Criminology

Dr Russell Brewer is a Senior Lecturer and Teaching Program Director for Criminology. He has a PhD from the Australian National University. His research interests include cybercrime, organised crime and social networks. He has published his findings through several leading publication outlets, holds multiple nationally competitive grants, and has been called upon by Government Agencies both domestically and abroad to advise on policy. Dr Brewer teaches several topics in the Bachelor of Criminology, including the introductory and advanced-level topics Criminal Justice System, and Criminal Networks.

Associate Professor David Bright is a forensic psychologist and criminologist. His research interests include organised crime, terrorism, criminal networks, and correctional rehabilitation. He is internationally recognised as a leader in the field of criminal networks, is the recipient of over one million dollars in competitive research funding, and has a significant track record of engagement with law enforcement and security agencies. Associate Professor Bright teaches two topics in the Bachelor of Criminology: Criminal Networks and Violent Crime. Both courses draw heavily on Associate Professor Bright's professional experience and on the findings of his research groups.  

Willem de Lint is Professor in Criminal Justice at Flinders University. He is researching and publishing in policing, victimology and critical criminology. His latest publications are on counter-terrorism prosecutions, victim self-medication and public order policing. His current projects include work on criminologies of the military and inter-agency policing.  

Dr Maria Giannacopoulos is Senior Lecturer in Socio-Legal Studies at Flinders University.  She holds a BA (Hons) LLB (Hons) and a PhD in Critical and Cultural Studies.  The entirety of Dr Giannacopoulos' research is oriented by the impetus to expose the complex ways in which the institution of law is not a neutral apparatus that is inherently just. She grounds her rigorous and original analyses of law in two overlapping fields: Aboriginal sovereignty and refugee and asylum seeker studies. As a recent recipient of a Flinders University Faculty award for teaching excellence, Dr Giannacopoulos’ teaching was recognised as being distinguished by the manner in which it is critically underpinned and driven by innovative research aimed at exposing students to new ways of understanding law, processes of criminalisation, injustice and justice and a host of other emerging urgent issues.

Professor Andrew Goldsmith is Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor of Criminology and Director of the Flinders Centre for Crime Policy and Research. He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. He has degrees in law, criminology and sociology, including a Doctorate of Juridical Science from the University of Toronto and a Doctorate of Laws from the London School of Economics, University of London. He has previously held academic positions in the United Kingdom and at Monash University, the University of Wollongong, and the Australian National University. Prior to becoming an academic, he worked in legal practice in Adelaide and country SA for three years. He is an active researcher in the areas of transnational policing, organised crime and cyber-crime. He teaches Criminal Law in Context in the Bachelor of Criminology.

Professor Mark Halsey has an international reputation in the areas of prisons, rehabilitation and desistance from crime. Since 2003, he has conducted in-depth interviews with people convicted of such crimes as motor vehicle theft, armed robbery, rape and murder. Professor Halsey is the recipient of four Australian Research Council grants including a Future Fellowship which explored the causes and consequences of intergenerational imprisonment. Data from Professor Halsey's research is used extensively in the second year Bachelor of Criminology topic Punishment and Society. 

Dr Marinella Marmo is an Associate Professor in criminology and investigates victimhood across borders, with emphasis on transnational migration and human rights. Her work has been published by leading journals, and appears in a number of books and edited collections. Her research has attracted significant international attention as evidenced by a substantial number of news print articles, including The Guardian, The New York Times and many others, and has been cited by leading practitioners, political figures and judges across Europe. Her contribution to excellence in teaching has been recognised by an Australian Government’s Citation for Excellence in Teaching in 2012.  A/Prof Marmo is an assessor for the Australian Awards for University Teaching and belongs to the expert pool for Horizon 2020 grants (European Union).

By combining studies in laws and legal practice with criminology, you will develop the professional legal skills to prepare you for a job in the legal profession and gain an understanding of how justice and society influence each other.

The combination prepares you for a broad range of careers in law but also government, leadership and educational settings.

Explore the intersection between psychology and the criminal justice system and the psychological factors underlying criminal behaviour by studying the Bachelor of Criminology combined with the Bachelor of Psychological Science.

With further study, you will be able to apply for registration as a psychologist, and will be well placed for a future career in forensic psychology.

The Bachelor of Criminology gives you a broad understanding of criminological theory and its applications in criminal justice contexts. You’ll work independently and collaboratively in projects of significance and improve your ability to reason and argue clearly.

Combining these studies with a Bachelor of International Relations opens the door to a multitude of careers in international organisations, aid and human rights, government, transnational crime, terrorism, and non-government organisations.