Overview
Background
Associate Professor Sarah Bennett is the Program Director, Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Queensland. Her research interests include evidence-based policing and practice, procedural justice and legitimacy, experimental criminology, and organisational practice. These interests are interwoven within three research aims to 1) advance the role of police and police training in improving outcomes for survivors, offenders and communities, 2) innovate and apply rigorous research methods in real world settings to inform policy and practice and 3) advance organisational facilitators and theories for effective practice. Sarah has significant and internationally unique expertise in delivering complex research projects with translational benefits to improve policing practice in the UK and Australia. Sarah is a Fellow of the Academy of Experimental Criminology (AEC). Sarah is invested in strong partnerships to facilitate measurable and meaningful research outcomes.
Availability
- Associate Professor Sarah Bennett is:
- Not available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts, Scripps College
- Masters (Coursework), University of Cambridge
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge
Research interests
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Legitimacy and policing
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Experimental criminology
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Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence
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Restorative justice
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Vulnerable communities
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Crime prevention
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Youth Diversion
Works
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2010
Journal Article
Legitimacy in policing: Draft protocol for the Campbell Collaboration systematic review
Mazerolle, Lorraine, Bennett, Sarah, Elise Sargeant, Ferguson, Patricia and Manning, Matthew (2010). Legitimacy in policing: Draft protocol for the Campbell Collaboration systematic review. Campbell Collaboration.
2010
Conference Publication
Legitimacy and policing: a systematic review
Bennett, Sarah, Mazerolle, Lorraine, Davis, Jacqueline, Sargeant, Elise and Manning, Matthew (2010). Legitimacy and policing: a systematic review. The National Policing Improvement Agency, Bramshill, United Kingdom, March 2010.
2010
Conference Publication
Queensland Community Engagement Trial: Preliminary results
Bennett, Sarah and Mazerolle, Lorraine (2010). Queensland Community Engagement Trial: Preliminary results. 2nd CEPS Annual International Conference, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 7- 8 October, 2010.
2010
Conference Publication
Legitimacy policing: systematic review findings
Mazerolle, Lorraine, Bennett, Sarah, Davis, Jacqueline , Sargeant, Elise and Manning, Matthew (2010). Legitimacy policing: systematic review findings. American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, United States, November 2010.
2010
Book Chapter
Experimental criminology
Mazerolle, Lorraine and Bennett, Sarah (2010). Experimental criminology. Oxford Bibliographies: Criminology. (pp. 1-1) edited by Beth M. Huebner. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/OBO/9780195396607-0085
2010
Conference Publication
The Queensland Community Engagement Trial (Invited speaker)
Bennett, Sarah (2010). The Queensland Community Engagement Trial (Invited speaker). Institute for Social Science Research, Brisbane, Australia, May 2010.
2010
Conference Publication
The Queensland Community Engagement Trial (QCET) – Information Session (Invited speaker)
Bennett, Sarah (2010). The Queensland Community Engagement Trial (QCET) – Information Session (Invited speaker). Queensland Police Service, Brisbane, Australia, March 2010.
2009
Book
Serious violent crime investigations: A systematic literature search and technical report
Denning, Rebecca, Bennett, Sarah, Mazerolle, Lorraine and Stocks, Belinda (2009). Serious violent crime investigations: A systematic literature search and technical report. Brisbane, Australia: Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security.
2009
Other Outputs
Procedural Justice: A systematic literature search and technical report to the National Policing Improvement Agency
Bennett, Sarah, Denning, Rebecca, Mazerolle, Lorraine and Stocks, Belinda (2009). Procedural Justice: A systematic literature search and technical report to the National Policing Improvement Agency. Brisbane, Qld, Australia: Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security.
2009
Journal Article
Title registration for a review proposal: legitimacy in policing
Mazerolle, Lorraine, Bennett, Sarah, Manning, Matthew, Ferguson, Patricia and Sargeant, Elise (2009). Title registration for a review proposal: legitimacy in policing. Campbell Systematic Reviews.
2008
Other Outputs
Criminal careers and restorative justice
Bennett, Sarah (2008). Criminal careers and restorative justice PhD Thesis, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge.
2007
Book
Systematic review of recent research undertaken regarding restorative justice, reparation and victims
Sherman, Lawrence, Strang, Heather, Newbury-Birch, Dorothy and Bennett, Sarah (2007). Systematic review of recent research undertaken regarding restorative justice, reparation and victims. London, United Kingdom: Newcastle University.
2007
Book
Restorative justice: the evidence
Sherman, Lawrence, Strang, Heather, Barnes, Geoffrey, Bennett, Sarah, Angel, Caroline, Newbury-Birch, Dorothy, Woods, Daniel and Gill, Charlotte (2007). Restorative justice: the evidence. London, United Kingdom: The Smith Insitute.
2006
Journal Article
Erratum: Effects of face-to-face restorative justice on victims of crime in four randomized, controlled trials (Journal of Experimental Criminology (2005) 1 (367-395))
Sherman, Lawrence W., Strang, Heather, Angel, Caroline, Woods, Daniel, Barnes, Geoffrey C., Bennett, Sarah, Inkpen, Nova and Rossner, Meredith (2006). Erratum: Effects of face-to-face restorative justice on victims of crime in four randomized, controlled trials (Journal of Experimental Criminology (2005) 1 (367-395)). Journal of Experimental Criminology, 2 (3), 407-407. doi: 10.1007/s11292-006-9006-9
2006
Journal Article
Victim evaluations of face-to-face restorative justice conferences: A quasi-experimental analysis
Strang, Heather, Sherman, Lawrence, Angel, Caroline M., Woods, Daniel J., Bennett, Sarah, Newbury-Birch, Dorothy and Inkpen, Nova (2006). Victim evaluations of face-to-face restorative justice conferences: A quasi-experimental analysis. Journal of Social Issues, 62 (2), 281-306. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2006.00451.x
2006
Conference Publication
Victimisation and Restorative Justice
Bennett, Sarah and Gill, Charlotte (2006). Victimisation and Restorative Justice. Stockholm Criminology Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden, June 2006.
2005
Journal Article
Effects of face-to-face restorative justice on victims of crime in four randomized, controlled trials
Sherman, Lawrence W, Strang, Heather, Angel, Caroline, Woods, Daniel, Barnes, Geoffrey C., Bennett, Sarah, Inkpen, N. and Rossner, M. (2005). Effects of face-to-face restorative justice on victims of crime in four randomized, controlled trials. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 1 (3), 367-395. doi: 10.1007/s11292-005-8126-y
2005
Journal Article
Explaining gender differences in crime and violence: The importance of social cognitive skills
Bennett, Sarah, Farrington, David P. and Huesmann, L. Rowell (2005). Explaining gender differences in crime and violence: The importance of social cognitive skills. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 10 (3), 263-288. doi: 10.1016/j.avb.2004.07.001
2005
Conference Publication
Inserting Restorative Justice into Robbery and Burglary Sentences in London
Bennett, Sarah and Inkpen, Nova (2005). Inserting Restorative Justice into Robbery and Burglary Sentences in London. World Congress Conference, Philadelphia, PA United States, August 2005.
2004
Conference Publication
Making RJ Happen: Victim and offender take-up
Bennett, Sarah, Inkpen, Nova and Newbury-Birch, Dorothy (2004). Making RJ Happen: Victim and offender take-up. Restorative Justice at the Coalface Conference, Newcastle, United Kingdom, June 2004.
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Sarah Bennett is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Tracing the Journey: Women¿s Offending Pathways, Programs, and Desistance in the Australian Criminal Justice System
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Violence Against Women in Rural and Remote Communities: Explicating factors that impact prevalence, severity and help-seeking
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Innovating Police Performance Measurement
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Lorraine Mazerolle
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Doctor Philosophy
Routine Policing Activities: Assessing the Strategic Deployment of Random Breath Testing on Crime, Calls for Service and Traffic Crashes
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jonathan Corcoran
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Doctor Philosophy
Removing police barriers in sexual offence cases: Explicating police decision making heuristics and victims perspective
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Lorraine Mazerolle
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Doctor Philosophy
Removing police barriers in sexual offence cases: Explicating police decision making heuristics and victims perspective
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Lorraine Mazerolle
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Doctor Philosophy
Mitigating Digital Threats and Crime: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Lorraine Mazerolle
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Doctor Philosophy
Nudging cybersecurity: The limitations of email-based nudges in enhancing defensive behaviours
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Lorraine Mazerolle
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Tracing the Journey: Women's Offending Pathways, Programs, and Desistance in the Australian Criminal Justice System
Principal Advisor
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
The Blended Detective Training Program. Educating the Digital Age Detective: Developing High Performance Police Detectives through Enhanced Self-Efficacy
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Lorraine Mazerolle
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Proactive Police Detectives: An Evaluation of Brisbane's Operation Galley
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Lorraine Mazerolle
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Engaging parents involved in Community Corrections: The role of parenting interventions in improving child and parent outcomes
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Emma Antrobus
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Behaviour change, rigorous evidence and public policy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Emma Antrobus, Professor Brian Head, Professor Cameron Parsell
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Encouraging school re-engagement: Exploring the operation of the legal mechanisms of a Third Party Policing school engagement intervention
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Emma Antrobus, Professor Lorraine Mazerolle
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Activating School Bonds: A Study of Truanting Young People in the Context of the Ability School Engagement Program (ASEP)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Emma Antrobus, Professor Lorraine Mazerolle
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Randomised Controlled Trials in Policing: An Organisational Learning Perspective
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Emma Antrobus, Professor Lorraine Mazerolle
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