PhD Candidate
Jurel Yap is a PhD candidate at Griffith University's School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Previous to his PhD, he was a Program Manager and Statistician at the Ateneo Policy Center, School of Government, Ateneo de Manila University (Quezon City, Philippines).
His core research interests are in the intersection of quantitative methods and social science research, applied to geographical and survey data.
In addition to his doctoral research, Jurel has published articles on crime and punishment, political economy, political violence, youth, and misinformation, with a particular focus on the Philippines. His work has appeared in journals such as the Journal of Government and Economics, Economics of Governance, Asian Journal of Comparative Politics, and the Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs.
Research Topic
Stunted by the prison cycle: the impact of high imprisonment on young people.
Jurel’s research investigates the impact of high local imprisonment rates on young people at the community level in Australia. He uses linked administrative datasets at a small geographical level to explore interesting relationships with data.
Supervisors
Dr Kirsten Besemer
Professor Susanne Karstedt
Areas of interest
Communities and young people
Quantitative methods applied to social and geographic data
Political economy
Survey methods
Membership
Recent publications
Deinla, I., Yap, J., Mendoza, G., Baller, K. & Domigo, C (2024). Punitiveness and atrocity: Why do some Filipinos support mass violence? Punishment & Society Journal, volume 27, issue 2, 296-314
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