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
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2011
Conference Publication
Marginalised Mothers and Child Protection Interventions
Walsh, Tamara K.E. and Douglas, Heather Anne (2011). Marginalised Mothers and Child Protection Interventions. Mothers at the Margins: Sixth International Conference on Motherhood, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 28 April.
2011
Conference Publication
Obstacles to 'a Proper Exercise of Jurisdiction' - Administering Criminal Justice in the Settler-Indigenous Encounter in Australia
Douglas, Heather Anne and Mark Finnane (2011). Obstacles to 'a Proper Exercise of Jurisdiction' - Administering Criminal Justice in the Settler-Indigenous Encounter in Australia. Between Indigenous and Settler Governance, Centre for Citizenship and Public Policy, UWS, Bankstown, 18-20 August 2011.
2011
Conference Publication
Khat: analysis of current issues
Douglas, Heather Anne, Nicholas Lintzeris and Merali Boyle (2011). Khat: analysis of current issues. Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs Conference (APSAD), Hobart, 16 November 2011.
2011
Book Chapter
Domestic violence research: Valuing stories
Douglas, Heather (2011). Domestic violence research: Valuing stories. Qualitative criminology: Stories from the field. (pp. 129-139) edited by Lorana Bartels and Kelly Richards. Leichardt, NSW, Australia: Hawkins Press.
2011
Conference Publication
Child Protection, Family Group Meetings and Procedural Fairness
Walsh, Tamara K.E. and Douglas, Heather Anne (2011). Child Protection, Family Group Meetings and Procedural Fairness. Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration: Child Protection in Australia and New Zealand, Brisbane, Australia, 5 May, 2011.
2011
Conference Publication
FASD and Criminal Justice Issues in Australia
Douglas, Heather (2011). FASD and Criminal Justice Issues in Australia. 4th International Conference on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Vancouver, Canada, 2-5 March 2011.
2011
Conference Publication
'When is Abortion a Criminal Offence in Queensland: Healthcare Providers' Views'
Douglas, Heather Anne and Caroline deCosta (2011). 'When is Abortion a Criminal Offence in Queensland: Healthcare Providers' Views'. Crime and Punishment: Medicine and The Law, Conference of the Medico-legal Society of Queensland, Sanctuary Cove, 9-10 September 2011.
2010
Journal Article
'A Tragedy of Monumental Proportions': Indigenous Australians and the sentencing process
Douglas, Heather and Corrin, Jennifer (2010). 'A Tragedy of Monumental Proportions': Indigenous Australians and the sentencing process. Social & Legal Studies, 19 (2), 197-215. doi: 10.1177/0964663909353141
2010
Journal Article
Legal regulation of the drug khat in Australia
Douglas, Heather and Pedder, Merali (2010). Legal regulation of the drug khat in Australia. Journal of Law and Medicine, 18 (2), 284-301.
2010
Journal Article
Mothers, domestic violence, and child protection: Toward collaboration and engagement
Douglas, Heather and Walsh, Tamara (2010). Mothers, domestic violence, and child protection: Toward collaboration and engagement. Violence Against Women, 16 (5), 537-542. doi: 10.1177/1077801210366291
2010
Journal Article
Mothers, domestic violence, and child protection
Douglas, Heather A. and Walsh, Tamara K. E. (2010). Mothers, domestic violence, and child protection. Violence Against Women, 16 (5), 489-508. doi: 10.1177/1077801210365887
2010
Conference Publication
The Shifting Moral Compass: Post-sentence Incarceration
Douglas, Heather Anne (2010). The Shifting Moral Compass: Post-sentence Incarceration. Australasian Law Reform Agencies Conference, Brisbane, 10 September 2010.
2010
Book
Criminal process in Queensland and Western Australia
Douglas, Heather, Everton-Moore, Kimberly, Harbidge, Sue and Levy, Laurie (2010). Criminal process in Queensland and Western Australia. Pyrmont, N.S.W., Australia: Thomson Lawbook Co.
2010
Journal Article
Khat and Islamic legal perspectives: Issues for consideration
Douglas, Heather and Hersi, Abdi (2010). Khat and Islamic legal perspectives: Issues for consideration. Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law, 62, 95-114.
2010
Journal Article
The sentencing response to defendants with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Douglas, Heather (2010). The sentencing response to defendants with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Criminal Law Journal, 34 (4), 221-239.
2010
Conference Publication
Domestic Violence and Criminal Justice Interventions
Douglas, Heather Anne (2010). Domestic Violence and Criminal Justice Interventions. Global Domestic Violence Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1 November 2010.
2010
Book
Stories from survivors: domestic violence and criminal justice interventions
Douglas, Heather and Stark, Tanja (2010). Stories from survivors: domestic violence and criminal justice interventions. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland.
2009
Book
Aboriginal Australians and the criminal law: History, policy, culture
Douglas, Heather (2009). Aboriginal Australians and the criminal law: History, policy, culture. Saarbrucken: VDM Verlag.
2009
Conference Publication
Criminalised Mothers and the Child Protection System
Douglas, Heather Anne (2009). Criminalised Mothers and the Child Protection System. Is Prison Obselete Conference, Brisbane, 4 September, 2009.
2009
Journal Article
Law on Australia's northern frontier: The fall and rise of race
Chesterman, John and Douglas, Heather (2009). Law on Australia's northern frontier: The fall and rise of race. Canadian Journal of Law and Society, 24 (1), 69-83. doi: 10.1017/S0829320100009777
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
Current supervision
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Master Philosophy
The Criminal Justice Journeys of Incarcerated Women who have Experienced Non-Fatal Strangulation: Conceptualising a Trauma- and Gender-informed Approach to Correctional Care.
Associate Advisor
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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