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Associate Professor Sarah Bennett
Associate Professor

Sarah Bennett

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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

  • Legitimacy and policing

  • Experimental criminology

  • Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence

  • Restorative justice

  • Vulnerable communities

  • Crime prevention

  • Youth Diversion

Works

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126 works between 2001 and 2024

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2004

Conference Publication

Restorative Justice and Serious Crime

Bennett, Sarah and Inkpen, Nova (2004). Restorative Justice and Serious Crime. RJ Winchester Conference, Winchester, United Kingdom, March 2004.

Restorative Justice and Serious Crime

2003

Conference Publication

Pushing the boundaries, Restorative Justice and Britain’s criminal justice system

Bennett, Sarah and Inkpen, Nova (2003). Pushing the boundaries, Restorative Justice and Britain’s criminal justice system. British Society of Criminology, Bangor, Wales, June 2003.

Pushing the boundaries, Restorative Justice and Britain’s criminal justice system

2003

Conference Publication

Restorative justice infused within court process (Invited speaker)

Bennett, Sarah (2003). Restorative justice infused within court process (Invited speaker). Home Office Senior Research Team, London, United Kingdom, September 2003.

Restorative justice infused within court process (Invited speaker)

2003

Conference Publication

Restorative justice and serious crime (Invited speaker)

Bennett, Sarah (2003). Restorative justice and serious crime (Invited speaker). Criminal Justice Management Conference, London, United Kingdom, October 2003.

Restorative justice and serious crime (Invited speaker)

2002

Conference Publication

Restorative Justice and Serious Crime

Bennett, Sarah and Inkpen, Nova (2002). Restorative Justice and Serious Crime. American Society of Criminology Conference, Chicago, USA, November 2002.

Restorative Justice and Serious Crime

2001

Conference Publication

Infusing restorative justice into criminal justice

Bennett, Sarah, Inkpen, Nova and Newbury-Birch, Dorothy (2001). Infusing restorative justice into criminal justice. American Society of Criminology Conference, Atlanta, GA United States, November 2001.

Infusing restorative justice into criminal justice

Funding

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2027
    Legitimacy and effective policing responses to domestic and family violence
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2023 - 2024
    Identifying effective diversionary practice: An exploration of policing, legal and youth justice responses to youth crime
    Queensland Police Service
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2024
    Reducing case attrition in the investigation of sexual offences: Explicating the predictive risk factors that lead to cases withdrawn and unfounded
    Criminology Research Projects
    Open grant
  • 2022
    Effectiveness of Police Diversionary Actions for Young People
    Queensland Police Service
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2023
    Determining Effective Demand and Resources Composition to Maximise Policing Outcomes in Sexual Assault Investigations
    Queensland Police Service
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2022
    Transforming sexual assault investigations and outcomes for victims and justice
    UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2020
    Transforming Sexual Assault Investigations: Evaluating the impact of ISACURE on victim, justice and police outcomes
    Queensland Police Service
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2020
    Equipping Effective QPS Detectives Project
    Queensland Police Service
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2022
    QPS Police Effectiveness Program
    Queensland Police Service
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2021
    Testing the Efficacy of the Ability School Engagement Program (ASEP)
    Commonwealth Department of Social Services
    Open grant
  • 2019
    Testing the efficacy of the ability school engagement program (ASEP) Co-Development
    Commonwealth Department of Social Services
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    Operation Galley
    Queensland Police Service
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    Research impact and dissemination in policing - advancing an evidence-based policing agenda
    Australian Institute of Criminology
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    Research into Police Effectiveness
    Queensland Police Service
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2018
    Evaluation of a blended online and face-to-face training program targeted at detectives in the Queensland Police Service (QPS)
    Public Safety Business Agency
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    Evaluation of a procedural justice training program being developed by the Queensland Police Service (QPS)
    Public Safety Business Agency
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2018
    Evaluation of a targeted training program currently being developed by the Queensland Police Service (QPS) to support officers working with vulnerable persons
    Public Safety Business Agency
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2018
    Research impact and dissemination in policing - advancing an evidence-based policing agenda
    UQ Collaboration and Industry Engagement Fund - FirstLink
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Working together: the role of parents, communities and schools in public/state education
    UQ Collaboration and Industry Engagement Fund - Seed Research Grant
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2014
    What are the impacts of interventions to reduce violent crime in developing countries
    Global Development Network
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Associate Professor Sarah Bennett is:
Not available for supervision

Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Tracing the Journey: Women¿s Offending Pathways, Programs, and Desistance in the Australian Criminal Justice System

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Violence Against Women in Rural and Remote Communities: Explicating factors that impact prevalence, severity and help-seeking

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Innovating Police Performance Measurement

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Lorraine Mazerolle

  • 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

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Removing police barriers in sexual offence cases: Explicating police decision making heuristics and victims perspective

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Lorraine Mazerolle

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Removing police barriers in sexual offence cases: Explicating police decision making heuristics and victims perspective

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Lorraine Mazerolle

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Mitigating Digital Threats and Crime: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Lorraine Mazerolle

  • 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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