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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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
2018
Other Outputs
The cost of abortion access in Queensland: data from the Children by Choice financial assistance program for disadvantaged women 2015-2017
Utting, Selina, Douglas, Heather, Sheeran, Nicola, Dingle, Genevieve A., Bell, Jennifer and Sharman, Leah S. (2018). The cost of abortion access in Queensland: data from the Children by Choice financial assistance program for disadvantaged women 2015-2017. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Children by Choice.
2018
Journal Article
Adolescent family violence: what is the role for legal responses?
Douglas, Heather and Walsh, Tamara (2018). Adolescent family violence: what is the role for legal responses?. Sydney Law Review, 40 (4), 499-526.
2018
Journal Article
Domestic and family violence, reproductive coercion and the role for law
Douglas, Heather and Katherine Kerr (2018). Domestic and family violence, reproductive coercion and the role for law. Journal of Law and Medicine, 26 (2), 341-355.
2018
Journal Article
'Eve teasing'- a scenario from Bangladesh
Nishat, Khandakar Josia, Walsh, Deborah B. and Douglas, Heather (2018). 'Eve teasing'- a scenario from Bangladesh. South Asia Journal, Special Issue Special Issue, 90-99.
2018
Journal Article
'Benchmarking' a Supreme Court and Federal Court Judge in Australia
Bartlett, Francesca and Douglas, Heather (2018). 'Benchmarking' a Supreme Court and Federal Court Judge in Australia. Onati Socio-Legal Series, 8 (9), 1355-1385. doi: 10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-0992
2018
Journal Article
Theorising criminalisation: the value of a modalities approach
McNamara, Luke, Quilter, Julia, Hogg, Russell, Douglas, Heather, Loughnan, Arlie and Brown, David (2018). Theorising criminalisation: the value of a modalities approach. International Journal For Crime, Justice And Social Democracy, 7 (3), 91-121. doi: 10.5204/ijcjsd.v7i3.511
2018
Journal Article
The domestic violence protection order system as entry to the criminal justice system for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Douglas, Heather and Fitzgerald, Robin (2018). The domestic violence protection order system as entry to the criminal justice system for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. International Journal For Crime, Justice And Social Democracy, 7 (3), 41-57. doi: 10.5204/ijcjsd.v7i3.499
2018
Journal Article
Legal responses to non-consensual smartphone recordings in the context of domestic and family violence
Douglas, Heather Anne and Burdon, Mark (2018). Legal responses to non-consensual smartphone recordings in the context of domestic and family violence. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 41 (1), 1-29.
2018
Other Outputs
Experiences of QLD women seeking support for unplanned pregnancy
Sharman, Leah S. , Douglas, Heather , Price, Liz , Sheeran, Nicola and Dingle, Genevieve A. (2018). Experiences of QLD women seeking support for unplanned pregnancy. Brisbane, Australia: Children by Choice.
2018
Journal Article
Legal responses to non-consensual smartphone recordings in the context of domestic and family violence
Douglas, Heather and Burdon, Mark (2018). Legal responses to non-consensual smartphone recordings in the context of domestic and family violence. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 41 (1), 157-184.
2018
Book Chapter
Domestic violence protection orders and their role in ensuring personal security
Heather Douglas (2018). Domestic violence protection orders and their role in ensuring personal security. Intimate partner violence, risk and security: securing women’s lives in a global world. (pp. 216-232) edited by Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Sandra Walklate, Jude McCulloch and JaneMaree Maher. London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315204765-13
2018
Book Chapter
Introduction
Stenning, Philip, Colvin, Victoria and Douglas, Heather (2018). Introduction. The evolving role of the public prosecutor: challenges and innovations. (pp. 1-12) edited by Victoria Colvin and Philip Stenning. New York, NY United States: Routledge.
2018
Book Chapter
Abortion
Bennett, Belinda and Douglas, Heather (2018). Abortion. Health Law in Australia. (pp. 473-496) edited by Ben White, Lindy Willmott and Fiona McDonald. Sydney, Australia: Thomson Reuters.
2018
Journal Article
Legal systems abuse and coercive control
Douglas, Heather (2018). Legal systems abuse and coercive control. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 18 (1), 84-99. doi: 10.1177/1748895817728380
2018
Conference Publication
Adolescent Family Violence
Walsh, Tamara and Douglas, Heather (2018). Adolescent Family Violence. Community Legal Centres Queensland Conference 2018, Brisbane, Qld Australia, 8-9 March 2018. Brisbane: University of Queensland.
2018
Conference Publication
Domestic violence and the law: achievements and future directions
Douglas, Heather (2018). Domestic violence and the law: achievements and future directions. Sir Harry Gibbs Law Dinner, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 30 August 2018. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Emmanuel College.
2018
Book Chapter
Prosecuting domestic violence cases: listening to victims
Douglas, Heather (2018). Prosecuting domestic violence cases: listening to victims. The evolving role of the public prosecutor: challenges and innovations. (pp. 154-168) edited by Victoria Colvin and Philip Stenning. New York, NY United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429467547
2018
Journal Article
Domestic and family violence, mental health and well-being, and legal engagement
Douglas, Heather Anne (2018). Domestic and family violence, mental health and well-being, and legal engagement. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 25 (3), 341-356. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2017.1396865
2017
Journal Article
Domestic and family violence and police negligence
Shircore, Mandy, Douglas, Heather Anne and Morwood, Victoria (2017). Domestic and family violence and police negligence. Sydney Law Review, 39 (4), 539-567.
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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