Overview
Availability
- Honorary Professor Heather Douglas is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts, Monash University
- Bachelor of Law, Monash University
- Masters (Coursework) of Law, Queensland University of Technology
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne
Works
Search Professor Heather Douglas’s works on UQ eSpace
Featured
2016
Journal Article
Domestic and family violence and the approach to bail
Ng, Emily and Douglas, Heather Anne (2016). Domestic and family violence and the approach to bail. Law in Context: a socio-legal journal, 34 (2), 36-57.
Featured
2016
Book Chapter
Practice and persuasion: women, feminism and judicial diversity
Douglas, Heather and Bartlett, Francesca (2016). Practice and persuasion: women, feminism and judicial diversity. Judicial independence in Australia: contemporary challenges, future directions. (pp. 76-88) edited by Rebecca Ananian-Welsh and Jonathan Crowe. Sydney, Australia: Federation Press.
Featured
2012
Book
Indigenous crime and settler law: white sovereignty after empire
Douglas, Heather and Finnane, Mark (2012). Indigenous crime and settler law: white sovereignty after empire. Hampshire, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9781137284983
2026
Journal Article
Navigating Legal Responses to Emerging Adult Filial Violence: A Pandora's Box
Douglas, Heather and Condry, Rachel (2026). Navigating Legal Responses to Emerging Adult Filial Violence: A Pandora's Box. Journal of Criminology 26338076261496553. doi: 10.1177/26338076261496553
2026
Journal Article
From Awareness to Action: Gendered Dynamics of Engagement and Intervention in University Sexual Misconduct Training
Hock, Charlotte and Douglas, Heather (2026). From Awareness to Action: Gendered Dynamics of Engagement and Intervention in University Sexual Misconduct Training. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 08862605261494983, 8862605261494983. doi: 10.1177/08862605261494983
2026
Book Chapter
Frontline and legal system responses to violence against women
Callaly, Van, Colley, Allanah and Douglas, Heather (2026). Frontline and legal system responses to violence against women. Eliminating Violence Against Women: A Handbook for the Indo-Pacific Region. (pp. 177-180) Berlin, Germany: Walter de Gruyter GmbH. doi: 10.1515/9783112222881-023
2026
Book Chapter
Strengthening judicial responses to violence against women: Research partnership in practice—the national domestic and family violence bench book
Robinson, Michele and Douglas, Heather (2026). 219Strengthening judicial responses to violence against women: Research partnership in practice—the national domestic and family violence bench book. Eliminating Violence Against Women. (pp. 219-224) De Gruyter. doi: 10.1515/9783112222881-028
2026
Book Chapter
How the concept of coercive control has changed the way we think about violence against women in Australia and New Zealand
Colley, Allanah, Douglas, Heather and Tolmie, Julia (2026). 181How the concept of coercive control has changed the way we think about violence against women in Australia and New Zealand. Eliminating Violence Against Women. (pp. 181-192) De Gruyter. doi: 10.1515/9783112222881-024
2026
Journal Article
Recommendations from Aboriginal community-controlled organisations to mainstream inquiries on family violence: It's time to act
O’Donnell, Samantha, Douglas, Heather and Cripps, Kyllie (2026). Recommendations from Aboriginal community-controlled organisations to mainstream inquiries on family violence: It's time to act. Violence Against Women 10778012261484115, 1-31. doi: 10.1177/10778012261484115
2026
Journal Article
Ageism, rape myths, and disgust: Australian news media, older women, and sexual violence
O’Donnell, Samantha, Fileborn, Bianca, Douglas, Heather, McKenzie, Mandy and Tarzia, Laura (2026). Ageism, rape myths, and disgust: Australian news media, older women, and sexual violence. Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal. doi: 10.1177/17416590261468672
2026
Journal Article
Suicides and claimed suicides in the context of domestic and family violence and coercive control: legal and policy responses
Douglas, Heather (2026). Suicides and claimed suicides in the context of domestic and family violence and coercive control: legal and policy responses. International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy. doi: 10.5204/ijcjsd.4720
2025
Journal Article
A qualitative exploration of the impact of increasing criminalization on domestic violence support workers: Nonfatal strangulation as a case study
Sharman, Leah S., Douglas, Heather and Fitzgerald, Robin (2025). A qualitative exploration of the impact of increasing criminalization on domestic violence support workers: Nonfatal strangulation as a case study. Violence Against Women, 31 (14), 3704-3727. doi: 10.1177/10778012241289422
2025
Journal Article
Still Falling Short: Aboriginal Children's Rights and Victoria's Child Protection System
Jones, Annabelle, Douglas, Heather and Cripps, Kyllie (2025). Still Falling Short: Aboriginal Children's Rights and Victoria's Child Protection System. International Journal of Children's Rights, 33 (2), 396-424. doi: 10.1163/15718182-33020004
2025
Journal Article
Domestic violence and the role of imprisonment as a response: men’s post-conviction talk about strangling women
Fitzgerald, Robin and Douglas, Heather (2025). Domestic violence and the role of imprisonment as a response: men’s post-conviction talk about strangling women. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 38 (4), 1-21. doi: 10.1080/10345329.2025.2499290
2025
Journal Article
Burn violence against women in Australia: The tip of the iceberg from Australian burn centres
Singer, Yvonne, Tracy, Lincoln M, Malic, Claudia, Martin, Lisa, Gabbe, Belinda and Douglas, Heather (2025). Burn violence against women in Australia: The tip of the iceberg from Australian burn centres. Journal of Burn Care and Research, 46 (5), 1091-1098. doi: 10.1093/jbcr/iraf081
2025
Journal Article
Vale the Honourable Sally Brown AM
Douglas, Heather and Watson, Nicole (2025). Vale the Honourable Sally Brown AM. Alternative Law Journal, 50 (2), 83-84. doi: 10.1177/1037969X251338733
2025
Journal Article
BeckyBatagol, KateSeear, HeliAskola and JamieWalvisch (eds), The Feminist Legislation Project: Rewriting Laws for Gender‐Based Justice, London, Routledge, 2024, 392 pp, hb, £145.00
Douglas, Heather (2025). BeckyBatagol, KateSeear, HeliAskola and JamieWalvisch (eds), The Feminist Legislation Project: Rewriting Laws for Gender‐Based Justice, London, Routledge, 2024, 392 pp, hb, £145.00. The Modern Law Review, 88 (3), 629-633. doi: 10.1111/1468-2230.12945
2025
Journal Article
Choking/strangulation during sex: understanding and negotiating “safety” among 18-35 year old Australians
Conte, Isabella, Sharman, Leah S. and Douglas, Heather (2025). Choking/strangulation during sex: understanding and negotiating “safety” among 18-35 year old Australians. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 54 (2), 483-494. doi: 10.1007/s10508-025-03097-3
2025
Journal Article
LEGAL EDUCATION THROUGH ANINDIGENOUS LENS: Decolonising the Law School
Gray, Stephen, Watson, Nicole and Douglas, Heather (2025). LEGAL EDUCATION THROUGH ANINDIGENOUS LENS: Decolonising the Law School. Alternative Law Journal, 50 (1), 75-78. doi: 10.1177/1037969X251315367
2025
Journal Article
Policing Technology-Facilitated Domestic Abuse (TFDA): views of service providers in Australia and the United Kingdom
Douglas, Heather, Tanczer, Leonie, McLachlan, Freya and Harris, Bridget (2025). Policing Technology-Facilitated Domestic Abuse (TFDA): views of service providers in Australia and the United Kingdom. Journal of Family Violence, 40 (2), 341-352. doi: 10.1007/s10896-023-00619-2
Funding
Supervision
Availability
- Honorary Professor Heather Douglas is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Criminal law and procedure
- disclosure and fair trial;
- unrepresented defendants in criminal matters and the role of judges;
- post-sentence detention (eg: dangerous offenders, indefinites sentences etc.
For further information contact Professor Heather Douglas, e: h.douglas@law.uq.edu.au
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Topics that explore legal issues related to domestic and family violence
- use of exclusion or ouster orders in legislation and by the courts;
- development of specific offences (stalking, torture etc) and their implementation;
- development of defences (eg provocation, battered persons defence) and use in courts;
- role of the victim in charge and prosecution of criminal offences;
- special courts and alternative justice mechanisms in domestic and family violence matters.
For further information contact Professor Heather Douglas, e: h.douglas@law.uq.edu.au
Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Unrepresented Defendants in Criminal Trials in Bhutan: A Comparative Study between Australia and Bhutan
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Francesca Bartlett
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Migration and domestic violence: Women's experiences of proving domestic violence as a requirement for permanent residency in Australia
Principal Advisor
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
The Charging Decision: Accountability, Transparency, and Control of the Decision to Prosecute
Principal Advisor
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Child Death, Neglect & Criminal Responsibility: The (In)adequacy of the Law of Homicide in Australia in Cases of Child Fatality Resulting from Parental Neglect
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Andreas Schloenhardt
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Does Australia's law governing fitness for trial for summary offences protect the human rights of persons with intellectual disabilities?
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor John Devereux
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
The role of the victim in criminal proceedings in Australia and Germany - a comparison
Principal Advisor
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
The criminal law implications for doctors who perform sacrificial separation surgery on conjoined twins
Principal Advisor
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
A Trauma-Informed Non-Fatal Strangulation Trial: Victim-Witnesses, Brain Injury and PTSD
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Caitlin Goss
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Murri Courts: An ethnography of Indigenous sentencing courts in Southeast Queensland, Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Sally Babidge, Associate Professor Gerhard Hoffstaedter
Media
Enquiries
Contact Honorary Professor Heather Douglas directly for media enquiries about:
- Aboriginal peoples and criminal law
- Aboriginal peoples and domestic violence
- Abortion and the law
- Australian judicial decision-making
- Criminal law and Indigenous people
- Criminal law and procedure
- Domestic violence
- Domestic violence in Indigenous communities
- Family violence
- FASD
- Feminism
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and the Law
- Human rights
- Indigenous people and criminal law
- law reform
- sentencing
- Social justice law
- Stalking and technology facilitated abuse
- Violence - domestic
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