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
2004
Journal Article
Assimilation, Lutheranism and the 1950s Justice of Kriewaldt
Douglas, Heather (2004). Assimilation, Lutheranism and the 1950s Justice of Kriewaldt. Australian Journal of Legal History, 8 (2), 285-312.
2004
Journal Article
Crime in the Intimate Sphere : Prosecutions of Intimate Partner Violence
Douglas, Heather (2004). Crime in the Intimate Sphere : Prosecutions of Intimate Partner Violence. Newcastle Law Review, 7 (2), 79-100.
2004
Journal Article
'Their Ultimate Absorption': Assimilation in 1930s Australia
Chesterman, John and Douglas, Heather (2004). 'Their Ultimate Absorption': Assimilation in 1930s Australia. Journal of Australian Studies, 81, 47-58.
2003
Journal Article
Intimate partner violence: Transforming harm into a crime
Douglas, Heather and Godden, Lee (2003). Intimate partner violence: Transforming harm into a crime. E Law - Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law, 10 (2), 1-17.
2003
Journal Article
The Decriminalisation of Domestic Violence: Examining the Interaction Between the Criminal Law and Domestic Violence
Douglas, H. and Godden, L. (2003). The Decriminalisation of Domestic Violence: Examining the Interaction Between the Criminal Law and Domestic Violence. Criminal Law Journal, 27 (Part 1), 32-1-32-12.
2002
Journal Article
Justice Kriewaldt, Aboriginal Identity and Criminal Law
Douglas, H. (2002). Justice Kriewaldt, Aboriginal Identity and Criminal Law. Criminal Law Journal, 26 (Part 4), 204-1-204-19.
2001
Journal Article
The participation of Indigenous students in legal education: 1990-2000
Douglas, Heather (2001). The participation of Indigenous students in legal education: 1990-2000. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 24 (2), 485-514.
2000
Journal Article
"From a different place altogether": Indigenous students and cultural exclusion at law school
Douglas, Heather Anne and Banks, Cate (2000). "From a different place altogether": Indigenous students and cultural exclusion at law school. Australian Journal of Law and Society, 15, 42-66.
1999
Journal Article
Gender in Cyberspace: Women Lawyers and the Internet
Heather Douglas (1999). Gender in Cyberspace: Women Lawyers and the Internet. Griffith Law Review, 8
1998
Journal Article
"This is not just about me": Indigenous students insights into law school study
Douglas, Heather (1998). "This is not just about me": Indigenous students insights into law school study. Adelaide Law Review, 20, 349-370.
1998
Journal Article
Anunga Guidelines
Heather Douglas (1998). Anunga Guidelines. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 21
1998
Journal Article
The cultural specificity of evidence: the current scope and relevance of the Anunga guidelines
Douglas, Heather (1998). The cultural specificity of evidence: the current scope and relevance of the Anunga guidelines. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 21, 27-54.
1998
Journal Article
Review of The Incredible Woman: Power and Sexual Politics vol II, by Jocelynne A. Scutt
Douglas, Heather Anne (1998). Review of The Incredible Woman: Power and Sexual Politics vol II, by Jocelynne A. Scutt. Griffith Law Review, 7 (2), 317-320.
1997
Journal Article
Review of The Incredible Woman: Power and Sexual Politics vol I by Jocelynne A. Scutt
Douglas, Heather Anne (1997). Review of The Incredible Woman: Power and Sexual Politics vol I by Jocelynne A. Scutt. Griffith Law Review, 6, 228-230.
1997
Journal Article
Review of Majah: Indigenous Peoples and the Law by Bird, Martin and Nielson
Douglas, Heather Anne (1997). Review of Majah: Indigenous Peoples and the Law by Bird, Martin and Nielson. International Journal of Cultural Property, 6 (1), 171-173. doi: 10.1017/S0940739197000246
1996
Journal Article
Indigenous legal education: looking towards the future
Douglas, Heather (1996). Indigenous legal education: looking towards the future. Legal Education Review, 7 (2), 225-246.
1996
Journal Article
Indigenous Legal Education: Looking Towards the Future
Douglas, Heather (1996). Indigenous Legal Education: Looking Towards the Future. Legal Education Review, 7, 225-246.
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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