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Dr Elaine Barclay

Senior Lecturer, School of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciences

Qualifications

B.Soc.Sc., BA Hons., Ph.D. (Criminology), GDTE

Contact

Email:
Room: Arts (E11) 111
Phone: 02 6773 2014 (or +61 2 6773 2014 overseas)
Fax: 02 6773 3745

Areas of Teaching

CRIM 100 Understanding Crime
CRIM 101 The Australian Criminal Justice System
CRIM 314 Policing and Social Control
CRIM 390 Crime in Rural Communities
CRIM 334 Crime Prevention

Research interests

Elaine has a degree in Social Science, postgraduate qualifications in psychology and a PhD in Criminology. She also has significant experience in social impact assessment, risk evaluation and program evaluation. Prior to February 2010 Dr Barclay was the Assistant Director and Program Leader in rural sociology, criminology and social psychology at the Institute for Rural Futures at UNE. She has undertaken eighteen years of rural social research on crime on farms, crime in rural communities, Aboriginal Australians and the criminal justice system, tourism/leisure and crime, farm succession, biosecurity, environmental services on farms, compliance with environmental regulations, illegal hunting and trespassing, attitudes to the environment and to climate change and the social and economic impacts of water trading in the Murray Darling Basin. Her PhD focused upon crime on farms in Australia.

Supervision Areas

Crime on farms, rural crime, rural sociology, environmental sociology, environmental crime social research methods.

Representative Publications

Books

Barclay, E.M. Donnermeyer, J.F., Scott, J. & Hogg R. (Eds.) (2007), Crime in Rural Australia, Federation Press, Sydney.

Jones, C., Barclay, E.M. and Mawby, R. (Eds) (2011), The Problem of Pleasure: leisure, tourism and crime, Routledge, London.

Jones, C., Barclay, E. M. and Mawby, R. (Eds) (forthcoming), Policing Pleasure, Routledge, London.

Journal Articles and Book Chapters:

Barclay, E. M. Jones, C., and Mawby, R. (forthcoming), ‘Tourism Leisure and Crime’, in The Oxford Handbook of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Oxford University Press, New York.

Barclay, E., and Scott, J. (2013), ‘Community Policing in Australia’s Indigenous Communities’ in Nalla, M and Newman G. (Eds) Community Policing in Indigenous Communities, CRC Press-Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL.

Barclay, E. and Reeve, I. (2012), ‘Succession and Inheritance on Australian farms’, in Lobley, M. and Baker, J. (Eds), Keeping it in the family, International perspectives on succession and retirement on family farms, Ashgate, London.

Barclay, E. and Donnermeyer J. F (2011), ‘Property Rights and Hunting Rights on Private Rural Lands’, in Jones, C., Barclay, E. and Mawby, R. (Eds.) The Problem of Pleasure: leisure, tourism and crime, Routledge, London.

Barclay, E.M. and Mawby, R. (2011),‘Crime, Safety and the Caravan Park: an Australian Survey, in Jones, C., Barclay, E.M. and Mawby, R. (Eds) The Problem of Pleasure: leisure, tourism and crime, Routledge, London.

Bartel, R. and Barclay, E. (2010), ‘Motivational postures and compliance with environmental law in Australian agriculture’, Journal of Rural Studies, 27, 2, 153-170. doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2010.12.004

Barclay, E., Donnermeyer, E. and Scott, J. (2010), ‘Policing the Outback: Impacts of Isolation and Integration in an Australian Context’, in Mawby, R. I. & Yarwood, R. (Eds.) Rural Policing and Policing the Rural, Willan: Cullumpton, UK, pp.33-44.

Barclay, E., and Donnermeyer, E. (2010), ‘Policing agricultural crime’, in Mawby, R. I. & Yarwood, R. (eds) Rural Policing and Policing the Rural, Willan: Cullumpton, UK, pp. 193-204.

Bartel, R. and Barclay, E. (2009), ‘Achieving Sustainability in Agriculture’, in Ecosystems and Sustainable Development VII, Eds C.A. Brebbia and E. Tiezzi, WIT Press, Southampton. pp 601-608.

Barclay, E. & Donnermeyer J.F. (2009), “Crime and security on Agricultural Operations, Security Journal, online publication 9 March 2009; doi: 10.1057/sj.2008.23

Mawby, R.I., Barclay, E. and Jones, C. (2009), ‘Tourism and Victimisation’, in Shoham, S.G. Knepper, P.And Ketts, M. (Eds), International Handbook of Victimology, Boca Raton, Taylor and Francis, Florida.

Patrick, I. Barclay, E. and Reeve I. (2009), “If the price is right, Attitudes to environmental services on farms”, Australian Journal of Environmental Management, 16, 36-46.

Donnermeyer, J. F., Jobes, P.C. and Barclay, E.M. (2009), “Sociological Theory, Social Change and Crime in Rural Communities,” in Ann Denis (ed.), Handbook of Sociology, Sponsored by the International Sociological Association. London: Sage Publications, Ltd.

Barclay, E.M. Donnermeyer, J.F. (2007), ‘Community and Crime’ in Barclay, E.M., Donnermeyer, J.F., Scott, J. & Hogg R. (Eds.) (2007). Crime in Rural Australia, Federation Press, Sydney.

Barclay, E.M., Hogg, R. & Scott, J. G. (2007). “Young People and Crime in rural Communities” in Barclay, E.M., Donnermeyer, J.F., Scott, J. G. & Hogg R. (Eds.) (2007), Crime in Rural Australia, Federation Press, Sydney.

Barclay, E.M. & Donnermeyer, J.F. (2007), “The Quintessential Rural Crime” in Barclay, E.M.Donnermeyer, J.F., Scott, J. & Hogg R. (Eds.) (2007). Crime in Rural Australia, Federation Press, Sydney.

Donnermeyer, J.F., Jobes, P.C. & Barclay, E.M. (2006), “Rural Crime, Poverty, and Community” In Dekeseredy, W.S. and Perry, B (Eds) (2006), Advancing Critical Criminology: Theory and Application, Series: Critical Perspectives on Crime and Inequality Lexington Books, Lanham, Massachusetts, 199-218.

Jobes, P.C, Donnermeyer, J.F., & Barclay, E.M., (2005), “A Tale of Two Towns: Social Structure, Integration and Crime in Rural New South Wales”, Sociologia Ruralis, 45, 3, 224-244.

Donnermeyer, J.F. and Barclay, E.M. (2005), “The Policing Of Farm Crime”, Police Practice and Research: and International Journal, 6, 1, 3-17.

Barclay, E.M. (2004), “Attitudes towards illegal trespassing and shooting on farms”, Policing Issues and Practice Journal, 12, 2, 39-53.

Barclay, E.M., Donnermeyer, J.F and Jobes, P.C. (2004), “The dark side of gemeinschaft; Criminality within rural communities,” Crime Prevention and Community Safety: An International Journal, 6, 3, 7-22.

Jobes, P.C, Donnermeyer, J.F., Barclay, E.M., Weinand, H. (2004), ‘A Structural Analysis of Social Disorganisation and Crime in Rural Communities in Australia’, The Australia and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 37,1, 114-140.

Barclay, E.M. (2003), “The determinants of reporting farm crime in Australia”, International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 27, 2, 131-151

Barclay, E.M. (2002), ‘Crime prevention on farms’, Policing Issues and Practice Journal, 10, 4, 36-43.

Barclay, E.M. and Donnermeyer, J.F (2002), ‘Property crime victimisation and crime prevention on farms in Australia’, Crime Prevention and Community Safety: An International Journal, 4, 4, 47-61.

Jobes, P.C, Barclay, E.M., Donnermeyer, J.F. (2002), ‘Preaching to the choir: A Comparison of the Use of Integrated Data Sets in Criminology Journals in Australia, England and the United States’, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 35, (1), 79-98.

Donnermeyer, J.F., Barclay, E.M. and Jobes, P.C. (2002), ‘Drug related offences and the structure of communities in rural Australia’, Substance Use and Misuse, 37 (5-7), 637-666.

Jobes, P.C, Barclay, E.M., Donnermeyer, J.F., Graycar, A., (2001), ‘Rural Crime In Australia: Contemporary Concerns, Recent Research and Future Directions’, Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, Vol. 7, No. 1, 3-21.

Reeve, I.J., Kaine, G., Lees, J. and Barclay, E. (2000), 'Producer perceptions of pasture decline and grazing management'. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 40 (2):331-341.

Other Publications:

Barclay, E.M. and Bartel, R. (2010), Order with and without the law, Understanding perceptions and attitudes towards formal and informal controls of natural resources, Report to the Commonwealth Environment Research Facilities Grants, Department of Environment, water, Heritage and the Arts, Canberra.

Frontier Economics, Barclay, E.M. and SKM (2010), The impacts of water trade in the southern Murray-Darling Basin: an Economic, Social and Environmental assessment, Report to the National Water Commission, Canberra

Reeve, I., Barclay, E. M., Moss, J. &Lenehan, J. (2009), Trade, triumph and tribulation: Water governance, management and trade in the northern Murray Darling Basin, Report to the Murray Darling Basin Authority, Canberra.

Frontier Economics, Barclay, E.M. and SKM) (2008), Monitoring the impacts of water trade, Report to National Water Commission; (unpublished report).

Barclay, E.M. (with Frontier Economics, Tim Cummins and Associates and Alistair Watson) (2007), Impacts of water trading in the Murray Valley: Economic and social outcomes. Report to Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, National Water Initiative, Murray Darling Basin Commission; Available at http://www.rirdc.gov.au/fullreports/hcc.html

Brunckhorst D., Reeve, I, Barclay E.M., Stayner, R, McNeill, J, Coleman, M. (2009), Case Study 6: “Central and Hunter Coasts”of the Department of Climate Change Program: Case Studies to support a ‘First Pass’ National Climate Change Coastal Vulnerability Assessment, Report to the Federal Department of Climate Change.

Patrick, I., Barclay, E. and Reeve, I. (2007), Determining Landowners’ Willingness to Participate in Offset Market, Report to the New South Wales Department of Environment and Conservation Environmental Trust, Institute for Rural Futures, Armidale.

Cummins, T. & Barclay E.M. (2008), An evaluation of the Fertcare Program, Report to the Fertiliser Industry Federation of Australia (FIFA).

Barclay, E. M. (2006), Farm Succession and Inheritance: Comparing Australian and International Research, Report to the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation: The Institute for Rural Futures, University of New England, Available at http://www.rirdc.gov.au/fullreports/hcc.html

Barclay, E. M. (2005), Local Community Preparedness for an Emergency Animal Disease Outbreak, Report to the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation: The Institute for Rural Futures, University of New England, Armidale. Available at http://www.rirdc.gov.au/fullreports/hcc.html

Barclay E.M and Weber, C. (2005), Replacing the notebook: Collaborative development of farm management software. Report to the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation: The Institute for Rural Futures, University of New England, Armidale.

Barclay, E.M. (2005), Biosecurity on Australian farms, Report to Animal Health Australia, Canberra.

Barclay E.M and Weber, C. (2003), Opening the Farm Gateway, Report to the Department of Communications, Information technology and the Arts (Networking the Nation program).

Barclay, E. M. (2003), Attitudes to Recreational Use of Rural Properties, Report to the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation: The Institute for Rural Futures, University of New England, Armidale. Available at http://www.rirdc.gov.au/fullreports/hcc.html

Stayner, R. A. and Barclay, E.M. (2002), Welfare and Support Services for Farm Families. Rural Research and Development Corporation, Canberra, RIRDC Publication No. 02/042.

Barclay, E.M. (2001), A review of the literature on Agricultural Crime, report to the Criminology Research Council, Australian Institute for Criminology, Canberra. http://www.criminologyresearchcouncil.gov.au/reports/barclay.pdf

Barclay, E.M. Donnermeyer, J.F., Doyle, B.D. & Talary D. (2001), Property crime victimisation and crime prevention on farms, report to the NSW Attorney General's Crime Prevention Division, Armidale, Institute for Rural Futures, University of New England. http://www.ruralfutures.une.edu.au/downloads/crimereport_114.pdf

Barclay, E.M., Jobes, P., Donnermeyer, J.F. and Weinand, H. (2000), A Qualitative And Quantitative Analysis Of The Relationship Between Community Cohesiveness And Rural Crime, Part 1. Institute for Rural Futures Publication No. 00-1.

Barclay, E.M., Jobes, P., and Donnermeyer, J.F. (2000), A Qualitative And Quantitative Analysis Of The Relationship Between Community Cohesiveness and Rural Crime, Part 2 Institute for Rural Futures Publication No. 00-1.

Kaine, G.W., Crosby, E.M. and Stayner, R.A. (1997), Succession and Inheritance on Australian Family Farms. TRDC Publication No. 198, The Rural Development Centre, University of New England, Armidale. 68pp.

Conference Papers

Barclay, E.M. and Scott, J.G. (2012), ‘Community Policing in Australia’s Indigenous Communities’, Paper presented to the International Sociological Association conference, Buenos Aires August 1-4 2012.

Barclay, E.M. (2010), ‘Environmental crime’, Paper presented to the TASA conference, Macquarie University, Sydney December 2010.

Barclay, E.M. and Bartel, R. (2010), ‘Environmental crime’, Paper presented to the International Sociological Association conference, Gottenburg, Sweden July 12-16.

Barclay, E.M. and Bartel, R. (2010), ‘A load of hype, Farmers perceptions of climate change’, Paper presented to the International Sociological Association conference, Gottenburg, Sweden July 12-16.

Barclay, E.M. and Bartel, R. (2010), Order with and without the law, Paper presented to the Commonwealth Environment Research Facilities Conference, Old Parliament House, Canberra May 2010.

Mawby, R.I., McIntosh, W.And Barclay, E.M. (2008). ‘Burglary geographies: Applying theories from domestic burglary to caravan park crime’, paper to British Society of Criminology Conference, Huddersfield, July 2008.

Barclay E.M. (2008), Farm crime paper presented to SARCIS conference, Gidgee Inn, Cloncurry, 28-29th May 2008.

Barclay, E.M. (with Dave Appels, Frontier Economics and Tim Cummins) (2007), Impacts of water trading in the Murray Valley: Economic and social outcomes. Presentation to the National Press Club, Canberra, November Launch of Report published by Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, National Water Initiative, Murray Darling Basin Commission.

Barclay, E.M. an R.I. Mawby (2006), Crime and Caravan Parks, paper presented at the 2006 International Conference on Crime in Rural Communities, University of New England, Armidale December 2006.

Barclay, E.M. an R.I. Mawby (2006), Safety and Security within Caravan Parks, paper presented at the 2006 British Society of Criminology Conference, Glasgow July 5-7.

Barclay, E.M. (2006), Crime and Caravan Parks, paper presented at the 2006 National Caravan, RV & Accommodation Industry of Australia Conference, February 8,9,10, Marriott Surfers Paradise.

Barclay, E.M. (2005), Illegal Trespassing and Shooting on Farms in Australia, paper presented at the 2005 Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.

Barclay, E.M. (2004), The dark side of gemeinschaft; Criminality within rural communities, paper presented to paper presented at the British Criminology Conference, July 6-10, 2004, Portsmouth, UK.

Barclay, E.M. (2003), Attitudes towards Illegal Trespassing and Shooting on Farms, presentation to the NSW Police Service Rural Crime Conference Goulburn 12th November 2003.

Barclay, E.M. (2003), Criminality within Farming Communities, presentation to the NSW Police Service Rural Crime Conference Goulburn 12th November 2003.

Barclay, E.M. and Donnermeyer, J.F. (2002), The dark side of gemeinschaft; Criminality within rural communities, paper presented to paper presented at the American Society of Criminology, Annual Meeting November 13-16, 2002, Palmer House, Chicago.

Barclay, E.M. (2002), “Criminality within rural communities”, paper presented to paper presented at the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology, 16th Annual Conference, Sheraton Hotel Brisbane, October 1-3, 2002.

Barclay, E.M. (2002) “Rural Crime”, Paper presented to the NSW Attorney General’s Crime Prevention Division, Fourth Annual Safer Towns and Cities Meeting, Shellharbour, September 16-18

Jobes, P.C., Barclay, E.M. & Donnermeyer, J.F. (2002). Cultural conflict or social disorganisation: Competing structures of crime in four rural Australian Communities, paper presented to the XV World Congress of Sociology, July 7-13, 2002, Brisbane, Australia.

Barclay, E.M. and Donnermeyer, J.F. (2001), Routine Activities Theory and Farm Crimepaper presented to the American Society of Criminology, Annual Meeting, November 7-10, 2001 - Atlanta Marquis Hotel`

Jobes, P., Barclay, E.M. and Donnermeyer, J.F. (2001), Re-integrative Shaming Theory and Crime: A Tale of Two Rural Australian Communities, paper presented to the American Society of Criminology, Annual Meeting, November 7-10, 2001 - Atlanta Marquis Hotel

Donnermeyer, J.F, Barclay, E.M. and. Jobes, P., (2001), Social Disorganisation Theory and Rural Crime, paper presented to the American Society of Criminology, Annual Meeting, November 7-10, 2001 - Atlanta Marquis Hotel

Barclay, E.M. (2001), The non-reporting of agricultural crime, paper presented to the New South Wales Police Service Crime Prevention: New Directions and Opportunities Conference, Goulburn Police Academy, October 3-4, 2001.

Barclay, E.M. (2001), Stock theft and other crimes on farms in New South Wales, paper presented to the Queensland Police Service Annual Stock Squad Conference, Brisbane, August 28-29, 2000.

Barclay E.M. and Donnermeyer, J.F. (2001), Crime in regional Australia, paper presented to the Australian Institute of Criminology 4th National Outlook Conference, Rydges Canberra Hotel, June 21-22, Canberra ACT.

Barclay, E.M., Donnermeyer, J.F., Jobes, P. and Doyle, B. (2001), Property Crime Victimisation and Crime Prevention on Farms, paper presented at the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology, 15th Annual Conference, University of Melbourne, February 21-23, 2001.

Barclay, E.M., Donnermeyer, J.F., and Jobes, P. (2000), Crime and Community in Rural Australia, paper presented to the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, San Francisco November 15 - 18, 2000.

Donnermeyer, J.F., Jobes, P., Barclay, E.M. and Weinand, H. (1999), The Rural Community and Crime, paper presented at the American Society of Criminology 1999 Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, November 16-20 1999.

Jobes, P., Donnermeyer, J.F., Barclay, E.M. and Weinand, H. (1999), Describing crime in rural NSW, paper presented to the Australian Institute for Criminology Conference Mapping the Boundaries of Australia's Criminal Justice System, Rydges Canberra Hotel 22-23, Canberra ACT, March 1999.

Barclay, E. (1998), Succession and Inheritance on Australian Family Farms, paper presented at Changing families, challenging futures 6th Australian Institute for Family Studies Conference Melbourne 25-27 November 1998

Barclay, E. (1998), Welfare and Support Services for Farm Families, paper presented at Changing families, challenging futures 6th Australian Institute for Family Studies Conference Melbourne 25-27 November 1998

Competitive Grants and Consultancies

2010 Federal Attorney General; Evaluation of Indigenous Night Patrols in NSW (with M Simms J Scott) $336,000

2009, Goondiwindi Council, Sensitivity of Goondiwindi Regional Council towns and communities and/or the BROC region to a reduction in water availability, to be completed February 2010. $100,000

2009, Murray Darling Basin Authority: Scoping the issues around water trading in the northern Basin. Completed June 2009. $79,700

2009, National Water Commission, Monitoring the impacts of trade, Completed October 2009 $140,000

2008, Department of Climate Change, Case Study 6: "Central and Hunter Coasts" of the Department of Climate Change Program: Case Studies to support a 'First Pass' National Climate Change Coastal Vulnerability Assessment (NCVA), Completed January 2009. $200,000.

2007, National Water Commission, Developing Social Indicators for water trading, Completed March 2008 $150,000 (with Frontier Economics, and Sinclair Knight Mertz).

2007, Order with and without the law: Commonwealth Environmental Research Facilities (CERF). Due October 2009 $240,000

2006, Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, National Water Initiative, Murray Darling Basic Commission; Where water moves, to be completed March 2007: $150,000 (with Frontier Economics, Tim Cummins and Associates and Alistair Watson).

2005, West Australian Office of Crime Prevention; Crime and Caravan Parks: completed March 2006: $50,000

2005, Animal Health Australia: Biosecurity on farms: Three month project completed June 2005: $30,000

2003, Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation: Local community preparedness for a Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak. 18 month project completed February 2005: $79,800.

2003, Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation: Replacing the notebook: Collaborative development of farm management software. Completed July 2005: $99,199.

2002, Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation: Attitudes to Recreational Use of Rural Properties. Six month project completed May 2003: $20,000.

2001: Criminology Research Council, A review of the literature on Agricultural Crime, Three month project completed August 2001: $11,106

2001: Department of Communications, Information technology and the Arts (Networking the Nation program); Opening the Farm Gateway: Two year project completed July 2003: $165,664.

2000: NSW Attorney General's Crime Prevention Division: Property crime victimisation and crime prevention on farms, Two year study completed June 2002: $76,019.

1999: Criminology Research Council, A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of the Relationship between Community Cohesiveness and Rural Crime: Two year study completed June 2000: $63,612.