Biography

Dr Sally Kelty joined the TILES research team in July 2009. Dr Kelty has a Ph.D in Justice Studies/Social Psychology from Murdoch University, Western Australia and takes up a three year Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship on the ARC Linkage Grant, The Effectiveness of Forensic Science in the Criminal Justice System. Sally’s Ph.D developed a model of grievance escalation and explored methods for the measurement of violent sentiments in violent offenders. Sally has worked in both research and in clinical settings. Her clinical work in mental health started with assisting women discharged as psychiatric in-patients to reconnecting into the community. Then for the Department of Corrective Services in Western Australia (DoCS) she managed a case load of high-risk offenders on parole, preparing pre-sentence reports for higher courts, parole release reports and delivering one-on-one programs for domestic violence, aggression, drug use and various white-collar offences. Sally’s research career commenced at DoCS where she co-developed the Legal and Social Awareness Program for cognitively impaired adult offenders. She managed a three-year longitudinal National Health and Medical Research Council study exploring the psycho-social development of teenage mothers and their children. In 2007, Sally took up a one-year post-doc at University of Western Australian researching how urban design impacts on adolescent obesity, social risk and deviant behaviour.

My Current Research Interests

• Effective use of forensic science in policing and court outcomes;
• The use of forensic evidence in cyber bullying and child grooming proceedings;
• The use of forensic evidence in identifying and convicting environmental polluters, loggers, wildlife traders;
• Integrating urban planning principles in crime prevention programs to reduce juvenile crime in public space and parks;
• Policing urban violence and gangs;
• Rehabilitation program evaluation and development of risk prediction inventories for sexual and violent offending; and
• Developing psychological test batteries for recruitment of justice and law enforcement personnel.

Generally, I am interested in research that enhances policing/criminal justice agencies and law enforcement practices within our community.

Publications

A full Publications List is available on University of Tasmania - Web Access Research Portal (WARP)
(Research field - type in the surname of the academic)

Book Chapters

Kelty, S.F., Giles-Corti, B., & Zubrick, S.R. (2009). Physical activity and young people: The impact of the built environment in encouraging play, fun and being active. In N. P. Beaulieu (Ed.), Physical Activity and Children: New Research (pp. 7-33). New York; Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

Journal Articles

Kelty, S.F., Hall, G., & O’Brien-Malone, A. (2009). You have to hit some people! Endorsing violent sentiments and the experience of grievance escalation in Australia (Part 1: The in-depth interviews). Manuscript submitted for publication.

Kelty, S.F., Hall, G., & Watt, B. (2009). You have to hit some people! Endorsing violent sentiments and the experience of grievance escalation in Australia (Part 2: The measurement and criminogenic nature of justifications for violence). Manuscript submitted for publication.

Giles-Corti, B., Kelty, S. F., Zubrick, S. & Villaneuva, K. (Invited review) Encouraging active transport and physical activity in children and adolescents: How important is the built environment? Sports Medicine (in press accepted August 23rd, 2008)

Kelty, S.F., & Hall, G. The impact of the W.A. Police Royal Commission on attitudes towards the law, the justice system and the police. (2007, Unpublished Manuscript, Murdoch University)

Stevenson, S.F., Hall, G., & Innes, J.M. (2004). Rationalising criminal behaviour: The influence of criminal sentiments on socio-moral development in violent offenders and non-offenders. International Journal of Offender Therapy & Comparative Criminology, 48, 161-174.

Stevenson, S.F., Hall, G., & Innes, J.M. (2003). Socio-moral reasoning and criminal sentiments in Australian men and women violent offenders and non-offenders. International Journal of Forensic Psychology, 1, 111-119.

Research Reports

Kelty, S.F. (2009). The transitional living program: From home to independent community living for people with mild intellectual disability (training manuals, program assessment guides; information brochures). Perth, Western Australia: Westcare Incorporated.

Kelty, S.F. (2008). Moving on from dependencies for women: facilitators manual, assessment battery and program information (rehabilitation program guide for female offenders). Perth, Western Australia: Offender Services Branch, Department of corrective Services.

Kelty, S.F. (2008). A summary of normative, reliability, and validity statistics on the Justifications for Violence Scale. Perth, Western Australia: Murdoch University.

Kelty, S.F. (2006) Attitudes of offenders and victims towards alternatives to adjudication in court: A report on the outcomes of a restorative justice program. Perth, Western Australia: Murdoch University

Kelty, S.F., & Gardener, J. (2004). Legal and social awareness program: A report to the Western Australian Parole Board on the on the reliability and efficacy of the LASA program in reducing recidivism risk in male offenders. Perth, Western Australia: Offender Services Branch, Department of Justice.

Kelty, S.F., & Gardener, J. (2004). Legal and social awareness program: facilitators manual, assessment battery and program information (rehabilitation program guide for male offenders with mild cognitive impairment). Perth, Western Australia: Offender Services Branch, Department of Justice.