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Nicole Asquith

UTAS Home Professor Nicole L. Asquith

Nicole L. Asquith

Professor of Policing and Emergency Management
Director, Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies

Sandy Bay Campus

03 6226 8405 (phone)

Nicole.Asquith@utas.edu.au

Nicole Asquith is the Professor of Policing and Emergency Management in the School of Social Sciences in the College of Arts, Law, and Education, and is the Director of the Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies.

Biography

Nicole has worked with and for policing services for over 25 years, primarily in relation to vulnerable victims. Before returning to the University of Tasmania, Nicole was the Associate Professor of Policing and Criminal Justice at Western Sydney University, and Senior Lecturer at Deakin University. In addition to her academic roles at UTas, Nicole is the Co-Director of the Vulnerability, Resilience & Policing Research Consortium, and Convenor of the Australian Hate Crime Network. Along with Dr Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron, Nicole has published widely on policing encounters with vulnerable people, including three books: Policing Vulnerability (Federation Press), Policing Encounters with Vulnerability (Palgrave), and Policing Practices and Vulnerable People (Palgrave). Along with colleagues in Australia, The Maldives, Canada, and the US, she is the lead editor of the forthcoming, Routledge International Handbook of Critical Policing Studies.

Career summary

Qualifications

Degree

Thesis title

University

Country

Date of award

PhD

Text and Context of Malediction

Melbourne

Australia

2004

BA Hons

Sexuality at Work

UNSW

Australia

1996

B Labour Studies

 

Adelaide

Australia

1994

Diploma of Interior Design

 

Leederville Technical College

Australia

1988

Certificate III Old Arts

 

Leederville Technical College

Australia

1988

Certificate III French Polishing

 

Leederville Technical College

Australia

1988

Memberships

Professional practice

  • Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
  • American Society of Criminology
  • Australian and New Zealand Society for Evidence-Based Policing
  • European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control
  • British Society of Criminology (including, Policing, & Victimology networks)
  • Australia & New Zealand Society of Criminology
  • Australian Hate Crime Network
  • LGBTIQ Domestic and Family Violence Interagency
  • Executive Leadership Course Advisory Committee, Australian Institute of Police Management
  • Academic Governance Board, Australian Institute of Police Management

Teaching

Nicole has taught primarily in the area of sociological and criminological theory and research methods, and translating theory to practice. She has taught in the areas of criminal justice, criminology, policing, and sociology, particularly as they relate to marginalised, disadvantaged, or vulnerable people.

Teaching expertise

Nicole is a curriculum Expert Advisor to TEQSA and the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications, and has over a decade of experience in curriculum design and development. She consistently receives outstanding student evaluations of her teaching. Nicole has supervised over 20 students undertaking honours and postgraduate research, and works with colleagues in the Policing & Emergency Management team to strengthen the professional development activities undertaken in conjunction with policing services. Nicole teaches into the recruit and inspector training courses run in collaboration with Tasmania Police.

Research Appointments

Director, Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies

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Expertise

    Nicole’s research interests and expertise primarily relate to the experiences of interpersonal violence. Using critical and poststructuralist criminological and sociological theories, Nicole seeks to explore the experience of victimisation, and the strategies required to ameliorate the damage of victimisation. In collaboration with Dr Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron, she has developed a theoretically rich and applied model of addressing the vulnerability that arises in police encounters, which has been adopted in various policing organisations in Australia and the UK. Nicole and Isabelle have published widely on this topic, including their recent authored book, Policing Practices and Vulnerable People (2021, Palgrave).

    Nicole has over 30 years’ experience advocating on behalf of victims, and investigating the lived experience of violence, including hate motivated, domestic, family and intimate-partner, honour-based, and sexual violence, vilification, and discrimination. Much of this work has been done in collaboration with non-government organisations and support services, as well as policing organisations. Recently, Nicole has undertaken a pilot ethnographic study into the work of rural, remote, and regional policing in Tasmania, which she hopes to expand in the coming years. This work has been critical in the development of her theoretical work on propinquity and policing, which aims to provide a roadmap out of many of the “wicked problems” encountered by police.

  • Hate crime or prejudice related violence
  • Rural policing
  • Vulnerability and policing
  • Sexual violence
  • Domestic, family, and intimate-partner violence

Research Themes

Nicole’s research aligns to the University’s research theme of Better Health. In particular, her work focuses on the intersections between law enforcement and public health. Her work on ameliorating the iatrogenic harms of policing, along with devising strategies to support vulnerable people as they traverse the criminal justice system, necessarily requires a transdisciplinary approach that draws on the preventative frameworks of public health.

Collaboration

Nicole is currently collaborating with Australian, UK, and US colleagues across a range of topics. In partnership with Tasmania Police, she has undertaken the first stage of ethnographic research into rural, remote and regional policing in Australia. In conjunction with scholars at nine Australian universities, she will be undertaking a national study of ableism in academia. With colleagues at the UniMelb, RMIT, UTas, and in collaboration with ACON, Nicole is conducting a study into NSW LGBTQ+ people’s experiences of sexual violence. With colleagues at QUT and the University of Houston, she is undertaking a critical discourse analysis of Trump’s campaign speeches to reveal the textual-verbal hostility that underpins his communication. Nicole is also a CI on a longitudinal study into the sexual health and attitudes of Australian prisoners, which is led by colleagues at UNSW. With colleagues at the Western Sydney University, CSU and University of South Australia, Nicole will be expanding the pilot study into attacks against Australian mosques. With colleagues at UTas, ANU, and the University of Rhode Island, she is investigating how neurodiversity impacts on experiences of policing.

Current projects

  • Propinquitous Policing
  • LGBTQ+ People and Sexual Violence
  • Scholarship Disabled
  • Trump’s Mumbles
  • Sexual Health and Attitudes of Australian Prisoners
  • Workloads, Roles, and Wellbeing: Mapping the work of Tasmania Police Officers
  • Vulnerability and Policing
  • Neurodiversity and Policing
  • Attacks against Australian Mosques and Muslim Organisations
  • Cripping Criminology

Fields of Research

  • Victims (440218)
  • Police administration, procedures and practice (440211)
  • Criminological theories (440205)

Research Objectives

  • Law enforcement (230404)
  • Criminal justice (230403)
  • Gender and sexualities (230108)

Publications

Nicole has published widely in both academic and practitioner fora. In particular, her decade-long collaboration with Dr Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron has generated a range of research, report, and policy outputs that continue to influence policing policies and practices in relation to working with vulnerable people. While she enjoys writing for practitioner audiences (such as the large research reports completed for Tasmania Police and the London Metropolitan Police), it is her theoretical work on vulnerability, “crip” studies, hate, and propinquity that motivates her to explore new areas of interpersonal violence.

Total publications

75

Highlighted publications

(9 outputs)
YearTypeCitationAltmetrics
2022Journal ArticleBrady B, Asquith NL, Ferfolja T, Hanckel B, 'Fear of heterosexism among sexuality and gender diverse staff and students', Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37, (3-4) pp. 1-31. ISSN 0886-2605 (2022) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1177/0886260520928648 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 3Web of Science - 2

Co-authors: Hanckel B

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2021BookAsquith NL, Bartkowiak-Theron I, 'Policing Practices and Vulnerable People', Palgrave Macmillan, Switzerland, pp. 263. ISBN 978-3-030-62869-7 (2021) [Authored Research Book]

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-62870-3 [eCite] [Details]

Co-authors: Bartkowiak-Theron I

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2021Journal ArticleThorneycroft R, Asquith NL, 'Cripping criminology', Theoretical Criminology, 25, (2) pp. 187-208. ISSN 1362-4806 (2021) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1177/1362480619877697 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 10Web of Science - 6

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2021Journal ArticleThorneycroft R, Asquith NL, 'Unexceptional violence in exceptional times: disablist and ableist violence during the COVID-19 pandemic', International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 10, (2) pp. 140-155. ISSN 2202-7998 (2021) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.5204/ijcjsd.1743 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 2Web of Science - 5

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2020Journal ArticleMoran RJ, Asquith NL, 'Understanding the vicarious trauma and emotional labour of criminological research', Methodological Innovations pp. 1-11. ISSN 2059-7991 (2020) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1177/2059799120926085 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 18

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2018Journal ArticleAsquith NL, Dwyer A, Simpson P, 'A queer criminal career', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 29, (2) pp. 167-180. ISSN 1034-5329 (2018) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1080/10345329.2017.12036094 [eCite] [Details]

Co-authors: Dwyer A

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2018Journal ArticleAsquith NL, Ferfolia T, Brady B, Hanckel B, 'Diversity and safety on campus @ Western: Heterosexism and cissexism in higher education', International Review of Victimology, 25, (3) pp. 320-340. ISSN 0269-7580 (2018) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1177/0269758018799032 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 7Web of Science - 8

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2010Chapter in BookAsquith NL, 'Verbal and Textual Hostility in Context', Hate crime: concepts, policy, future directions, Willan Publishing, N Chakraborti (ed), Cullompton, UK, pp. 99-123. ISBN 9781843927792 (2010) [Research Book Chapter]

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2009Journal ArticleAsquith NL, 'Positive ageing, neo-liberalism and Australian sociology', Journal of Sociology, 45, (3) pp. 255-269. ISSN 1440-7833 (2009) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1177/1440783309335650 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 65Web of Science - 66

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Journal Article

(38 outputs)
YearCitationAltmetrics
2023Valcore J, Asquith NL, Rodgers JL, ''We're led by stupid people': Exploring Trump's use of denigrating and deprecating speech to promote hatred and violence', Crime Law Soc Change pp. 1-20. ISSN 0925-4994 (2023) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1007/s10611-023-10085-y [eCite] [Details]

Co-authors: Rodgers JL

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2022Brady B, Asquith NL, Ferfolja T, Hanckel B, 'Fear of heterosexism among sexuality and gender diverse staff and students', Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37, (3-4) pp. 1-31. ISSN 0886-2605 (2022) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1177/0886260520928648 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 3Web of Science - 2

Co-authors: Hanckel B

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2022Cordner G, Pepper I, Asquith NL, 'Time to get serious about police education', National Policing Institute, (22 August 2022) pp. 1-4. (2022) [Professional, Non Refereed Article]

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Co-authors: Cordner G

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2022Humphrys E, Rodgers J, Asquith N, Yaghi SA, Foulstone A, et al., ''To prove I'm not incapable, I overcompensate': disability, ideal workers, the academy', Economic and Labour Relations Review, 33, (4) pp. 698-714. ISSN 1035-3046 (2022) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1177/10353046221125642 [eCite] [Details]

Co-authors: Rodgers J; Cook PS

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2022Iner D, Mason G, Asquith N, 'Expected but not accepted: victimisation, gender, and Islamophobia in Australia', International Review of Victimology, 28, (3) pp. 286-304. ISSN 0269-7580 (2022) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1177/02697580221084115 [eCite] [Details]

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2022O'Shea B, Asquith N, Prichard J, 'Mapping cyber-enabled crime: understanding police investigations and prosecutions of cyberstalking', International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 10, (4) pp. 1-15. ISSN 2202-8005 (2022) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.5204/ijcjsd.2096 [eCite] [Details]

Co-authors: Prichard J

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2022Rodgers J, Asquith N, 'Safety and security in remote, rural, and regional policing', International Journal of Rural Criminology, 7, (1) pp. 97-123. ISSN 2768-3109 (2022) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.18061/ijrc.v7i1.9103 [eCite] [Details]

Co-authors: Rodgers J

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2022Rodgers J, Thorneycroft R, Cook PS, Humphrys E, Asquith NL, et al., 'Ableism in higher education: the negation of crip temporalities within the neoliberal academy', Higher Education Research & Development pp. 1-14. ISSN 0729-4360 (2022) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2022.2138277 [eCite] [Details]

Co-authors: Rodgers J; Cook PS

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2021Thorneycroft R, Asquith NL, 'Cripping criminology', Theoretical Criminology, 25, (2) pp. 187-208. ISSN 1362-4806 (2021) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1177/1362480619877697 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 10Web of Science - 6

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2021Thorneycroft R, Asquith NL, 'Unexceptional violence in exceptional times: disablist and ableist violence during the COVID-19 pandemic', International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 10, (2) pp. 140-155. ISSN 2202-7998 (2021) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.5204/ijcjsd.1743 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 2Web of Science - 5

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2021Valcore J, Rodgers R, Asquith NL, ''We will build a great wall': domination, criminalization, and expatriation in Trump campaign and rally speeches', International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 10, (1) pp. 143-158. ISSN 2202-7998 (2021) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.5204/ijcjsd.1647 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Web of Science - 2

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2020Ferfolja T, Asquith N, Hanckel B, Brady B, 'In/visibility on campus? Gender and sexuality diversity in tertiary institutions', Higher Education ISSN 0018-1560 (2020) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1007/s10734-020-00526-1 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 9Web of Science - 9

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2020Moran RJ, Asquith NL, 'Understanding the vicarious trauma and emotional labour of criminological research', Methodological Innovations pp. 1-11. ISSN 2059-7991 (2020) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1177/2059799120926085 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 18

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2019Asquith NL, 'Current Issues in Criminal Justice', 31, (3) ISSN 2206-9542 (2019) [Edited Journal]

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2019Asquith NL, Collison A, Lewis L, Noonan K, Layard E, et al., 'Home is where our story begins: CALD LGBTIQ+ people's relationships to family', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 31, (3) pp. 311-332. ISSN 1034-5329 (2019) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1080/10345329.2019.1642837 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 4Web of Science - 4

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2019Ball M, Broderick T, Ellis J, Dwyer AE, Asquith NL, 'Introduction: queer(y)ing justice', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 31, (3) pp. 305-310. ISSN 1034-5329 (2019) [Letter or Note in Journal]

DOI: 10.1080/10345329.2019.1643058 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Web of Science - 1

Co-authors: Dwyer AE

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2019Bartkowiak-Theron I, Asquith NL, 'Policing vulnerable people', Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies Briefing Paper, 14 pp. 1-7. ISSN 1832-701X (2019) [Refereed Article]

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Co-authors: Bartkowiak-Theron I

2019Bartkowiak-Theron IMF, Asquith NL, 'Policing vulnerable people', Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies Article 14. ISSN 1832-701X (2019) [Contribution to Refereed Journal]

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Co-authors: Bartkowiak-Theron IMF

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2018Asquith NL, Dwyer A, Simpson P, 'A queer criminal career', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 29, (2) pp. 167-180. ISSN 1034-5329 (2018) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1080/10345329.2017.12036094 [eCite] [Details]

Co-authors: Dwyer A

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2018Asquith NL, Ferfolia T, Brady B, Hanckel B, 'Diversity and safety on campus @ Western: Heterosexism and cissexism in higher education', International Review of Victimology, 25, (3) pp. 320-340. ISSN 0269-7580 (2018) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1177/0269758018799032 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 7Web of Science - 8

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2018Fox C, Asquith NL, 'Measuring the tangible fear of heterosexist violence', Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 33, (6) pp. 980-1007. ISSN 0886-2605 (2018) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1177/0886260515614279 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 8Web of Science - 8

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2017Asquith NL, 'Journal of Family Strengths', 17, (2) ISSN 2168-670X (2017) [Edited Journal]

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2017Bartkowiak-Theron I, Asquith NL, 'Divides and synergies in Australian law enforcement and public health', Journal of Drug Abuse, 3, (3) Article 20. ISSN 2471-853X (2017) [Letter or Note in Journal]

DOI: 10.21767/2471-853X.100060 [eCite] [Details]

Co-authors: Bartkowiak-Theron I

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2017Rodgers J, Asquith NL, Dwyer A, 'Cisnormativity, criminalisation, vulnerability: Transgender people in prisons', Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies Briefing Paper, 12 pp. 1-13. ISSN 1832-701X (2017) [Refereed Article]

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Co-authors: Rodgers J; Dwyer A

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2017Thorneycroft R, Asquith NL, ' Figurehead' hate crime cases: developing a framework for understanding and exposing the problem' with disability'', Continuum, 31, (3) pp. 482-494. ISSN 1030-4312 (2017) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1080/10304312.2016.1275160 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 3Web of Science - 2

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2017Valcore J, Asquith N, 'Beyond Marriage: Remaining Challenges for L ond Marriage: Remaining Challenges for LGBTIQ Families amilies', Journal of Family Strengths, 17, (2) Article 1. ISSN 2168-670X (2017) [Refereed Article]

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2016Asquith NL, 'Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice', 2, (3) ISSN 2056-3841 (2016) [Edited Journal]

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2016Asquith NL, Bartkowiak-Theron IMF, Roberts K, 'Guest Editorial- Vulnerability and the Criminal Justice System', Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice, 2, (3) pp. 161-163. ISSN 2056-3841 (2016) [Contribution to Refereed Journal]

DOI: 10.1108/JCRPP-06-2016-0009 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 4

Co-authors: Bartkowiak-Theron IMF

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2016Bartkowiak-Theron IMF, Asquith NL, 'Conceptual divides and practice synergies in law enforcement and public health: some lessons from policing vulnerability in Australia', Policing and Society, 27, (3) pp. 276-288. ISSN 1043-9463 (2016) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1080/10439463.2016.1216553 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 25Web of Science - 14

Co-authors: Bartkowiak-Theron IMF

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2015Asquith NL, 'Honour, violence and heteronormativity', International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 4, (3) pp. 73-84. ISSN 2202-7998 (2015) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.5204/ijcjsd.v4i3.191 [eCite] [Details]

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2015Thorneycroft R, Asquith NL, 'The dark figure of disablist violence', The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, 54, (5) pp. 489-507. ISSN 2059-1098 (2015) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1111/hojo.12147 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 13

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2009Asquith NL, 'Positive ageing, neo-liberalism and Australian sociology', Journal of Sociology, 45, (3) pp. 255-269. ISSN 1440-7833 (2009) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1177/1440783309335650 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 65Web of Science - 66

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2008Asquith NL, 'Race Riots on the Beach: A case for criminalising hate speech', Papers from the British Criminology Conference, 8 pp. 50-64. ISSN 1759-0043 (2008) [Refereed Article]

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2007Asquith NL, 'Speech act theory, maledictive force and vilification in Australia', New Talents 21C: other contact zones, 7 pp. 179-187. ISSN 1834-9080 (2007) [Refereed Article]

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2007Asquith NL, 'Speech Act Theory, Maledictive Force and the Adjudication of Vilification in Australia', New Talents 21C, 7 pp. 179-188. ISSN 1834-9080 (2007) [Refereed Article]

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2004Asquith NL, 'in terrorem: 'with their tanks and their bombs, and their bombs and their guns, in your head'', Australian Journal of Sociology, 40, (4) pp. 400-416. ISSN 1440-7833 (2004) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1177/1440783304048383 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 7Web of Science - 5

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2002Asquith NL, 'Responding to Heterosexist Hate: A Gender Critique of Coalitionist Strategies in New South Wales', Women Against Violence Journal, (11) pp. 43-47. ISSN 1327-5550 (2002) [Refereed Article]

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1999Asquith NL, 'Sexuality at Work', New Zealand Journal of Industrial Relations, 24, (1) pp. 1-19. ISSN 0110-0637 (1999) [Refereed Article]

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Book

(7 outputs)
YearCitationAltmetrics
2021Asquith NL, Bartkowiak-Theron I, 'Policing Practices and Vulnerable People', Palgrave Macmillan, Switzerland, pp. 263. ISBN 978-3-030-62869-7 (2021) [Authored Research Book]

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-62870-3 [eCite] [Details]

Co-authors: Bartkowiak-Theron I

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2017Asquith NL, Bartkowiak-Theron I, Roberts K, 'Policing Encounters with Vulnerability', Palgrave Macmillan, United Kingdom, pp. 273. ISBN 978-3-319-51227-3 (2017) [Edited Book]

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Co-authors: Bartkowiak-Theron I; Roberts K

2017White R, Haines F, Asquith NL, 'Crime & Criminology', Oxford University Press, Melbourne, pp. 360. ISBN 9780190307301 (2017) [Revision/New Edition]

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Co-authors: White R

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2017White R, Haines F, Asquith NL, 'Crime and Criminology', Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, pp. 360. ISBN 9780190307318 (2017) [Revision/New Edition]

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Co-authors: White R

2012Bartkowiak-Theron I, Asquith NL, 'Policing Vulnerability', The Federation Press, NSW, pp. 293. ISBN 9781862878976 (2012) [Edited Book]

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Co-authors: Bartkowiak-Theron I

2012White R, Haines F, Asquith NL, 'Crime and Criminology', Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, pp. 333. ISBN 9780195518306 (2012) [Revision/New Edition]

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Co-authors: White R

2008Asquith NL, 'The Text and Context of Malediction: A Study of Antisemitic and Heterosexist Hate Violence', VDM Verlag, Saarbrucken, pp. 388. ISBN 978-3-639-08935-6 (2008) [Authored Other Book]

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Chapter in Book

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YearCitationAltmetrics
2022Bartkowiak-Theron I, Asquith NL, 'Law Enforcement, Public Health, and Vulnerability', Law Enforcement and Public Health: Partners for Community Safety and Wellbeing, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, I Bartkowiak-Theron, J Clover, D Martin, RF Southby and N Crofts (ed), Switzerland, pp. 53-63. ISBN 9783030839123 (2022) [Research Book Chapter]

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-83913-0_4 [eCite] [Details]

Co-authors: Bartkowiak-Theron I

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2019Bartkowiak-Theron I, Asquith NL, 'Policing Ethnic Minorities: Disentangling a Landscape of Conceptual and Practice Tensions', The Palgrave Handbook of Ethnicity, Palgrave Macmillan, S Ratuva (ed), Singapore, pp. 1-24. ISBN 978-981-13-2897-8 (2019) [Research Book Chapter]

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-0242-8_122-1 [eCite] [Details]

Co-authors: Bartkowiak-Theron I

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2018Asquith N, Panfil VR, Dwyer A, 'LGBQ people and social justice', Routledge Handbook of Social, Economic, and Criminal Justice, Routledge, C Roberson (ed), London, pp. 168-186. ISBN 9781138545649 (2018) [Research Book Chapter]

DOI: 10.4324/9781351002707 [eCite] [Details]

Co-authors: Dwyer A

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2018Thorneycroft R, Asquith NL, ''Figurehead' hate crime cases: developing a framework for understanding and exposing the problem' with disability'', Normality and Disability: Intersections Among Norms, Law, and Culture, Routledge, G Goggin, L Steele, and JR Cadwallader (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 482-494. ISBN 9781351400190 (2018) [Research Book Chapter]

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2017Asquith NL, 'Crime and Deviance', The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., BS Turner et al (ed), New York, pp. 1-16. ISBN 9781118430866 (2017) [Research Book Chapter]

DOI: 10.1002/9781118430873.est0609 [eCite] [Details]

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2017Asquith NL, Bartkowiak-Theron I, 'Police as public health interventionists', Policing encounters with vulnerability, Palgrave Macmillan, NL Asquith, I Bartkowiak-Theron, and KA Roberts (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 145-171. ISBN 9783319512273 (2017) [Research Book Chapter]

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-51228-0_7 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 3

Co-authors: Bartkowiak-Theron I

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2017Bartkowiak-Theron I, Asquith N, Roberts K, 'Vulnerability as a Contemporary Challenge for Policing', Policing Encounters with Vulnerability, Palgrave Macmillan, NL Asquith, I Bartkowiak-Theron and KA Roberts (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 1-24. ISBN 978-3-319-51227-3 (2017) [Research Book Chapter]

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-51228-0_1 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 5

Co-authors: Bartkowiak-Theron I; Roberts K

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2017Howes LM, Bartkowiak-Theron I, Asquith NL, 'A federation of clutter: the bourgeoning language of vulnerability in Australian policing policies', Policing Encounters with Vulnerability, Palgrave Macmillan, N Asquith, I Bartkowiak-Theron and KA Roberts (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 89-118. ISBN 978-3-319-51227-3 (2017) [Research Book Chapter]

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Co-authors: Howes LM; Bartkowiak-Theron I

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2016Asquith NL, Fox CA, 'No place like home: intrafamilial hate crime against men and lesbians', Queering Criminology, Palgrave Macmillan, A Dwyer, M Ball and T Crofts (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 163-182. ISBN 978-1-349-57033-1 (2016) [Research Book Chapter]

DOI: 10.1057/9781137513342 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 1

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2014Asquith N, 'A governance of denial: hate crime in Australia and New Zealand', The Routledge International Handbook on Hate Crime, Routledge, N Hall, A Corb, P Giannasi and J-GD Grieve (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 174-190. ISBN 9781136684432 (2014) [Research Book Chapter]

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2012Asquith NL, Bartkowiak-Theron I, 'Vulnerability and Diversity in Policing', Policing Vulnerability, The Federation Press, I Bartkowiak-Theron and NL Asquith (ed), NSW, pp. 3-19. ISBN 978-186287-897-6 (2012) [Research Book Chapter]

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Co-authors: Bartkowiak-Theron I

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2012Bartkowiak-Theron I, Asquith NL, 'Vulnerable People Policing: A Preparatory Framework for Operationalising Vulnerability', Policing Vulnerability, The Federation Press, I Bartkowiak-Theron and NL Asquith (ed), NSW, pp. 278-293. ISBN 978-186287-897-6 (2012) [Research Book Chapter]

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2011Asquith N, Poynting S, 'Anti-cosmopolitanism and 'ethnic cleansing' at Cronulla', Ocean to Outback: Cosmopolitanism in Contemporary Australia, UWA Publishing, K Jacobs and J Malpas (ed), Perth, pp. 96-122. ISBN 9781921401565 (2011) [Research Book Chapter]

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2010Asquith NL, 'Verbal and Textual Hostility in Context', Hate crime: concepts, policy, future directions, Willan Publishing, N Chakraborti (ed), Cullompton, UK, pp. 99-123. ISBN 9781843927792 (2010) [Research Book Chapter]

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2009Asquith NL, 'The Harms of Verbal and Textual Hatred', Hate Crimes: The Consequences of Hate Crime, Praeger Publishers, Iganski, P (ed), Westport, pp. 161-173. ISBN 978-0-275-99569-0 (2009) [Research Book Chapter]

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2000Asquith NL, 'Appreciating the Difference Roles of Community and State Based Responses to the Elimination of Violence', Eliminating Sexual Violence against Women: Towards a Global Initiative, Global Forum for Health Research, Bennet, L.R and Maderson, L (ed), Geneva, pp. 10. ISBN 2940286027 (2000) [Other Book Chapter]

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Review

(1 outputs)
YearCitationAltmetrics
1998Asquith NL, 'Chilla Bulbeck's Living Feminisms', Australian Journal of Sociology, 34, (3) pp. 340-341. (1998) [Review Single Work]

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Conference Publication

(1 outputs)
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2020Walter M, Prehn J, Baltra-Gonzalez J, Asquith N, 'Island of Ideas: public lecture series, #BlackLivesMatter', 2020 Social Sciences Week Forum, 7-13 September 2020, Online (2020) [Conference Extract]

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Co-authors: Walter M; Prehn J; Baltra-Gonzalez J

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Contract Report, Consultant's Report

(8 outputs)
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2021Asquith NL, Collison A, Noonan K, Layard E, Kaur G, 'Home is where our story begins-a study of CALD LGBTQ people's relationships to family', ACON, NSW LGBTIQ Domestic & Family Violence Interagency, Western Sydney University, Sydney (2021) [Contract Report]

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2021Bartkowiak-Theron IMF, Barnes A, Asquith NL, 'ATDC Consumer Engagement Strategy', Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drugs Council, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (2021) [Contract Report]

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Co-authors: Bartkowiak-Theron IMF; Barnes A

2021Dwyer AE, Asquith NL, Mason R, Rodgers J, 'LGBTIQ Tasmanians and Tasmania Police', Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies (TILES), Tasmania, Australia (2021) [Contract Report]

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Co-authors: Dwyer AE; Mason R; Rodgers J

2021Ferfolja T, Asquith NL, Brady B, Hanckel B, 'Diversity and safety on campus @ Western', University Executive of Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia (2021) [Contract Report]

DOI: 10.4225/35/59ee6fe071350 [eCite] [Details]

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2019Asquith N, Iner D, Ip RHL, Islam Z, Mason G, et al., 'Islamophobia in Australia - II (2016-2017)', Charles Sturt University and ISRA, United Kingdom, 2 (2019) [Contract Report]

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2013Asquith NL, 'The Role of Verbal-Textual Hostility in Hate Crime Regulation: Final Report', London Metropolitan Police Service, UK (2013) [Contract Report]

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2011Walter MM, Asquith NL, Henry B, Churchill B, 'Assistive Devices Intervention (ADI) Evaluative Research Program: Report to Community Based Support South (CBS) Inc', Community Based Support South (2011) [Contract Report]

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Co-authors: Walter MM; Churchill B

2009Asquith NL, Eckhardt MF, Winter RE, Campbell DM, 'Review and Evaluation of the Officer Next Door Program', Housing Tasmania, Tasmania Police, Hobart (2009) [Contract Report]

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Co-authors: Eckhardt MF; Winter RE; Campbell DM

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Other Public Output

(4 outputs)
YearCitationAltmetrics
2022Layard E, Parker J, Cook T, Murray J, Asquith N, et al., 'LGBTQ+ People's Experiences and Perceptions of Sexual Violence', Research Summary Report, ACON, Australia, pp. 1-69. (2022) [Government or Industry Research]

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Co-authors: Dwyer A

2022Rodgers J, Asquith N, 'Rural, Regional and Remote Police in Tasmania: Officer and Family Safety and Security', Briefing Notes, Tasmania Institute of Law Enforcement Studies, Tasmania, Australia, 1, pp. 1-4. (2022) [Report Other]

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Co-authors: Rodgers J

2022Rodgers J, Spiranovic C, Hudson N, Barnes A, Winter R, et al., 'Sexual Violence in Southern Tasmania: Research Report for Sexual Assault Support Service Tasmania', Research Report, Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies and Sexual Assault Support Service Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, pp. 1-68. (2022) [Government or Industry Research]

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Co-authors: Rodgers J; Spiranovic C; Hudson N; Barnes A; Winter R; Bartkowiak-Theron I; Cashman K; Norris K; Stanford S

2021Asquith NL, Rodgers J, ''We deal with very weird, like just strange, not always, policing matters': Small town policing in rural, regional, & remote communities in Tasmania', Small Town Policing: pilot study report, Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies, Hobart (2021) [Report Other]

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Co-authors: Rodgers J

Grants & Funding

Nicole has received funding support for many of her past and current projects, including most recently, contracted research on LGBTQ+ People’s Experiences of Sexual Violence (with ACON) and the Evaluation of the Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drugs Council Tasmania’s Consumer Engagement Strategy. She is a member of the interdisciplinary team conducting the Sexual Health and Attitudes of Australian Prisoners study, which received an NHMRC grant of $1.6m to conduct a 10-year follow-up investigation of prisoners’ experiences. In conjunction with colleagues in CALE, she has also been successful in gaining seed and pilot funding to initiate studies into LGBTIQ family exile, and the role of flexi-schools in LGBTIQ students’ pathways.

Funding Summary

Number of grants

10

Total funding

$1,822,797

Projects

ARCDW Scholarship Disability and Criminal Justice (2022 - 2025)$54,123
Description
Provisions of support for people with disability in early interactions with the criminal justice system: Benefits, challenges, and opportunities for changeInteractions with the criminal justice system are often stressful, and this stress can be compounded when a person has a disability that may affect their capacity to self-advocate for their rights and to be aware of the potential consequences of such interactions. For example, the caution about detainee rights given by police is complex in meaning and often delivered at rapid pace in difficult circumstances. A person with a disability that affects comprehension may agree to be questioned under caution without fully understanding the consequences, resulting in an erosion of their rights. Given the over-representation of people with disability in correctional facilities (which is over 80%), investigation into how people can be better supported in interactions with police and the wider criminal justice system is warranted.This project will explore the experiences of people with a disability at various stages of the policing process, and assess the suitability of that process to uphold the rights of people with disability to make informed decisions. The project will aim to develop and test possible alternatives to complex policing processes (such as the police caution), and consider what, if any, additional support is required to raise rights awareness, including the right to self-advocacy.
Funding
Applied Research Centre for Disability and Wellbeing ($54,123)
Scheme
Contract Research
Administered By
University of Tasmania
Research Team
Cuskelly MM; Asquith NL
Period
2022 - 2025
Sexual Assault and LGBTQ communities (2021)$7,500
Description
In partnership with ACON, Professor Nicole Asquith, Dr Angela Dwyer, and Bianca Fileborn (UniMelb) will conduct an exploratory, small-scale community research examining the experience of sexual assault in sexuality and gender diverse communities, the characteristics of sexual assault experienced by LGBTQ people, and the barriers our communities face accessing supports. We will be only completing a small section of the wider study, with the primary work on reviewing the literature, and report writing undertaken by ACON staff. We will be responsible for:*Finalising research methodology and development of community survey instrument*Receiving ethics protocol for the study*Conducting data analysis *Providing input into final report ACON has approved the researchers to explore opportunities to publish the findings of the research in peer reviewed publications, with a co-authorship arrangement with ACON staff
Funding
ACON HEALTH LIMITED ($7,500)
Scheme
Contract Research
Administered By
University of Tasmania
Research Team
Asquith NL; Dwyer AE; Fileborn B
Year
2021
ATDC consumer and community engagement (2021 - 2022)$35,285
Description
The ATDC is seeking to evaluate its consumer projects to:1. establish a baseline understanding of current activities and achievements,2. determine the impact of changes in these programs and identify what further changes are required, and3. map the successes, strengths and opportunities for program innovation.We offer this independent evaluation project brief for consideration.
Funding
Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drugs Council ($35,285)
Scheme
Contract Research
Administered By
University of Tasmania
Research Team
Bartkowiak-Theron IMF; Asquith NL
Period
2021 - 2022
Sexual violence in southern Tasmania (2021)$42,124
Description
The project will conduct the first Tasmanian study of its kind focusing on giving diverse communities in Tasmania a voice on what they see as the scale, nature, barriers to seeking help and solutions to sexual violence.
Funding
Sexual Assault Support Services ($42,124)
Scheme
Contract Research
Administered By
University of Tasmania
Research Team
Asquith NL; Winter RE; Cashman K; Norris K; Stanford SN; Bartkowiak-Theron IMF; Hudson CE; Spiranovic CA
Year
2021
Home is Where Our Story Begins: CALD LGBTIQ+ Peoples Relationships with Family (2018)$15,000
Funding
City of Parramatta ($15,000)
Scheme
Community Capacity Building grant
Administered By
Western Sydney University
Research Team
Asquith NL; Noonan K; Layard E; Collison A
Year
2018
Relationships Between LGBTIQ Tasmanians and Tasmania Police (2017 - 2019)$19,943
Description
Tasmania Police developed an LGBTI police liaison program to build relationships with LGBTIQ Tasmanian's in recent years, and have invested substantially in creating a tertiary level pathway to professionalise their personnel from police recruits all the way through to Assistant Commissioners and Inspectors. As yet, we have only limited, anecdotal evidence elaborating how these types of investments have improved the relationship between LGBTIQ Tasmanians and Tasmania Police. This research seeks to document this landscape using survey and follow up interviews with LGBTIQ Tasmanians and Tasmania Police officers
Funding
Tasmania Police ($19,943)
Scheme
Contract Research
Administered By
University of Tasmania
Research Team
Dwyer AE; Asquith NL
Period
2017 - 2019
Sexual Health and Attitudes of Australian Prisoners 2 (2016 - 2019)$1,605,706
Funding
NHMRC ($1,605,706)
Scheme
Project grant
Administered By
Western Sydney University
Research Team
Butler T; Donovan B; Richters J; Simpson P; Jones J; Asquith NL; Yap L; Kariminia A
Period
2016 - 2019
Assistive Devices Intervention Project (2008)$12,680
Funding
Community Based Support South Inc ($12,680)
Scheme
Consultancy
Administered By
University of Tasmania
Research Team
Walter MM; Asquith NL
Year
2008
Review and Evaluation of the Officer Next Door Program (2008)$19,436
Funding
Housing Tasmania ($19,436)
Scheme
Consultancy
Administered By
University of Tasmania
Research Team
Asquith NL
Year
2008
What is 'Positive Ageing'? A Comparative Study of Rural and Regional Tasmania (2008)$11,000
Funding
University of Tasmania ($11,000)
Scheme
Grant-Institutional Research Scheme
Administered By
University of Tasmania
Research Team
Asquith NL
Year
2008

Research Supervision

Nicole enjoys working with Honours, Masters, and PhD students to explore new and emerging issues in crime and policing, especially as they relate to victimisation and crime prevention. In the past twenty years, she has supervised over 20 students, and co-supervised over 30 students, with most completing their studies in a timely fashion. Nicole also works with students on preparing their thesis document and assists individual students in formatting complex theses.

Current

7

Completed

2

Current

DegreeTitleCommenced
PhDNarratives of Desistance and Persistence from the Maldives: A global south perspective2021
PhDThe Earliest Warning Signs of Partner Abuse2021
PhDGuidance, Dual Modalities and Interpretation Matter in Bias Crime Regulation: A comparative study of the Bias Crime Statute and Case Law from Victoria, New South Wales and England & Wales2021
PhDEvidence-based policing: The role of police in promoting desistance and diverting vulnerable people from the criminal justice system2022
PhDSurviving court: The psychological processes and impacts of court proceedings on male childhood abuse survivors2022
PhDEnhancing Engagement between Young Women and Police to Address Crime2022
MastersDisability in criminal justice2023

Completed

DegreeTitleCompleted
PhDThe Investigation and Prosecution of Cyberstalking in Australia
Candidate: Brianna Jane O'Shea
2022
PhDHealth Informatics, Discourses and the Use of Personal Health Information: Which piper, which tune and who pays?
Candidate: Sue Whetton
2013