I am a the co-Director of the Disrupting Violence Beacon and a Professor of Law, Griffith University. I am also a member of the Australian Research Council, College of Experts and a Fellow of the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences. I was the Deputy Chair of the Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council from 2016-2025. My area of research expertise is in Indigenous criminal justice issues. I am currently working on an ARC funded project that examines the use of Aboriginal Community Justice Reports in sentencing.

Experience

  • 2022–present
    Co-Director, Disrupting Violence Beacon, Griffith University

Education

  • 2005 
    Griffith University, PhD

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