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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2014
Conference Publication
Battered Woman Syndrome: The Relationship Between Feminist Academic Critique and Judicial Decision-making.
Douglas, Heather Anne (2014). Battered Woman Syndrome: The Relationship Between Feminist Academic Critique and Judicial Decision-making.. Criminal Law Workshop, Sydney, 14 February 2014.
2014
Journal Article
Disability and domestic violence: protecting survivors' human rights
Harpur, Paul and Douglas, Heather (2014). Disability and domestic violence: protecting survivors' human rights. Griffith Law Review, 23 (3), 405-433. doi: 10.1080/10383441.2014.1000241
2014
Book Chapter
Intersectionality and Indigenous Sentencing Courts
Douglas, Heather (2014). Intersectionality and Indigenous Sentencing Courts. Australian Feminist Judgments: Righting and Rewriting Law. (pp. 339-344) edited by Heather Douglas, Francesca Bartlett, Trish Luker and Rosemary Hunter. Oxford, United Kingdom: Hart Publishing.
2013
Journal Article
Making it legal: abortion providers' knowledge and use of abortion law in New South Wales and Queensland
de Costa, Caroline, Douglas, Heather and Black, Kirsten (2013). Making it legal: abortion providers' knowledge and use of abortion law in New South Wales and Queensland. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 53 (2), 184-189. doi: 10.1111/ajo.12035
2013
Journal Article
A Consideration of the legitimacy and equity of Queensland's offender levy
Douglas, Heather and April Chrzanowski (2013). A Consideration of the legitimacy and equity of Queensland's offender levy. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 24 (3), 317-339. doi: 10.1080/10345329.2013.12035964
2013
Other Outputs
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) within the criminal justice sector in Queensland
Douglas, Heather, Hammill, Janet, Hall, Wayne and Russell, Elizabeth (2013). Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) within the criminal justice sector in Queensland. Deakin, ACT, Australia: Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education.
2013
Conference Publication
Manufacturing Mental Illness (and Lawful Abortion): Doctors' Attitudes to Abortion Law and Practice in Two Australian States.
Douglas, Heather Anne (2013). Manufacturing Mental Illness (and Lawful Abortion): Doctors' Attitudes to Abortion Law and Practice in Two Australian States.. Staff Seminar, Victoria University Law School, Victoria, Canada, 4 March 2013.
2013
Book Chapter
Obstacles to 'a proper exercise of jurisdiction' – sorcery and criminal justice in the settler–indigenous encounter in Australia
Douglas, Heather and Finnane, Mark (2013). Obstacles to 'a proper exercise of jurisdiction' – sorcery and criminal justice in the settler–indigenous encounter in Australia. Between Indigenous and Settler Governance. (pp. 59-69) edited by Lisa Ford and Tim Rowse. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203085028
2013
Conference Publication
Panel: FASD and the Law- A Conversation About Current Research
Douglas, Heather Anne (2013). Panel: FASD and the Law- A Conversation About Current Research. The 5th International Conference on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Vancouver, 27 February 2-13.
2013
Conference Publication
FASD in Australia: Judges Survey
Douglas, Heather Anne (2013). FASD in Australia: Judges Survey. FASD and the Law: A Conversation About Current Research and Practices, Vancouver, 26 February 2013.
2013
Conference Publication
Exploring the Effects of Alcohol Consumption During Pregnancy and Its Effects on Child Development.
Douglas, Heather Anne and Prabha Prayaga (2013). Exploring the Effects of Alcohol Consumption During Pregnancy and Its Effects on Child Development.. Australian Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Conference, Brisbane, 19 November 2013.
2013
Journal Article
Manufacturing mental illness (and lawful abortion): doctors' attitudes to abortion law and practice in New South Wales and Queensland
Douglas, Heather, Black, Kirsten and de Costa, Caroline (2013). Manufacturing mental illness (and lawful abortion): doctors' attitudes to abortion law and practice in New South Wales and Queensland. Journal of Law and Medicine, 20 (3), 560-576.
2013
Conference Publication
Domestic violence protection orders and attempted strangulation
Douglas, Heather Anne and Fitzgerald, Robin (2013). Domestic violence protection orders and attempted strangulation. Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology, Brisbane, 3 October 2013.
2013
Journal Article
Continuing the Stolen Generations: child protection interventions and indigenous people
Douglas, Heather Anne and Walsh, Tamara K.E. (2013). Continuing the Stolen Generations: child protection interventions and indigenous people. International Journal of Children's Rights, 21 (1), 59-87. doi: 10.1163/157181812X639288
2013
Conference Publication
Civil Domestic Violence Order: Reflections on a Quasi-criminal Justice Response to Intimate Partner Violence
Douglas, Heather Anne and Heather Nancarrow (2013). Civil Domestic Violence Order: Reflections on a Quasi-criminal Justice Response to Intimate Partner Violence. Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology, Brisbane, 1 October 2013.
2013
Conference Publication
Economic research into Indigenous inequality and development
Douglas, Heather and Prayaga, Prabha (2013). Economic research into Indigenous inequality and development. Diversity Week, University of Queensland, 21 May 2013.
2013
Journal Article
Legal processes and gendered violence: cross-applications for domestic violence protection orders
Douglas, Heather and Fitzgerald, Robin (2013). Legal processes and gendered violence: cross-applications for domestic violence protection orders. UNSW Law Journal, 36 (1), 56-87.
2012
Journal Article
A consideration of the merits of specialised homicide offences and defences for battered women
Douglas, Heather (2012). A consideration of the merits of specialised homicide offences and defences for battered women. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 45 (3), 367-382. doi: 10.1177/0004865812456851
2012
Journal Article
Battered women's experiences of the criminal justice system: Decentring the law
Douglas, Heather (2012). Battered women's experiences of the criminal justice system: Decentring the law. Feminist Legal Studies, 20 (2), 121-134. doi: 10.1007/s10691-012-9201-1
2012
Conference Publication
Domestic Violence Protection Orders: Cross Orders in Queensland's Courts
Douglas, Heather Anne (2012). Domestic Violence Protection Orders: Cross Orders in Queensland's Courts. Intimate Partner Violence and Homicide Symposium, Brisbane, 3 May 2012.
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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