Jessica Woolley

(she/her)

Jessica Woolley is a Lecturer in Police Studies at the University of Tasmania. Jess' research interests include legal responses to family violence, technology-facilitated family violence, and the intersection between mental health and family violence. Jess received the Australia and New Zealand Society of Criminology PhD Candidate Award in 2024 for the best paper by a PhD candidate in criminology.

Experience

  • 2026–present
    Lecturer, University of Tasmania

Education

  • 2025 
    Deakin University, Doctor of Philosophy
  • 2021 
    Deakin University, Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
  • 2020 
    Monash University, Bachelor of Arts/Laws (Honours)

Publications

  • 2024
    Policing perpetrator suicide threats in family violence cases: competing priorities and contemporary challenges, Policing and Society
  • 2023
    Digital coercive control: barriers to victim/survivors’ help-seeking and risk management in Victoria, Journal of Gender-Based Violence

Contact Jessica for

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  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision