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A/Prof Larissa Sandy is an Associate Professor in Criminology at the University of Nottingham. Currently, Larissa is leading research aimed at enhancing reporting mechanisms for sex workers in Nottingham. The project is a collaboration with POW Nottingham, a local sex worker support organisation, that involves integrating the expertise of diverse stakeholders to foster a safer, more responsive environment. The research is not only informing academic discourse but also translating into tangible societal benefits.

Prior to joining Criminology at Nottingham, she was a Senior Lecturer in Criminology & Justice Studies at RMIT University. Larissa specialises in sex work and human trafficking, having researched with sex workers in Australia and Asia-Pacific for over twenty-five years and has published widely on the issue. In Australia, Larissa completed a large-scale project on the career development needs of sex workers in Victoria, which included working with a team of sex worker peer researchers and was a prestigious Vice Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Criminology at Flinders University, with her work exploring Cambodia’s human trafficking laws.

Experience

  • 2024–present
    Associate Professor in Criminology, University of Nottingham
  • 2021–2024
    Assistant Professor in Criminology, University of Nottingham
  • 2017–2020
    Senior Lecturer in Criminology & Justice Studies, RMIT University
  • 2014–2017
    Lecturer in Justice Studies, RMIT University
  • 2012–2014
    Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow in Criminology, Flinders University
  • 2009–2011
    Research Fellow, ARCSHS, La Trobe University
  • 2008–2009
    Research Analyst, Australian Institute of Criminology

Education

  • 2022 
    University of Melbourne , Graduate Certificate in University Teaching
  • 2007 
    Australian National University, PhD
  • 2000 
    Curtin University, BA (Hons)

Publications

  • 2024
    LGB women and sex work, in Sage encyclopedia of LGBTQ studies [co-authored with Angela Dwyer] , Sage
  • 2023
    Reentry support in Victoria, Australia: Managing risk, or fostering agency? [co-authored with Kate Kennedy and Marietta Martinovic] , Journal of Offender Rehabilitation
  • 2023
    Supporting ex-prisoners before and during COVID-19: Is socially distanced integration possible? [co-authored with Kate Kennedy and Marietta Martinovic], Current Issues in Criminal Justice
  • 2021
    ‘It’s not designed for women at all’: Exploring service providers’ perspectives of working in the Victorian criminal justice system [co-authored with Gabriela Franich and Una Stone], Current Issues in Criminal Justice
  • 2019
    “Typical scripts” and their silences: Exploring myths about sexual violence and LGBTQ people from the perspectives of support workers [co-authored with Shaez Mortimer and Anastasia Powell], Current Issues in Criminal Justice
  • 2018
    Sex work, in the International encyclopaedia of Anthropology, Wiley-Blackwell
  • 2018
    Human trafficking on the global periphery: A terrible spectacle, in the Palgrave handbook on criminology and the global South, Palgrave
  • 2017
    Globalization and gender frontiers in the Global encyclopaedia of public administration, public policy and governance, Springer
  • 2014
    Women and sex work in Cambodia: Blood, sweat and tears, Routledge
  • 2013
    International agendas and sex worker rights in Cambodia, in Social activism in South East Asia, Routledge
  • 2012
    International politics, anti-trafficking measures and sex work in Cambodia in Labour migration and trafficking in Southeast Asia: Critical perspectives, Routledge
  • 2009
    “Behind closed doors”: Women’s experiences of bonded labour in the Cambodian sex industry, The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology
  • 2007
    Just choices: Representations of choice and coercion in sex work in Cambodia, The Australian Journal of Anthropology
  • 2006
    Sex work in Cambodia: Beyond the voluntary/forced dichotomy, Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

Grants and Contracts

  • 2023
    British Academy Innovation Fellowship
    Role:
    PI
    Funding Source:
    British Academy

Research Areas

  • Social And Cultural Anthropology (160104)
  • Criminological Theories (160204)
  • Crime Policy (160504)
  • Studies Of Asian Society (169903)
  • Gender Specific Studies (169901)
  • Causes And Prevention Of Crime (160201)

Contact Larissa for

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  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision