Stuart Thomas – The Conversation

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May 3, 2022

Giving ex‑prisoners public housing cuts crime and re‑incarceration – and saves money

Chris Martin, UNSW ; Eileen Baldry, UNSW ; Patrick Burton, University of Tasmania; Rebecca Reeve, UNSW ; Rob White, University of Tasmania; Ruth McCausland, UNSW , and Stuart Thomas, RMIT University

Finding stable housing is one of the biggest challenges facing prison leavers. Access to public housing has been found to flatten the curve on rates of recidivism.

Children currently in – or who have histories with – residential care services are more likely to have contact with the justice system. AAP/Julian Smith

May 16, 2017

How resilience can break the link between a ‘bad’ childhood and the youth justice system

Kathryn Daley, RMIT University and Stuart Thomas, RMIT University

Knowing why people with troubled childhoods may be more likely to engage in criminal activity is necessary to inform the development of effective prevention and early intervention initiatives.

Surprisingly few police have the knowledge and skills to know how to deal with people in crisis. Shutterstock

March 3, 2014

Training police to better respond to people with mental illness

James Ogloff, Swinburne University of Technology and Stuart Thomas, University of Wollongong

Police officers encounter people with mental illnesses every day, whether they are perpetrators, victims, or witnesses of crime. In 2013 alone, NSW police responded to more than 40,000 mental health incidents…

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