Personal
- Name
- Professor Kerry Carrington
- Position(s)
- Head, School of Justice
Faculty of Law,
School of Justice - Discipline *
- Criminology, Sociology
- Phone
- +61 7 3138 7112
- Fax
- +61 7 3138 7123
- kerry.carrington@qut.edu.au
- Location
- View location details (QUT staff and student access only)
- Qualifications
-
PhD (Macquarie University)
- Professional memberships
and associations - Vice-Chair, Division of Critical Criminology, American Society of Criminology (current)
- Chief Editor, International Journal for Crime and Justice (current)
- Pacific Rim Editor, Critical Criminology (current)
- Member, International editorial board, Criminology & Criminal Justice, UK (current)
- Member of The Brisbane Institute Research Committee (current)
- Member Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology (current)
- Member The Australian Sociological Association (current)
- Member of the Crime and Governance Thematic Group, TASA (current)
- Chair Jean Martin Award Panel, 1999
- Member, Editorial Board, Australian Journal of Sociology (2005-2009)
- Member, Editorial Board, Public Space: the Journal of Law and Social Justice
- Member of the Children and Youth Advisory Board, AIHW (2004-07)
- Keywords
-
Girls' Violence, Mining, Work Camps And Violence, Rural Crime And Violence, Sexual Violence, Youth Justice
Biography
Research interests
Professor Carrington has an extensive record of externally funded research activity and a wide variety of criminological and sociological research interests, including:
- the sociology of crime, delinquency, and violence
- girls’ violence
- male-on-male violence in rural Australia
- sex trafficking and border control crimes
- rural crime
- victim’s rights
- the prevention of sexual violence
- work camps, mining and violence
- the rise of non-resident workforces
Teaching
Units currently taught
Professor Carrington has taught in a wide range of subjects, including
- crime and criminology
- politics and public policy
- research methods
- gender, law and public policy
- child welfare and juvenile delinquency.
She has also led some major curriculum development projects in criminology, including the revision of B. Justice and the new double degree in Justice/Psychology.
In semester 1 she lectures into
- JSB 170 Introduction to Criminology and Policing
- JSB415 Advanced Research Methodologies
In semester 2 she lectures into
- JSB372 Youth Justice
Experience
Recent submissions to the Australian parliament
Carrington, K. McIntosh, A. Hogg, R. Scott, J. (2011) ARC Research Team Submission to Australian Parliament House Inquiry into FIFO/DIDO, Submission no 95.
http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/ra/fifodido/subs/Sub95.pdf
Carrington, K., McIntosh, A. and Scott, J. (2009), Submission to Senate Inquiry into Suicide, 20 November, No. 62. http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/clac_ctte/suicide/submissions/sublist.htm
Carrington, K. (2009) Submission, House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family, Community, Housing and Youth Inquiry into Youth Violence, Australian Parliament House. No 47. http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/fchy/youthviolence/subs/sub047.pdf
Social policy briefs for the Australian parliament
Carrington, K. (2003) Ministerial Discretion in Migration Matters: Contemporary Policy Issues in Historical Context, Current Issues Brief, No. 3, 2003-04, Department of Parliamentary Library, Canberra, pp. 1-22.
Carrington, K. and Hearn, J. (2003) Trafficking and the Sex Industry: From Impunity to Protection, Current Issues Brief, No. 28, 2002-03, Department of Parliamentary Library, Canberra, pp.1-24. (An Audio Brief accompanies this publication)
Carrington, K. and Pratt, A. (2003) How Far Have We Come? Gender Disparities in the Australian Higher Education System, Current Issues Brief No 31, 2002-03, Department of Parliamentary Library, Canberra, pp. 1-25. (An Audio Brief accompanies this publication)
Carrington, K. Sherlock, S. Hancock, N. (2003) The East Timorese Asylum Seekers: Legal Issues and Policy Implications Ten Years On, Current Issues Brief, No. 17 2002-03, Department of Parliamentary Library, Canberra, pp. 1-21.
Phillips, J. and Carrington, K. (2003) Domestic Violence in Australia: An overview of the issues, e-brief, Department of Parliamentary Library, Canberra.
Research reports
Carrington, K., Hogg, R., McIntosh, A. and Scott, J. (2009), ‘Introduction, Framework and Background to Secondary Data Analysis’, Safeguarding Rural Australia, Addressing Masculinity and Violence in Rural Settings – Secondary Data Analysis, Centre for Law and Justice,QUT, Brisbane. Available from http://eprints.qut.edu.au/29575/
Carrington, K., Hogg, R., McIntosh, A. and Scott, J. (2009), ‘Data Report No. 1: Self-harm Including Suicide’, Safeguarding Rural Australia, Addressing Masculinity and Violence in Rural Settings – Secondary Data Analysis, Centre for Law and Justice,QUT, Brisbane. Available from http://eprints.qut.edu.au/29625/
Carrington, K., Hogg, R., McIntosh, A. and Scott, J. (2009), ‘Data Report No. 2: Intentional Violence – Suicide, Homicide, Assault, Sexual Assault, Family Violence, Child Abuse, Harassment and Stalking, Alcohol-related Violence, Animal Abuse’, Safeguarding Rural Australia, Addressing Masculinity and Violence in Rural Settings – Secondary Data Analysis, Centre for Law and Justice,QUT, Brisbane. Available from http://eprints.qut.edu.au/29635/
Carrington, K., Hogg, R., McIntosh, A. and Scott, J. (2009), ‘Data Report No. 3: Unintentional Violence – Transport Accidents, Occupational Exposures and Hazards, Other Unintentional Violent Injuries’, Safeguarding Rural Australia, Addressing Masculinity and Violence in Rural Settings – Secondary Data Analysis, Centre for Law and Justice,QUT, Brisbane. Available from http://eprints.qut.edu.au/29638/
Carrington, K., Hogg, R., McIntosh, A. and Scott, J. (2009), ‘Data Report No. 4: Risky Behaviour – Misuse of Alcohol, Illicit Drugs, Firearms Use and Abuse, Other Risky Behaviour’, Safeguarding Rural Australia, Addressing Masculinity and Violence in Rural Settings – Secondary Data Analysis, Centre for Law and Justice,QUT, Brisbane. Available from http://eprints.qut.edu.au/29643/
Carrington, K., Hogg, R., McIntosh, A. and Scott, J. (2009), ‘Data Report No. 5: Consequences of Violence – Juvenile Offenders, Long-term Health Consequences, Anxiety and Repression, Other Chronic Disabilities’, Safeguarding Rural Australia, Addressing Masculinity and Violence in Rural Settings – Secondary Data Analysis, Centre for Law and Justice,QUT, Brisbane. Available from http://eprints.qut.edu.au/29646/
McIntosh, Stayner, Carrington, Rolley, Sorensen, 2008 Resilience in Rural Communities, Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation.
Carrington, McIntosh & Walmsley, (2007) The Social Costs & Benefits of Migration Into Australia, Centre for Applied Research In Social Sciences, UNE.
Carrington, K. Periera, M. Reavell, R. (2006), A pilot study of young drivers and risky driving, Report to the New England Strategic Alliance of Councils, Centre for Applied Research In Social Sciences, UNE.
Scott, J. Carrington, K. Owen, S. Bohill, R. Reavell, R. (2006) Tamworth Regional Social Plan, Centre for Applied Research In Social Sciences, UNE.
Carrington, K. Hogg, R. Martin, P. (2001) Violence, Rurality & Civilising Processes, Report of ARC Funded Project, Critical Social Sciences Research Group, University of Western Sydney. (131 page ms)
Kerry Carrington, John Gow, Russell Hogg, Andrew Johnson, (1996) Crime, Locality and Citizenship: Interim Research Report ARC funded project, Critical Social Sciences Research Group, University of Western Sydney.
Publications
- Carrington K, Hogg R, (2012) History of critical criminology in Australia, Routledge Handbook of Critical Criminology p46-60
- Scott J, Carrington K, McIntosh A, (2012) Established-outsider relations and fear of crime in mining towns, Sociologia Ruralis p147-169
- Carrington K, Pereira MA, (2011) Assessing the social impacts of the resources boom on rural communities, Rural Society: the journal of research into rural and regional social issues in Australia p2-20
- Carrington K, Hogg R, McIntosh A, (2011) The resource boom's underbelly: Criminological impacts of mining development, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology p335-354
- Carrington K, (2011) Punitiveness and the criminalisation of the other: State wards, unlawful non-citizens and indigenous youth, Somatechnics p30-47
- Carrington K, McIntosh AF, Scott J, (2010) Globalization, frontier masculinities and violence: booze, blokes and brawls, The British Journal of Criminology p1-21
- Hogg RG, Carrington K, (2006) Policing the rural crisis p1-234
- Carrington K, (2006) Does feminism spoil girls? Explanations for official rises in female delinquency, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology p34-53
- Carrington K, Scott J, (2008) Masculinity, rurality and violence, The British Journal of Criminology: an international review of crime and society p641-666
- Carrington K, Pereira MA, (2009) Offending youth, sex crime and justice p1-211
For more publications by this staff member, visit QUT ePrints, the University's research repository.
Awards
Awards and recognition
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2008
- Details
- Editorial board member of the Journal of Sociology 2005-08
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2011
- Details
- Criminology and Criminal Justice is the official journal of the British Society of Criminology.
- Type
- Reviewer for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2011
- Details
- Reviewer for the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology
- Type
- Reviewer for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2011
- Details
- Reviewer of articles submitted to the British Journal of Criminology
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2004
- Details
- Jean Martin Award for the best Phd in the Social Sciences, 1991, awarded by The Australian Sociological Association (TASA)
- Type
- Membership of Learned Societies
- Reference year
- 2011
- Details
- Member of the research committee of the Brisbane Institute
- Type
- Membership of Learned Societies
- Reference year
- 2011
- Details
- The ASC is an international organisation concerned with criminology, embracing scholarly, scientific, and professional knowledge concerning the etiology, prevention, control, and treatment of crime and delinquency. The role of the Division on Critical Criminology Committee is to: Foster research and theory development in the field of critical criminology, which is widely recognised as one of the major paradigms in criminology. Provide a forum for members of the American Society of Criminology (ASC) and the Academic of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) to discuss ideas and to exchange information, both through events at the annual meetings and through a Divisional newsletter. Organise conference sessions at ASC and ACJS meetings. Encourage appropriate and effective teaching techniques and practices and stimulate the development of curricula related to courses on critical criminology.
- Type
- Membership of Review Panels on Prestigious Grant Applications
- Reference year
- 2011
- Details
- ARC Assessor of Discovery Grants, Linkage Grants and ARC Laurette Awards
Research projects
Grants and projects (Category 1: Australian Competitive Grants only)
- Title
- Safeguarding Rural Australia: Addressing Violence in Rural Settings
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP0878476
- Start year
- 2008
- Keywords
- Violence in Rural Australia, Rural Sociology, violence in Rural Indigenouse Communities, Critical Criminology, Rural Mascullinities
