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Introduction
I am a senior lecturer in the School of Justice at QUT. My research examines fear of crime using innovative methods and mobile technology. At present, I am developing strategies to reduce fear of crime using dynamic mobile sensors built into smartphones. In addition to this work, I am currently in the process of developing new measures of sense of place to be used to examine how place familiarity, attachment, and identity shape perceptions of crime, disorder cues and social cohesion
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April 2018 - present
January 2017 - December 2017
Education
February 2015 - May 2018
January 2014 - December 2014
Griffith University
Field of study
- Criminology
January 2010 - December 2013
Publications
Publications (18)
Workplace violence is a significant concern in healthcare, particularly for nurses and midwives who are disproportionately affected by it. This study aims to examine the relationships between violence exposure, momentary and prospective fear, perceived risk, and psychological vulnerability among nurses and midwives in real time, using an Ecological...
Occupational violence is a serious public health issue that affects many healthcare workers worldwide. Current research suggests that nurses are disproportionately affected by this issue and that there are significant challenges associated with existing reporting systems for monitoring and detecting occupational violence in hospitals. To address th...
This study evaluates positive (topophilic) and negative (topophobic) perceptions of places using participatory mapping methods. Current research on mapping perceptions of urban environments relies heavily on retrospective self-reports from citizens. These methods are often susceptible to recall bias and do not capture granular information about urb...
The current study analyzes a sample of academic articles examining fear of crime and that were published in peer-reviewed journals during the past 25 years (n = 547). Using a systematic quantitative literature review method, results show that the fear of crime scholarship and citations to it increased significantly during this time, although most s...
The current study seeks to enhance the theoretical development of fear of crime by exploring the complex cognitive processes involved in risk perception formation. We apply Trope and Liberman’s construal level theory (CLT) of psychological distance to understand how and why these complex cognitive processes might shape an individual’s worry about c...
Fear of crime can have significant consequences for physical and mental wellbeing. Although our understanding of the causes of fear of crime has improved over the years, there remains a lack of research examining the connections between individual, situational, and social factors that may contribute to concerns about crime within an individual’s im...
Interest in the spatial distribution of crime and criminal opportunities has experienced a virtual explosion over the past several years. In Space, Time, and Crime, the authors provide an overview of the various theoretical explanations, crime control policies, and practical investigative tools used to identify high crime places, spaces, and times.
Fear of crime has been the focus of scientific enquiry for more than fifty years. In this time a number of studies have explored the impact of fear of crime and neighbourhood disorder on an individual’s quality of life. The present chapter describes what we know about the prevalence of fear of crime and disorder in neighbourhoods and public spaces....
This study aims to examine feelings of safety and the correlates to feelings of decreased worry toward crime within individuals’ proximate environments. Data from adults living in Southeast Queensland (N = 72) were collected using a mobile application. Findings of a thematic analysis of these data suggest that safety perceptions are primarily drive...
The current study describes and tests a new momentary model of victimisation worry, based on data collected from a smartphone app. We assess whether a momentary model provides further insight into the situated nature of fear of crime and risk perception. Data were collected from a sample of 72 young adults living in Southeast Queensland, Australia...
Prior research has identified gender as a significant predictor of crime fear. Specifically, women are typically more fearful of crime than men, despite being relatively less likely to be victimized. The current study examines different ways men and women may think about crime and victimization within their neighborhoods, using contemporary social-...
The current study examines the association between fear of crime and awareness of community programs designed to prevent or reduce crime and social disorder. Data were collected from a community survey of household residents living on the Gold Coast of Australia (N = 713). Results indicate that those reportedly aware of community initiatives, fear...
The current pilot study explores whether mobile technology can be leveraged in survey research to gather meaningful context-dependent data on fear of crime and risk perception formation. A series of Ecological Momentary Assessments (EMAs) were administered to students enrolled at an Australian University (N = 20), using a smartphone application. An...
