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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2021
Book
Women, intimate partner violence, and the law
Douglas, Heather (2021). Women, intimate partner violence, and the law. New York, NY United States: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780190071783.001.0001
2020
Journal Article
Family violence, lawyers and debt
Douglas, Heather (2020). Family violence, lawyers and debt. Australian Journal of Family Law, 33 (3), 264-281.
2020
Journal Article
Reproductive coercion and legal recognition: views of domestic violence support workers and lawyers
Douglas, Heather, Sheeran, Nicola and Tarzia, Laura (2020). Reproductive coercion and legal recognition: views of domestic violence support workers and lawyers. International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 9 (3), 117-130. doi: 10.5204/ijcjsd.1704
2020
Journal Article
Facts seen and unseen: improving justice responses by using a social entrapment lens for cases involving abused women (as offenders or victims)
Douglas, Heather, McGlade, Hannah, Tarrant, Stella and Tolmie, Julia (2020). Facts seen and unseen: improving justice responses by using a social entrapment lens for cases involving abused women (as offenders or victims). Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 32 (4), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/10345329.2020.1829779
2020
Journal Article
Introduction to the special issue: evidence in the intimate sphere
Chin, Jason M., Douglas, Heather and Goss, Caitlin (2020). Introduction to the special issue: evidence in the intimate sphere. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 32 (4), 379-381. doi: 10.1080/10345329.2020.1837714
2020
Journal Article
Women's stories of non-fatal strangulation: informing the criminal justice response
Douglas, Heather and Fitzgerald, Robin (2020). Women's stories of non-fatal strangulation: informing the criminal justice response. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 22 (2), 174889582094960-286. doi: 10.1177/1748895820949607
2020
Journal Article
Indigenous Australians, specialist courts, and the intergenerational impacts of child removal in the criminal justice system
Radke, Amelia and Douglas, Heather (2020). Indigenous Australians, specialist courts, and the intergenerational impacts of child removal in the criminal justice system. International Journal of Children's Rights, 28 (2), 378-400. doi: 10.1163/15718182-02802005
2020
Other Outputs
Identifying and responding to reproductive coercion in a legal context: issues paper
Douglas, Heather, Sheeran, Nicola and Tarzia, Laura (2020). Identifying and responding to reproductive coercion in a legal context: issues paper. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
2020
Journal Article
Malicious reports of child maltreatment as coercive control: mothers and domestic and family violence
Douglas, Heather and Fell, Emma (2020). Malicious reports of child maltreatment as coercive control: mothers and domestic and family violence. Journal of Family Violence, 35 (8), 827-837. doi: 10.1007/s10896-019-00128-1
2020
Book Chapter
Alternative constructions of a family violence offence
Douglas, Heather (2020). Alternative constructions of a family violence offence. Criminalising Coercive Control: Family Violence and the Criminal Law. (pp. 243-260) edited by Marilyn McMahon and Paul McGorrery. Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-0653-6_12
2019
Journal Article
Sentencing, Domestic Violence, and the Overrepresentation of Indigenous Australians: Does Court Location Matter?
Fitzgerald, Robin, Douglas, Heather and Heybroek, Lachlan (2019). Sentencing, Domestic Violence, and the Overrepresentation of Indigenous Australians: Does Court Location Matter?. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36 (21-22), 886260519885916-10613. doi: 10.1177/0886260519885916
2019
Journal Article
The national domestic and family violence bench book 2019
Douglas, Heather and Chapple, Kate (2019). The national domestic and family violence bench book 2019. Alternative Law Journal, 44 (4), 1037969X1988169-316. doi: 10.1177/1037969x19881699
2019
Journal Article
Understanding processes of criminalisation: Insights from an Australian study of criminal law-making.
McNamara, Luke, Quilter, Julia, Hogg, Russell, Loughnan, Arlie, Douglas, Heather, Brown, David and Farmer, Lindsay (2019). Understanding processes of criminalisation: Insights from an Australian study of criminal law-making.. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 21 (3), 174889581986851-407. doi: 10.1177/1748895819868519
2019
Journal Article
Domestic and family violence, child support and ‘the exemption’
Douglas, Heather and Nagesh, Rachna (2019). Domestic and family violence, child support and ‘the exemption’. Journal of Family Studies, 27 (4), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/13229400.2019.1653952
2019
Journal Article
The Whole Story: The Dilemma of the Domestic Violence Protection Order Narrative
Fitzgerald, Robin and Douglas, Heather (2019). The Whole Story: The Dilemma of the Domestic Violence Protection Order Narrative. The British Journal of Criminology, 60 (1), 180-197. doi: 10.1093/bjc/azz043
2019
Other Outputs
Submission to Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council: review of community based sentencing orders, imprisonment and parole options
Douglas, Heather, Walsh, Tamara, Lelliott, Joseph and Wallis, Rebecca (2019). Submission to Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council: review of community based sentencing orders, imprisonment and parole options.
2019
Journal Article
Policing domestic and family violence
Douglas, Heather (2019). Policing domestic and family violence. International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 8 (2), 31-49. doi: 10.5204/ijcjsd.v8i2.1122
2019
Journal Article
Experiences of reproductive coercion in Queensland women
Price, Elizabeth, Sharman, Leah, Douglas, Heather, Sheeran, Nicola and Dingle, Genevieve (2019). Experiences of reproductive coercion in Queensland women. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37 (5-6) online first, 886260519846851-NP2843. doi: 10.1177/0886260519846851
2019
Journal Article
Technology-facilitated domestic and family violence: Women’s experiences
Douglas, Heather, Harris, Bridget and Dragiewicz, Molly (2019). Technology-facilitated domestic and family violence: Women’s experiences. The British Journal of Criminology, 59 (3), 551-570. doi: 10.1093/bjc/azy068
2019
Journal Article
Associations between unintended pregnancy, domestic violence, and sexual assault in a population of Queensland women
Sharman, Leah S., Douglas, Heather, Price, Elizabeth, Sheeran, Nicola and Dingle, Genevieve A. (2019). Associations between unintended pregnancy, domestic violence, and sexual assault in a population of Queensland women. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 26 (4), 541-552. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2018.1510347
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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