Overview
Background
Rebecca Wallis is a Lecturer at the TC Beirne School of Law. Rebecca’s teaching and research interests fall broadly within the areas of criminal law and procedure, the law of evidence, and criminal justice system structure and operation. She is concerned with how criminal law theories and principles play out in policy and practice, and how these shape the operation of the criminal justice system in intended and unintended ways. In addition, she is currently working on a set of projects concerning the criminalisation of threats, particularly in the context of domestic and family violence.
Rebecca holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Queensland, a Master of Arts in Criminology and Criminal Justice (Hons) and PhD from Griffith University. She is admitted to the Supreme Court of Queensland and the High Court of Australia (non-practising).
Availability
- Dr Rebecca Wallis is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Masters (Coursework), Griffith University
- Doctor of Philosophy, Griffith University
Works
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Featured
2023
Journal Article
Threats of fire in the context of domestic and family violence: views on prevalence, forms and contexts from service providers in Queensland
Joseph Lelliott and Rebecca Wallis (2023). Threats of fire in the context of domestic and family violence: views on prevalence, forms and contexts from service providers in Queensland. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 35 (2), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/10345329.2022.2161844
2025
Book Chapter
Redeeming corporations: designing legal interventions for complex adaptive systems
Wallis, Rebecca and Bronitt, Simon (2025). Redeeming corporations: designing legal interventions for complex adaptive systems. Evil corporations: law, culpability and regulation. (pp. 240-257) edited by Penny Crofts. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003402534-20
2024
Other Outputs
Tackling youth crime Why a 'crackdown' isn't the answer
Lelliott, Joseph, Wallis, Rebecca and Antrobus, Emma (2024, 07 29). Tackling youth crime Why a 'crackdown' isn't the answer UQ Contact Magazine
2023
Other Outputs
Interim report: Evaluation of the Video-Recorded Evidence-in-Chief Pilot
Salom, Caroline, Thomas, Natalie, Wallis, Rebecca, Campbell, Alice, Barber, Tayla and Rivera, Lawrence (2023). Interim report: Evaluation of the Video-Recorded Evidence-in-Chief Pilot. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
2023
Conference Publication
Special witness protections and other initiatives: accumulative implications for criminal procedure
Wallis, Rebecca (2023). Special witness protections and other initiatives: accumulative implications for criminal procedure. Emerging Challenges in Managing Sexual Assault Trials, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 9 June 2023.
2023
Conference Publication
The criminalisation of threats
Lelliott, Joseph, Wallis, Rebecca and Rimer, Jonah (2023). The criminalisation of threats. Annual Criminal Law Research Workshop, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 9-10 February 2023.
2023
Other Outputs
Final report: evaluation of the video recorded evidence in chief pilot
Salom, Caroline, Thomas, Natalie, Wallis, Rebecca, Campbell, Alice, Barber, Tayla and Rivera, Lawrence (2023). Final report: evaluation of the video recorded evidence in chief pilot. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
2022
Other Outputs
Dousing threats and DFV: media reporting
Lelliott, Joseph, Wallis, Rebecca and Noble-Dickinson, Lucy (2022). Dousing threats and DFV: media reporting. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
2022
Other Outputs
Dousing threats and DFV: prevalence, forms, and context
Lelliott, Joseph and Wallis, Rebecca (2022). Dousing threats and DFV: prevalence, forms, and context. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
2021
Other Outputs
Criminal justice responses to child exploitation material offending: a systematic review and evidence and gap map
Eggins, Elizabeth, Mazerolle, Lorraine, Higginson, Angela, Hine, Lorelei, Walsh, Kerryann, Sydes, Michelle, McEwan, James, Hassall, Georgia, Roetman, Scott, Wallis, Rebecca and Williams, John (2021). Criminal justice responses to child exploitation material offending: a systematic review and evidence and gap map. Canberra, ACT Australia: Australian Institute of Criminology.
2021
Journal Article
Criminal justice responses to child sexual abuse material offending: a systematic review and evidence and gap map
Eggins, Elizabeth, Mazerolle, Lorraine, Higginson, Angela, Hine, Lorelei, Walsh, Kerryann, Sydes, Michelle, McEwan, James, Hassall, Georgia, Roetman, Scott, Wallis, Rebecca and Williams, John (2021). Criminal justice responses to child sexual abuse material offending: a systematic review and evidence and gap map. Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice (623) 623, 1-17. doi: 10.52922/ti78023
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
Conference Publication
Criminal justice responses to child exploitation material offending: a systematic review and evidence and gap map
Eggins, Elizabeth, Mazerolle, Lorraine, Higginson, Angela, Hine, Lorelei, Walsh, Kerryann, Sydes, Michelle, McEwan, James, Hassall, Georgia, Roetman, Scott, Wallis, Rebecca and Williams, John (2019). Criminal justice responses to child exploitation material offending: a systematic review and evidence and gap map. American Society of Criminology Conference, San Francisco, CA United States, November 2019.
2018
Journal Article
Gendered pathways to prison in Thailand for drug offending? Exploring women’s and men’s narratives of offending and criminalization
Jeffries, Samantha, Chuenurah, Chontit and Wallis, Rebecca (2018). Gendered pathways to prison in Thailand for drug offending? Exploring women’s and men’s narratives of offending and criminalization. Contemporary Drug Problems, 46 (1), 009145091881817-104. doi: 10.1177/0091450918818174
2018
Other Outputs
Report of the Independent Review of the Operation and Effectiveness of Chapter 19A of the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 (Qld)
Bronitt, Simon , Wallis, Rebecca and O'Donnell, Kate (2018). Report of the Independent Review of the Operation and Effectiveness of Chapter 19A of the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 (Qld). Brisbane, Australia: TC Beirne School of Law.
2015
Journal Article
Out of the shadows: republican criminology and the children of prisoners
Wallis, Rebecca and Dennison, Susan (2015). Out of the shadows: republican criminology and the children of prisoners. Law in Context, 32, 86-107.
2011
Book Chapter
Understanding the youth justice system
Chrzanowski, April and Wallis, Rebecca (2011). Understanding the youth justice system. Evidence based policy and practice in youth justice. (pp. 7-27) edited by Anna Stewart, Troy Allard and Susan Dennison. Sydney, New South Wales: Federation Press.
2011
Journal Article
Legislation comment: the role of the Australian Crime Commission in policing indigenous violence and child abuse
Wallis, Rebecca (2011). Legislation comment: the role of the Australian Crime Commission in policing indigenous violence and child abuse. Criminal Law Journal, 35 (6), 398-402.
Supervision
Availability
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- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Master Philosophy
Preventive Justice and Cyber-Surveillance
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Rebecca Ananian-Welsh
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Doctor Philosophy
Narratives of desistance among individuals previously involved in the youth justice system to examine snares' effect on adolescent onset antisocial behavior persistence
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Emma Antrobus
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Doctor Philosophy
Using new outcomes and a realist evaluation approach to establish whether Men's Behaviour Change Programs (MBCPs) 'work' for perpetrators of coercive control
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Emma Antrobus
Media
Enquiries
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- administration of punishment
- community-based corrections
- courts
- criminal justice
- criminal justice system structure and operation
- criminal law
- criminal law and procedure
- criminal law policy and practice
- prisons
- youth justice
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