Kyle Mulrooney

Codirector, Centre for Rural Criminology - Faculty of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Education; School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Kyle Mulrooney

Phone: +61 2 6773 1940

Email: kmulroon@une.edu.au

Twitter: @CriminologyGuy

Biography

Dr. Kyle Mulrooney is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of New England and is passionate about building safe and healthy communities. He strives to prioritise the creative and imaginative potential of Criminology and, above all, for his research to have relevance and significance when it comes to practical solutions and policy.
Kyle’s current research agenda is centred in rural criminology which explores how aspects of cultural geography and locational context impact upon the types, incidences and responses to crime and access to related services. Here he has published on issues ranging from crime prevention and policing to drug consumption and criminal justice and is currently writing a monograph on Farm Crime for Bristol University Press (2023). Kyle occupies a number of leadership roles in the field, serving as the Co-Director of the Centre for Rural Criminology (UNE) and as the Vice President (elect) of the International Society for the Study of Rural Crime. He is a recognised international expert in rural criminology with his research and work having being utilised by policy-makers and industry in practice and called upon often in the media.
As a criminologist more broadly, Kyle has a particular interest in questions of how we as a society determine what is considered criminal, how we then respond to crime and why we elect particular solutions to do so. Following this interest. Kyle has researched and published in the sociology of punishment and comparative criminal justice and, more specifically, on the theoretical explanations around what it is that shapes cultural appetites for punishment. His recent book entitled Resisting the Politics of Punishment: The evolution of Canadian criminal justice policy (Routledge, 2022) examines how local history, cultures, traditions and values shape answers to questions of law and order.
Kyle has also published extensively in the area of human enhancement drugs, with consideration to aspects of their use, regulation, and subsequent forms of punishment. Together with colleagues, he edited the book Human Enhancement Drugs (Routledge, 2019) which broke novel ground by combining what were traditionally disparate areas of research and pushed forward our knowledge of what it means to be human in the 21st century. Drawing on this expertise, Kyle is a co-founder of the Human Enhancement Drug Network (HEDN) and serves on the Executive Board.
Kyle holds a Ph.D. in Cultural and Global Criminology from the University of Kent and Universität Hamburg, a MA in the Sociology of Law from the International Institute for the Sociology of Law and a BA (Honours) in Criminology and Justice from Ontario Tech University.

Qualifications

  • B.A. (Hons) in Criminology and Justice (University of Ontario Institute of Technology)
  • M.A. in the Sociology of Law (International Institute for the Sociology of Law)
  • Ph.D. in Cultural and Global Criminology (University of Kent/Universität Hamburg)

Teaching Areas

CRIM100 Understanding Crime

CRIM190 Crime in Rural Communities

CRIM234 Crime Prevention

CRIM312 Professional Practice in Criminology

CRIM314 Policing and Social Control

Research Interests

Rural Criminology; The Sociology of Punishment; Crime Prevention; Policing; Drug policy

Publications

Books

  • Mulrooney, K.J.D., & Harkness. A. (forthcoming). Farm Crime. Bristol: Bristol University Press.
  • Mulrooney, K.J.D. (forthcoming). Resisting the Politics of Punishment: Political Culture and the Evolution of Canadian Criminal Justice Policy. London: Routledge.
  • Van de Ven, K., Mulrooney, K.J.D., & McVeigh, J. (2019). Human Enhancement Drugs. London: Routledge.

Journal Publications

  • Mulrooney, K.J.D., Collins, R., & Darkes, J. (2021). Testosterone, Identity and the Body: Exploring cultural definitions of disorder. The International Journal of Drug Policy.
  • Dunn, M., Mulrooney, K.J.D., Forlini, C., van de Ven, K., & Underwood, M. (2021). The Pharmaceuticalisation of ‘Healthy’ Ageing: Testosterone enhancement for longevity. The International Journal of Drug Policy.
  • Dunn, M., Mulrooney, K.J.D., Biddau, D., McKay, F.H., & Henshaw, R. (2020). ‘Bali Over the Counter’: Exploring the overseas use and acquisition of anabolic-androgenic steroids. Deviant Behavior.
  • van de Ven, K., Dunn, M., & Mulrooney, K.J.D. (2020). Human Enhancement Drugs and New(?) Research Direction. Performance Enhancement and Health [editorial].
  • Thomas, N., van de Ven, K., & Mulrooney, K.J.D. (2019). ‘Exploring the Impact of Rurality on Substance Use and Related Harms: A rapid review. International Journal of Drug Policy.
  • Mulrooney, K.J.D. & Wise, J. (2019). Locating Punitiveness: Examining the role of cultural geography in the development of attitudes towards crime and punishment. International Journal of Rural Criminology.
  • Mulrooney, K.J.D., Van de Ven, K., McVeigh, J., Collins, R. (2019). Steroid Madness: Has the dark-side of AAS been over-stated? Performance Enhancement and Health [commentary].
  • Van de Ven, K., Dunn, M., & Mulrooney, K.J.D. (2018). Performance and Image Enhancing Drug (PIED) Producers and Suppliers: a retrospective content analysis of PIED-provider cases in Australia from 2010-2016. Trends in Organized Crime. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12117-018-9348-5.
  • Van de Ven, K., & Mulrooney, K.J.D. (2017). Social Suppliers: Exploring the cultural contours of the performance and image enhancing drug (PIED) market amongst bodybuilders in the Netherlands and Belgium. International Journal of Drug Policy, 40, 6-15.
  • Fincoeur, B., van de Ven, K., & Mulrooney, K.J.D. (2014). The Symbiotic Evolution of Anti-Doping and Supply Chains of Doping Substances: How criminal networks may benefit from anti-doping policy. Trends in Organized Crime, 18(3), 229-250.
  • Mulrooney, K.J.D. (2011). Delinquency Professionals: the influence, extension and adoption of the culture of control [MA Thesis]. The Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 2(1), 1-48.

Book Chapters

  • Mulrooney, K.J.D. (forthcoming). Farm Crime. In Harkess et al., (eds.), Encyclopedia of Rural Crime. Bristol: Bristol University Press.
  • Mulrooney, K.J.D., & Harkness, A. (forthcoming). Illegal Hunting and Trespass. In Harkess et al., (eds.), Encyclopedia of Rural Crime. Bristol: Bristol University Press.
  • Mulrooney, K.J.D., & Wise, J. (forthcoming). Punitiveness and Populism. In Harkess et al., (eds.), Encyclopedia of Rural Crime. Bristol: Bristol University Press.
  • Harkness, A., & Mulrooney, K.J.D. (forthcoming). Vulnerability and Victimisation in Farming Communities. In Harkness A & Hale, R (eds.), Rural Victims of Crime. London: Routledge.
  • Hale, R., Harkness, A., & Mulrooney, K.J.D. (forthcoming). Punishment, Politics and the Realities of Rurality. In Bowden, M., & Harkness, A. (eds), Rural Transformations. Bristol: Bristol University Press.
  • Harkness, A., Mulrooney, K.J.D., & Donnermeyer, J.F. (forthcoming). Surveying in Rural Settings. In Weisheit, R., Peterson, J., & Pytlarz, A. (eds.), Research Methods for Rural Criminologists. London: Routledge
  • Van de Ven, K., & Mulrooney, K.J.D. (forthcoming). The Supply of Performance and Image Enhancing Drugs (PIEDs) Within Bodybuilding Subcultures. In Ayres, T. (eds.), Understanding Drug Dealing and Illicit Drug Markets in the 21st Century: National and International Perspectives. London: Routledge.
  • Harkness, A., & Mulrooney, K.J.D. (2020). The Future of Rural Crime Prevention. In Harkness, A (eds.), Rural Crime Prevention. London: Routledge.
  • Mulrooney, K.J.D., Van de Ven, K. & McVeigh, J. (2019). An Introduction to Human Enhancement Drugs. In Mulrooney, K.J.D., Van de Ven, K. & McVeigh, J. (eds.), Human Enhancement Drugs. London: Routledge.
  • Mulrooney, K.J.D., Van de Ven, K., McVeigh, J., Collins, R. (2019). Steroid Madness: Has the dark-side of AAS been over-stated? In Van de Ven, K., Mulrooney, K.J.D., & McVeigh, J. (eds.), Human Enhancement Drugs. London: Routledge.
  • Mulrooney, K.J.D., & Van de Ven, K. (2019). ‘The Fittest on Earth’: Deviant leisure and the use of performance and image enhancing drugs within CrossFit communities in the UK. In O. Smith, & T. Raymen (eds.), Deviant Leisure: Contemporary Perspectives on Leisure and Harm. UK: Palgrave.
  • Van de Ven, K., & Mulrooney, K.J.D. (2018). Doping Testing High School Athletes and Fitness Trainers. In D.E. Newton, Steroids and Doping in Sports [second edition]. US: ABC-CLIO.

Other Publications

  • Mulrooney, K.J.D., & Harkness, A. (2021). Crime is rife on farms, yet reporting remains stubbornly low. Here’s how new initiatives are making progress. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/crime-is-rife-on-farms-yet-reporting-remains-stubbornly-low-heres-how-new-initiatives-are-making-progress-158421
  • Mulrooney, K.J.D., & Harkness, A. (2020). Illegal hunters are a bigger problem on farms than animal activists – so why aren’t we talking about that? AU: The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/illegal-hunters-are-a-bigger-problem-on-farms-than-animal-activists-so-why-arent-we-talking-about-that-126513
  • Mulrooney, K.J.D., van de Ven, K., & Thomas, N. (2019). As drug deaths rise in rural Australia, we must do more to prevent overdoses. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/as-drug-deaths-rise-in-rural-australia-we-must-do-more-to-prevent-overdoses-128229
  • Mulrooney, K.J.D., & Wise, J. (2019). Crime and punishment: Rural people are more punitive than city dwellers. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/crime-and-punishment-rural-people-are-more-punitive-than-city-dwellers-127156
  • Van de Ven, K., & Mulrooney, K.J.D. (2019). It's not all gym junkies and ‘roid rage’. People use steroids for a variety of reasons. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/its-not-all-gym-junkies-and-roid-rage-people-use-steroids-for-a-variety-of-reasons-114981
  • Mulrooney, K.J.D., & van de Ven, K. (2017). Doping among amateur athletes like CrossFitters is probably more common than you’d think. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/doping-among-amateur-athletes-like-crossfitters-is-probably-more-common-than-youd-think-82205
  • Van de Ven, K., & Mulrooney, K.J.D. (2016). Doping controls in gyms: Ineffective, costly and more common than you think. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/doping-controls-in-gyms-ineffective-costly-and-more-common-than-you-think-68797
  • Van de Ven, K., & Mulrooney, K.J.D. (2016). In a bid for the perfect profile pic, young men are increasingly turning to steroids. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/in-a-bid-for-the-perfect-profile-pic-young-men-are-increasingly-turning-to-steroids-60874
  • Van de Ven, K., & Mulrooney, K.J.D. (2016). What do ‘doping whispers’ say about anti-doping and the state of sport? [online publication]. UK: Birmingham City University.
  • Mulrooney, K.J.D., & van de Ven, K. (2015). Why organised crime should not be used to shape anti-doping policy. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/why-organised-crime-should-not-be-used-to-shape-anti-doping-policy-42385
  • Van de Ven, K., & Mulrooney, K.J.D. (2015). Safety of contaminated vitamin and nutritional supplements can’t be left to consumers. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/safety-of-contaminated-vitamins-and-nutritional-supplements-cant-be-left-to-consumers-39901
  • Mulrooney, K.J.D. & Lehmann, B. (2015). The Remand Crisis in Ontario: Averting risk, preventing crime, and pursuing security. The Critical Criminologist, 23(1), 9-11.
  • Mulrooney, K.J.D., & van de Ven, K. (2015). “Muscle Profiling”: Anti-doping policy and deviant leisure. Deviant Leisure Research Group. January, 2015
  • Van de Ven, K., & Mulrooney K.J.D. (2014). Anti-Doping “on Steroids”: Bigger, stronger and faster. International Network of Doping Research. December, 2014.

Speaking Invitations (Selection)

  • Mulrooney, K.J.D. & Harkness, A. (2020). Farm Crime in Australia [invited speaker]. The NSW Police Force Rural Crime State Conference. Dubbo, NSW Australia.
  • Mulrooney, K.J.D. (2019). The Centre for Rural Criminology [invited speaker]. The Rural Crime Advisory Group. UNE Smart Farm, Armidale, NSW Australia.
  • Mulrooney, K.J.D. (2019). Locating Punitiveness: Examining the role of cultural geography in the development of attitudes towards crime and punishment [invited speaker]. Understanding Crime and Rural Communities: Theory, Policy and Practice (Workshop). Federation University, Churchill, Victoria Australia.
  • Van de Ven, K., & Mulrooney, K.J.D. (2018). Steroid Madness- Has the Dark-Side of AAS Been Over-Stated? [invited speaker]. Muscling Up- Beyond Body Image: Masculinities, Practices and Performatives (workshop). La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Van de Ven, K., & Mulrooney, K.J.D. (2018). Human Enhancement Drug Network [invited speaker]. Open Roads Conference - A Shot in the Dark: Steroids, IPEDs, the Hidden Harm. Essex, United Kingdom.

Memberships

Co-director, Centre for Rural Criminology- Faculty of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Education; School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences