary, P.J. Chung, D., & Zannettino, L. (2004). ‘Comparative assessment of good practice in programs for perpetrators of domestic violence’, Partnerships Against Domestic Violence, Office of Status of Women, Prime Minister and Cabinet, Commonwealth of Australia.
• Chung, D., O’Leary, P.J., & Zannettino, L. (2004). ‘National research into Good Practice in Integrated Programs for perpetrators of domestic violence’, Partnerships Against Domestic Violence, Office of Status of Women, Prime Minister and Cabinet, Commonwealth of Australia.
• O’Leary, P.J., & Birchmore, K. (2004). ‘Male Survivors of Childhood Sexual Assault: Training, Education and Seminar Series Project’, Final Report, Department of Human Services, South Australian Government.
  

Commissioned Practice Guides

• O’Leary, P.J. & Squire, J. (2008). ‘Field and Research Capitalisations in Child Protection’, Terres des hommes, Switzerland
• O’Leary, P.J. & Squire, J. (2008). ‘Case Management: Systems and Accountability’, Social Work in Child Protection Projects, Terres des hommes, Switzerland
• O’Leary, P.J. (2003). ‘Good Practice Guide For Working With Men who have Experienced Childhood Sexual Abuse’, Collaborative Research Agenda, Adelaide Central Mission and Uniting Care Wesley, Adelaide, South Australia.
  

Commissioned Monograph/Reports

• O’Leary, P.J. (2008). ‘Child Protection Diagnostic and Evaluation Report: Review of Terre des hommes Emergency Project on Child Protection in El Geneina, West Darfur, Sudan’, Research Report, Terres des hommes and University of Bath, Lausanne, Switzerland.
• Chung, D., O’Leary, P.J., & Hand, T. (2007). ‘The Body Shop Australia’s survey of community attitudes, understandings and responses to abuse in relationships 2006: A summary of findings’, The Body Shop Australia Pty Ltd, Melbourne.
• O’Leary, P.J. (2007). ‘Final Review of Terre des hommes Emergency Project on Child Protection in the Mansehra district, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan’, Research Report, Terres des hommes and University of Bath, Lausanne, Switzerland.
• O’Leary, P.J. (2007). ‘Review of Terre des hommes Emergency Project on Child Protection Albania’, Research Report, Terres des hommes and University of South Australia, Lausanne, Switzerland.
• O’Leary, P.J. (2006). ‘Review of Terre des hommes Emergency Project on Child Protection in the Mansehra district, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan’, Research Report, Terres des hommes and University of South Australia, Lausanne, Switzerland.
• O’Leary, P.J. (2006). ‘Child Protection in Post Tsunami Sri Lanka: Case and Risk Management Strategies’, Research Report, Terres des hommes and University of South Australia, Lausanne, Switzerland.
• O’Leary, P.J. and Richardson, T. (2006) Domestic Violence Risk Assessment Development Project, a collaborative project of the Research and Education Unit on Gendered Violence, School of Social Work and Social Policy, University of South Australia, Community Corrections, South Australian Department for Correctional Services, 6 Central Violence Intervention Program, Northern Violence Intervention Program, Department of Correctional Services, South Australian State Government, May 2006
  

Technical Reports and Other Publications (nonrefereed)

• Gollan, S., O’Leary, P.J., & Stacey, K. (2004). ‘Black-white teaching partnership: Social Work in Indigenous Contexts’, Report on Teaching and Learning Grant, Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences, University of South Australia.
• O’Leary, P.J., Richards, J., Chung, D., & Zannettino, L. (2004). ‘Evaluation of Project Safer: Police responses to domestic violence on the Gold Coast’, Gold Coast Domestic Violence Service and Queensland Police.
• O’Leary, PJ (2001). ‘Working with men who have experienced sexual assault’, Department of Human Services, Yarrow Place –Sexual Assault Services.
  
• O’Leary, P.J. (2001). ‘An evaluation of group work with men who have experienced childhood sexual abuse’, Department of Human Services, Inner Southern Community Health Service.
• O’Leary, P.J. (1998). ‘Men who have experienced child sexual assault: an interview with Patrick O’Leary’, XY Men Sex Politics: Pro-feminist Magazine for Men.
• van Santen, J. (1997). ‘Sex-abused men hide in behaviour’, interview with Patrick O’Leary, GP NEWS, November 1997 edition.
  

Refereed Conference Contributions (unpublished)

• O’Leary. PJ. (2010). Social Work and Child Protection in Humanitarian Emergencies, Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development The Agenda, Hong Kong, China, June 2010.
• O’Leary. PJ. & Gould, N. (2010). Mental Health and Coping Strategies of Men Sexually Abused in Childhood, Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development The Agenda, Hong Kong, China, June 2010.
• Teater, B. & O’Leary. PJ. (2010). Hope and Social Work: The interface of research, education, policy, and practice, Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development The Agenda, Hong Kong, China, June 2010.
• O’Leary. PJ. & Gould, N. (2010). Mental Health Functioning of Men Sexually Abused in Childhood: Community Comparisons and Coping Strategies The 6th International Conference on Social Workin Health and Mental Health, Dublin, Ireland, June 2010.
• Gould, N. & O’Leary. PJ. (2010). Unpacking Coping and Resiliency Factors Amongst Men who were Sexually Abused in Childhood, The 6th International Conference on Social Workin Health and Mental Health, Dublin, Ireland, June 2010.
• O’Leary. PJ. & Gould (2010). Mental Health Outcomes amongst Men Sexually Abused in Childhood and their Attempts to Cope, MaleSurvivor 2010 International Conference March 18-21, 2010 at John Jay College / New York City, USA
  
• O’Leary, P.J. ( 2009). (invited). ‘Coping and Resilience amongst Men Sexually Abused in Childhood, International Conference on Coping and Resilience, Dubrovnik-Cavtat, October, 3-6, 2009.
• O’Leary, P.J. ( 2009). (invited) ‘Child Rights, Citizenship, and Protection in Humanitarian Emergencies’, Children and the Law: International approaches to children and their vulnerabilities, Prato, Italy, 7-10 September, 2009.
• O’Leary, P., & Gould, N. (2009). Mental health and coping strategies of men sexually abused in childhood, 3rd Annual Mental Health Social Work CPD Conference Connecting Children's and Adult Mental Health Services: A Lifespan Perspective, Kings College, London, and 3rd July, 2009. 7
• O’Leary, P., & Gould, N. (2009). ‘Men who were sexually abused in childhood and subsequent suicidal ideation: community comparison, explanations and practice implications’, 11th UK Joint Social Work Education Conference with the 3rd UK Social Work Research Conference, University of Hertfordshire, de Havilland Campus, 8-10 July 2009.
  O’Leary, P.J., & Robb, S. (2009).‘Young People on the Margins: Hope and Utopias as Prerequisites for Sustainability’, Fifth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, University of Technology, Mauritius, 5- 7 January.
• O’Leary, P.J. (2007). (Plenary Speaker) ‘Psychosocial support; Structure and accountability’, ‘New Political Impetus and Instruments for the Humanitarian Aid Policy’, Annual Conference of Humanitarian Aid Partners of the European Commission, Brussels, 10-11 December 2007.
• O’Leary, P.J. (2007). (Invited Speaker) ‘Best Practices in Child Protection: Case Management Systems’, ‘New Political Impetus and Instruments for the Humanitarian Aid Policy’, Annual Conference of Humanitarian Aid Partners of the European Commission, Brussels, 10-11 December 2007.
• O’Leary, P.J. (2007) (Invited Speaker). ‘Liberation from Self Blame: Research based therapeutic responses to men sexually abused in childhood’, The 2007 Male Survivor International Conference: Relief, Recovery and Restoration, Helping men heal from sexual abuse, October 25-28 2007, John Jay College, New York City, NY, United States of America
  
• O’Leary, P.J. (Invited Speaker) (2006) ‘The response to family violence: system and practice strategies’ Australian Institute of Judicial Administrators, 23-24 February 2006, Radisson Hotel, Adelaide.
• O’Leary, P.J. and Birchmore, K. B. (2006). ‘Heteronormativity: Intersections and the effects of childhood sexual abuse in the lives of men and women survivors’, Hetero Factory Conference - Challenging Normativity in School and Working Life, 13-15 June, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Linköping University Norrköping, Sweden
• O’Leary, P.J. (2006) (Invited Speaker) ‘Domestic Violence and Children: System and Therapeutic Responses to Keep Children Safe’, 2006 Conference: Children Exposed to Violence, Child Abuse Council and The Mississippi Valley Child Protection Center, May 4th, Beettendorf, Iowa, United States of America
• O’Leary, P.J. (2006) (Invited Speaker) ‘Liberation from Self Blame; Working with men who have experienced childhood sexual abuse’, 2006 Conference: Children Exposed to Violence, Child Abuse Council and The Mississippi Valley Child Protection Center, May 4th, Beettendorf, Iowa, United States of America
  
• O’Leary, P.J. (2006) (Keynote Speaker) ‘Male violence: Whose issue? & What crisis? – Setting the agenda for change’, South Australian Domestic Violence and Indigenous Family Violence Action Groups Conference, 21st & 22nd September, Balyana, Conference Centre, Adelaide
• O’Leary, P.J. (2005) ‘Social Work Education on Gendered Violence: A Core Requirement for Contemporary Social Work Practice’, 18th Asia-Pacific Social Work Conference, 20- 24th September 2005, Seoul, South Korea
• O’Leary, P.J. (2005) (Invited speaker and panellist) ‘Research findings for Family Relationship Service Programs work with Perpetrators of Domestic Violence’, National Conference for FRSP Providers, Commonwealth Government, 28-29th July, Melbourne, Victoria
• O’Leary, P.J. (2005) (Invited speaker) ‘Findings from PADV Research: Working with Men who use violence’, Showcasing Conference on Best Practice with Domestic Violence,8 office for the Status of Women, Commonwealth Government, and Office for Women’s Policy, Victorian State Government, Melbourne, Victoria.
• O’Leary, P.J. (2005) ‘Male victims of child sexual abuse and suicidal ideation’, International Association for Suicide Prevention World Congress, Durban, South Africa, World Congress of Suicide Prevention, 13-16th September 2005
• O’Leary, P.J. (2005) (Keynote Speaker) ‘Understanding masculinity, and the perpetration of violence against women and children’, Midwifes Conference: Domestic Violence & Rape: Your role?, April 2005, Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide
• Raheim, S., & O'Leary, P.J. (2004). ‘Preparing Social Work Students for Culturally Competent Practice: A Comparative Analysis’, Global Social Work 2004 Congress, 2 –5 October 2004, Adelaide, Australia.
• O’Leary, P.J. (2004). ‘Disclosure, Later Discussion and Psychological Functioning of Men who were Sexually Abused as Children’, Victimisation of Children and Youth: An International Research Conference, University of New Hampshire, Sheraton Harborside Hotel, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, July 11- 14.
• O’Leary, P.J. (2003). (Invited Speaker and Panellist) ‘Homophobia and Paedophilia and the construction of identity for males who have been subjected to childhood sexual abuse’, ‘Sexuality After Foucault’ Conference, University of Manchester, November 2003, Manchester, United Kingdom.
• O’Leary, P.J. (2003). (Invited Speaker) ‘Working with Men who have experienced Childhood Sexual Assault’, Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault International Conference, July 2003, Gold Coast, Australia.
• O’Leary, P.J. (2003). (Keynote Speaker) ‘Domestic Violence and Perpetrator Programs’, Western Australian Regional Domestic Violence Conference, 25th November, 2003, Perth, Australia.
• O’Leary, P.J., Chung, D., Colley, D., Zannettino, L., North, R., & Birchmore, K. (2003) ‘If only the practice was as easy as the theory: developing and sustaining integrated approaches to domestic violence’, Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault International Conference, July 2003, Gold Coast, Australia.
• O’Leary, P.J., Chung, D., Colley, D., Zannettino, L., North, R., & Birchmore, K. (2003) ‘Getting clear about the purpose: what are the expectations of programs for men who use violence?’, Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault International Conference, July 2003, Gold Coast, Australia.
• O’Leary, P.J. (2002). (Invited Presenter) ‘Working with men who have experienced childhood sexual abuse: practice approaches’, International Narrative Therapy and Community Work Conference, June 2002, Atlanta, United States of America.
• O’Leary, P.J. (2001). ‘Disclosure and predicting psychological outcome for males who have experienced childhood sexual abuse’, National Conference on Male Sexual Victimisation, October 2001, John Jay College, New York City, United States of America.
• O’Leary, P.J. (2001). (Invited Presenter) ‘Speaking the Unspeakable: Men disclosing experiences of childhood sexual abuse’, National Conference on Male Sexual Victimisation, October 2001, John Jay College, New York City, United States of America.
• O’Leary, P.J. (2001). ‘Collaborative and Innovative Responses to Partnership for Universities and Service Organisations’, Asia Pacific Social Work Conference, July 2001, Singapore.
• O’Leary, P.J. (2001). ‘The Impact of Homophobia on Males who have been subjected to childhood sexual abuse’, International Conference on Narrative Therapy and Community Work, February 2001, Adelaide, Australia. 9
• O’Leary, P.J. (2000). (Keynote Speaker) ‘Considerations for working with males who have experienced childhood sexual abuse’, New Directions For Working With Males and Sexual Assault, State Forum for Victorian Centres Against Sexual Assault, 12th May 2000, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
• O’Leary, P.J. (2000). ‘Gender differences in disclosure and psychological outcome for adults who have experienced childhood sexual abuse’, Family futures: issues in research and policy, 7th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Sydney, Australia.
• O’Leary, P.J. (1997). ‘Working with men who have experienced child sexual abuse’, Concurrent session of National Family Therapy Conference, Adelaide, South Australia.