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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Key Contacts

Program Director - Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Dr Emily Hurren Paterson

Program Director - Bachelor of Psychological Science/Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Dr Natasha Madon

Student Engagement Coordinator

Dr Li Eriksson

First Year and Commencing Student Coordinator

To be advised

Program Director, Open Universities

Dr Jeffrey Ackerman

AEL Higher Degree by Research Advocate

Associate Professor Keiran Hardy

Higher Degree by Research Program Co-Convenors

Dr Kirsten Besemer

Associate Professor Stacy Tzoumakis

Program Director - Postgraduate Programs

Associate Professor Jacqueline Drew

Program Director - Honours Program

Dr Katie Hail-Jares

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

Ms Deb Waldron

Criminology Undergraduate Research Internship Program (CURIP) Coordinator

Dr Andrew Childs

Equity Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator

Dr Rachel Dioso-Villa

Online Coordinator/LMS Champion

Dr Jeffrey Ackerman

Workplace Integrated Learning (WIL) Coordinator

Associate Professor Lyndel Bates