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Thesis Topics & Supervisors - Criminology

The following is a list of criminology postgraduates and their thesis topics. If you are a postgraduate student in criminology and would like to have your name added or removed from this list, or if you would like to have your email or and abstract listed as well, you can do so simply by contacting our Postgraduate Coordinator Sue.Stevenson@monash.edu

PhD
Name Thesis Title / Topic Supervisor/s
Crystal Bruton Intimate partner homicide in the context of separation: A re-examination of the issues Dr Danielle Tyson / Dr Jo Lindsay
Emma Colvin Balancing community safety and individual liberty: How bail support services can reduce the need to remand a defendant in custody Prof. Jude McCulloch / Dr Bree Carlton
Kate Fitz-Gibbon Till death do us part: Judging the men who kill their intimate partners Dr Danielle Tyson / Assoc. Prof. Sharon Pickering
Alison Gerard Border securitization: Women’s experiences of extralegal exit, transit and destination Assoc. Prof. Sharon Pickering / Prof. Jude McCulloch
Rachel Hale Pathways to desistence: The experiences of young women pre, during and post-incarceration in Victoria Dr Anna Eriksson / Dr Bronwyn Naylor
Bridget Harris Street offences: The policing of public space, youth and the role of community legal centres Prof. Jude McCulloch / Dr Bree Carlton
Christine Kirtley An existential examination of the role that Drug Treatment Orders play in women’s desistance from crime Prof. Sharon Pickering / Prof. Jude McCulloch
James Martin  Do-it-yourself justice: Perspectives of informal policing in Zandspruit Prof. Jude McCulloch / Dr. Dean Wilson
Phoebe Fenton A study of male victims of stalking in rural Australia Dr Anna Eriksson / Dr Danielle Tyson
Emma Ryan Below the belt? Sub-lethal weapons use by police in Australia Prof. Jude McCulloch / Dr Bree Carlton
Sarah Segal Youth migration, identity and security: An Australian case study Assoc. Prof. Sharon Pickering / Dr Marie Segrave
Michelle Sibinek  The application of anti-stalking legislation Dr Anna Eriksson / Assoc. Prof. Colleen Lewis
Alita Spratling Drug trafficking discourses: The state, borders and transnational crime control Prof. Jude McCulloch / Dr Dean Wilson
Kelly Sundberg Comparing approaches to immigration enforcement: A study of Canada and Australia Prof. Jude McCulloch / Assoc. Prof. Sharon Pickering
Francesco Vecchio  Unwanted people in Hong Kong: How global cities force migrants to cope with illegality Assoc. Prof. Sharon Pickering / Assoc. Prof. Dharma Arunachalam
Laura Vitis The age of innocence and the new child pornography Prof. Sharon Pickering / Dr Marie Segrave
Richard Watkins Developing a model of intervention to reduce road trauma amongst young people based on incentives and restorative justice Dr Anna Eriksson / Prof. Max Cameron
Meron Wondemaghen Mental illness and violent crime: Perceptions from the Victorian media and courts Assoc. Prof. Colleen Lewis / Dr Bronwyn Naylor
Master of Arts
Name Thesis Title / Topic Supervisor/s
Maie Noweir Supporting victims of human trafficking: An analysis of the Australian response Prof. Sharon Pickering / Dr Marie Segrave
David Vakalis How to boil a frog: Counterterrorism, mission creep and outlaw motorcycle clubs In Australia Prof. Jude McCulloch / Dr Bree Carlton
Completed
Name Thesis Title / Topic Supervisor/s Level Year
Asher Flynn Secret deals and bargained justice: Lifting the veil of secrecy surrounding plea bargaining in Victoria (under examination) Prof. Jude McCulloch / Dr. Dean Wilson PhD 2010
Lucinda Jordan Seeing place: Young people, homelessness and violence Assoc. Prof. Sharon Pickering / Dr Marie Segrave PhD 2011
Kimberley Shirley  Living with violence: Participatory approaches in transitional justice Dr Anna Eriksson / Assoc. Prof. Sharon Pickering MA 2011
Sanja Milivojevic Sex trafficking in Serbia and Australia Assoc. Prof. Sharon Pickering / Dr. Dean Wilson PhD 2007
Tamara Morozoff The politics of prostitution: An analysis of Victorian prostitution legislation Assoc. Prof. Colleen Lewis PhD 2006
Annie Pettitt Out of step or stepping out? A human rights impact assessment framework for policing Assoc. Prof. Sharon Pickering / Prof. Jude McCulloch PhD 2009
Marie Segrave Restoring order: Statecraft, the border and sex trafficking Assoc. Prof. Sharon Pickering / Dr. JaneMaree Maher PhD 2007
Vicki Sentas Traces of terror: Counter-terrorism law and policing in Australia Assoc. Prof. Sharon Pickering / Prof. Jude McCulloch PhD 2009
Laura Wilson Stoned, peaking and hanging out: Dependent and recreational drug users perceptions of drug driving in Melbourne, Victoria Prof. Jude McCulloch / Dr. Dean Wilson PhD 2011