Biography
Sally has a PhD in Legal Studies and Psychology and a Bachelor of Commerce in industrial relations and management from Murdoch University. She has worked in research, Human Resources in private industry and in clinical settings as a provisionally registered psychologist. Her PhD developed a model of grievance escalation and explored methods for effective psychometric measurement of criminogenic variables in violent offender populations. Her clinical work includes community mental health, intellectual disability sector and Department of Corrective Services in Western Australia. Her industry research work includes: development of prison based rehabilitation programs domestic violence, substance use and generalist offending programs for men and women; independent community living programs; development of psychological test batteries.
Sally has worked on several health related projects including the management of a three-year longitudinal study exploring the experiences and outcomes for teenage mothers and their children, and also headed up the adolescent program within a health promotion development grant for safer and healthier urban design planning for adolescents.
She joined TILES in July 2009 as a post-Doctoral Research Fellow working primarily on a 5-year ARC linkage project investigating the effectiveness of forensic evidence in criminal investigations and court outcomes.
Sally is the Chief Investigator on a NIFS-funded project on ‘The Interfaces between Science, Medicine and Law Enforcement’ and a supervisor for an AFP-funded PhD candidate whose project is on ‘Communicating scientific expert opinion: What do forensic scientists say and what do police, lawyers and the jury hear?’.
Research Interests
- Effective use of forensic science
- Psychological testing and recruitment
- Leadership development and staff morale and retention
- Forensic psychology and law
- Social psychology of behaviour change
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)
Kelty, S.F., & Julian, R. (2012). The 7-key Attributes of Good Crime Scene Examiners: Brief Report. Tasmanian Institute of Law enforcement Studies, Hobart, Tasmania.
Kelty, S.F. (2012). The Measure of Attributions and Problem Solving (MAPS ): Psychometric assessment guide and scoring key. Hobart, Tasmania: University of Tasmania.
Julian, R.D., Kelty, S.F., Roux, C., Woodman, P., Robertson, J et al (2011). What is the value of forensic science? An overview of the effectiveness of forensic science in the Australian criminal justice system project. Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 43, 217.229.
Kelty, S.F., & Julian, R. (2011). What makes a Good Crime Scene Examiner? (Invited paper, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Gazette, 73 (1), 24-25.
Kelty, S.F., & Julian, R. (2010). Identifying the Skills and Attributes of Good Crime Scene Personnel (Invited paper) [online]. Australasian Policing, Vol. 2, No. 2, Summer 2010: 40-41. Availability: http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=582113636691447;res=IELHSS
Julian, R.D. ,& Kelty, S.F. (2010). The effectiveness of forensic science in criminal investigations [online]. Australasian Policing, Vol. 1, No. 2, Summer 2009 - 2010:
10-15. Availability: http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=970635406120648;res=IELHSS.
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.
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.
Invited Book Reviews
Kelty, S.F., (2011). Violent Offenders: Theory, Reserch, policy and Practice, 2nd Edition, edited by Matt DeLisi and Peter J. Conis. Jones & Bartlett Learning, Burlington, MA, 2011, (soft cover), 469 pp, ISBN: 13-.978-0-7637-4. Australian Journal of Forensic Science (in press)
Kelty, S.F., (2011). Criminological Theory: A life-Course Approach, edited by Matt DeLisi and Kevin M. Beaver. Jones & Bartlett Learning, Sudbury, MA, 2011, (soft cover), 279 pp, ISBN: 978-0-7637-7136-2. Australian Journal of Forensic Science (in press)
Kelty, S.F., (2011). Serial Offenders: Theory and Practice, 2012, edited by Kevin Borgeson and Kristen Kuehnle. Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC, Sudbury, MA. (Soft back). Pages 316. ISBN-13:978-0-7637-7730-2. Australian Journal of Forensic Science (in press)
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.
Selected Conferences and Professional Forum Presentations
Kelty, SF. Invited speaker “The Interfaces between Science, Medicine and Law” Annual meeting of the Senior Managers of Australian and New Zealand Forensic Laboratories (SMANZFL), Brisbane, November, 2011.
Kelty, SF. (2011). Invited symposium speaker “Identifying Excellence in CSI: The role of forensic psychology in the identification of top-performing crime scene investigators”. Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law (ANZAPPL), Wellington, New Zealand.
Kelty, SF. (2011). Invited speaker “how to identify high-performing crime scene examiners?” National Institute of Forensic Science, Specialist Advisory Group meeting (Field Identification Sciences), Melbourne, Australia.
Kelty, SF. & Julian, RD. (2010). Oral keynote “Who makes a good crime scene examiner?”. 20th International Symposium on the Forensic Sciences, Sydney, Australia.
Ready, P., Kelty, SF. & Julian, RD. ( 2010) . “The effectiveness of forensic science in the criminal justice system” International Meeting on the Forensic Sciences, Interpol, Lyon, France.
Kelty, SF. & Julian, RD. (2009). Managing for success in ARC linkage projects. 22nd Annual Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology (ANZSOC) Conference, Perth, Western Australia. |
