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Our staff are outstanding teachers and scholars. Their service to students, the practitioner community and scholarship has been recognised both locally and internationally.With experts in fields such as crime analysis, policing, restorative justice, forensic psychology and much more, we can offer you expert knowledge based on cutting edge research.
CCJ Executives
Head of School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Professor Jason Payne
Professor Jason Payne research focuses on drugs and crime, youth crime, harm reduction and criminal justice program evaluation. Jason is a mixed-method researcher with particular expertise in the quantitative measurement of recidivism and other criminal justice evaluation methodologies.Deputy Head of School (Learning and Teaching)
Associate Professor Troy Allard
Associate Professor Troy Allard’s research expertise improves knowledge about the causes and prevention of serious and persistent youth offending, including a focus on program design and evaluation.Deputy Head of School (Research)
Associate Professor Danielle Harris
Associate Professor Harris uses a narrative approach to examine sexual offending across the life course. She has focused on various elements of the criminal career including onset, specialization, escalation, recidivism, and desistance, and is committed using her work to inform public policy.Staff List
Key Contacts
Program Director - Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Program Director - Bachelor of Psychological Science/Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Student Engagement Coordinator
First Year and Commencing Student Coordinator
To be advised
Program Director, Open Universities
AEL Higher Degree by Research Advocate
Associate Professor Keiran Hardy
Higher Degree by Research Program Co-Convenors
Associate Professor Stacy Tzoumakis
Program Director - Postgraduate Programs
Associate Professor Jacqueline Drew
Program Director - Honours Program
CCJ Industry Engagement Co-Convenors
Associate Professor Lyndel Bates
Associate Professor Jesse Cale
Academic Excellence Society (ACES) Coordinator
To be advised
A/Criminology Student Society (CSS) Coordinator
Criminology Undergraduate Research Internship Program (CURIP) Coordinator
Equity Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator
Online Coordinator/LMS Champion
Workplace Integrated Learning (WIL) Coordinator
Associate Professor Lyndel Bates
Academic staff
- Dr Andrew Childs
- Dr Ausma Bernot
- Dr Belinda Crissman
- Professor Benoit Leclerc
- Ms Caitlin Davey
- Dr Carleen Thompson
- Dr Chloe Keel
- Associate Professor Danielle Harris
- Dr David Bartlett
- Dr Elise Sargeant
- Dr Emily Hurren-Paterson
- Dr Hai Luong
- Ms Jaana Haaja
- Associate Professor Jacqueline Drew
- Dr Jacqueline Allen
- Dr James Ogilvie
- Professor Janet Ransley
- Mr Jared Walters
- Professor Jason Payne
- Dr Jeff Ackerman
- Associate Professor Jesse Cale
- Professor John Rynne
- Associate Professor Justin Ready
- Dr Katie Hail-Jares
- Professor Kathleen Daly
- Dr Kiseong Kuen
- Associate Professor Keiran Hardy
- Mr Kerry Wimshurst
- Dr Kirsten Besemer
- Dr Lacey Schaefer
- Dr Li Eriksson
- Associate Professor Louise Porter
- Associate Professor Lyndel Bates
- Dr Margo van Felius
- Professor Martine Powell
- Professor Michael Townsley
- Dr Michelle Sydes
- Professor Molly Dragiewicz
- Associate Professor Nadine Connell
- Dr Natasha Madon
- Dr Rachel Dioso-Villa
- Professor Rebecca Wickes
- Associate Professor Samantha Jeffries
- Associate Professor Stacy Tzoumakis
- Professor Susan Dennison
- Professor Susanne Karstedt
- Professor Tara McGee
- Professor Tina Murphy
- Associate Professor Troy Allard
- Dr William Wood
Adjunct Staff
- Emeritus Professor Ross Homel
- Professor Clifford Shearing