Dr John Scott
Associate Professor, School of Behavioural and Cognitive and Social Sciences
Qualifications
BA (Newcastle, NSW); BSocSci [Hons] Sociology and Anthropology (Newcastle, NSW); PhD Sociology and Anthropology (Newcastle); Graduate Certificate of Higher Education (New England)
Contact
| Email: | jscott6@une.edu.au |
| Room: | E11 170 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2116 (or +61 2 6773 2116 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3748 |
Areas of Teaching
Coordinator of the Bachelor of Arts (BA) and the Bachelor of Criminology (BCRIM)
CRIM100 Understanding crime
SOCY344 Criminology and Justice Systems
CRIM364 The Australian Criminal Justice System
Research interests
Sociology of crime and deviance, sociology of sex and sexuality, sociology of health and illness
Recent Books
Barclay, E., Donnermeyer, J., Scott, J., and Hogg, R. (2007) Crime in Rural Australia. Federation Press, Sydney.
Scott, J. 2005 How Modern Governments Made Prostitution a Social Problem: Creating a Responsible Prostitute Population. Edwin Mellen Press, New York.
Scott, J. [with G. Hawkes] 2005 (eds) Perspectives in Human Sexuality. Oxford University Press, Melbourne.
Das, D. [Editor-in-Chief], Scott, J. [Associate Editor] et al. (2005) The World Police Encyclopedia, Volumes 1 & 2 . Routledge, New York.
Recent Refereed Journal Publications
Carrington, K and Scott, J. (2008) Masculinity, Rurality and Violence. British Journal of Criminology, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 641-666.
Scott, J. et al, (2006) Sex Outside the City: Sex Work in Rural and Regional NSW. In Rural Society , vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 151-167.
Scott, J., et al (2005) Understanding the New Context of the Male Sex Work Industry, Journal of Interpersonal Violence , vol. 20, no. 3, pp.320-343.
Scott, J. (2004) Reply to S. Egger and C. Harcourt [A Comment on John Scott, Prostitution and Public Health in New South Wales. Culture Health and Sexuality 2003; 5(3): 277-293
Scott, J. (2003) A Prostitute's Progress: Male Prostitution in Scientific Discourse, Social Semiotics, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 179-201.
Scott, J. (2003) Prostitution and Public Health in New South Wales Culture, Health and Sexuality, vol. 5, no. 3, pp.277-293.
Scott, J. (2001) The Management of Venereal Disease in New South Wales , 1871-1916 Venereology, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 69-80.
Recent Book Chapters
Scott, J. and P. Jobes (2009) [forthcoming] Community and Policing in Australia: Styles of Policing in Rural and Urban Communities among Officers in a Single Police Service. In M. Palmiotto and P. Unnithan (eds) Law Enforcement and Society. Cengage Learning: NY.
Scott, J. & R. Donovan. (2009) Encounters with comforting uncertainties: getting to know and understand unobtrusive methods. In J. Kottler and V. Minichiello (eds) Qualitative journeys: Student and mentor experiences with research. Sage: CA.
Scott, J. & P. Jobes (2007) Policing in Rural Australia: The country cop as law enforcer and local resident. In Barclay et al. Crime in Rural Australia, Federation Press, Sydney.
Barclay, E, Hogg, R & Scott, J. (2007) Young people and crime in rural communities. In Barclay et al. Crime in Rural Australia. Federation Press, Sydney.
Scott, J., Barclay, E and Hogg, R. (2007) There's crime out there, but not as we know it. In Barclay et al. Crime in Rural Australia. Federation Press, Sydney.
Scott, J. (2005) Children ask the damnedest questions!' Sex(uality) education as a social problem. In G. Hawkes & J. Scott (eds) Perspectives in Human Sexuality, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.
Scott, J. (2005) A labour of love? Female and male sex work. In G. Hawkes & J. Scott (eds) Perspectives in Human Sexuality, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.
Hawkes, G. & J. Scott. (2005) Sexuality and social theory. In G. Hawkes & J. Scott (eds) Perspectives in Human Sexuality, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.
Hawkes, G. & J. Scott. (2005) Sex and society. In G. Hawkes & J. Scott (eds) Perspectives in Human Sexuality, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.
Research Publications
Scott, J and R. Wickes. (2008) Criminology as Other: observations on the construction of a field. Nexus, Vol. 20, No. 1, March.
Scott, J. (2006) Institutionalization. In The Historical Encyclopedia of Prostitution (Three Volumes) , M. Ditmore (ed), Greenwood Publishing, Westport CT.
Scott, J. (2006) Penal Colonies. In The Historical Encyclopedia of Prostitution (Three Volumes), M. Ditmore (ed), Greenwood Publishing, Westport CT.
Scott, J. (2005) Micronesia. In The World Police Encyclopaedia. Das, D. et al. (eds.) Routledge , New York.
Scott, J., Sprogis, A. and Porteous, J. (1996) Beyond Silence: The General Practice Homeless and At-Risk Youth Project, Commonwealth Department of Human Services and Health, Canberra.
Competitive Grants
ARC Linkage (with D. Hine). Combining Community Based Social Marketing and Technological Innovation to Combat Wood Smoke Pollution in Regional Australia $148,725 Total.
2008+ ARC Discovery Grant, Safeguarding rural Australia: Addressing Violence and Masculinity in Rural Settings (With K. Carrington and R. Hogg) $277,000.00.
2007+ Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation. What Makes a Resilient Rural Community (with Davies et al.)
Consultancies
Scott, J & Revea H. R. (2007-2010) Evaluationof Youth of the Streets, Walgett. Dept of Families, Housing, Services and Indigenous Affairs
Scott, J. et al. (2006), Tamworth Regional Council Social Plan. (PDF document)
Scott, J., (2002), Social Impact Statement: Transitional Group Hoome at RMB 515, Goonoo Goonoo Road, Tamworth Freedom Pastoral Care Limited (submitted to Tamworth City Council July 2002).
Recent Published Conference Proceedings
Scott, J. (2008) Sex Work and Health in a Rural Context. Results of a qualitative study undertaken in NSW. in Re-imagining Sociology; the Annual Conference of TASA 12-15 Dec. University of Melbourne, Melbourne.
Ragusa , A. & Scott, J. (2005) For Sale? Sex in the Country: The Benefits of Sex Work as an Occupational Choice in NSW. In TASA 2005 Conference Proceedings . University of Tasmania, 5-8 December.
Corrigan, P., J. Scott et al. (eds.) (2003) New Times, New Worlds, New Ideas: Today and Tomorrow, The Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association, University of New England Armidale.
Recent Conference Papers
SCOTT, J. (2009) Sex industry policy in NSW: A critical overview of recent legislative changes. 51st Annual Western Social Science Association Conference, Albuquerque, NM, 15-18 April.
Carrington, C. and Scott, J. (2008) Researching Masculinity, Violence and Rurality. XV World Congress of the International Society for Criminology, Barcelona, 20-25 July.
Scott, J. (2007) Understanding Sex Work in Rural Context. Sex Work: Regulating the Many Faces of Sexual Labour Symposium, Research Centre in Gender, Law and Sexuality (AHRC), Keele University, 17 October.
Scott, J. (2007) Rural Masculinities and Violence, Keele University, School Criminology Seminar, October, 2007.
Scott, J. (2007) Rural Sex Work: Socio-legal Issues, Seminar, Manchester University, School of Law, October, 2007.
Carrington, C. and Scott, J. (2006) Masculinity, risk and the architecture of rural life. Sociology for a Mobile World. The Australian Sociological Association Conference, UWA, Perth, 4-7 Dec.
Scott, J. (2006) Out of sight, out of mind: The organization and regulation of rural prostitution. Crime in Rural Communities: The Impact, the Causes, the Prevention, UNE, 30 Nov. 1 Dec.
Scott, J. (2006) [Invited workshop presentation] JOS Review Process. Postgraduate Workshop - Sociology for a Mobile World. The Australian Sociological Association Conference, UWA, Perth, 4-7 Dec.
Scott, J. (2006) [Invited workshop presentation] Publishing: Getting started. Postgraduate Workshop - Sociology for a Mobile World. The Australian Sociological Association Conference, UWA, Perth, 4-7 Dec.
Scott, J. (2006) [Invited Workshop Presentation] Publishing: Getting Started. University of Western Sydney, Penrith Campus, Social Science.
Scott, J. (2005) Sex Work in Rural and Regional NSW. TASA 2005 Conference Proceedings . University of Tasmania , 5-8 December.
Book Reviews
Scott, J. (2008) Frances, R. 2007. Selling Sex: A Hidden History of Prostitution. UNDSW Press: Sydney. In Journal of Australian Colonial History.
Scott, J. (2008) Roach Anleu 2006, Deviance Conformity and Control, Pearson, in The Journal of Sociology Vol 44, No 1, 108-110.
Prizes, Honours and Awards
2009: UNE Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Performance and Service.
2009: UNE Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Achievements s in Interdisciplinary Innovation.
2007: Carrick National Citation Award for outstanding contribution to student learning.
2006: UNE, Vice Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence, Sole recipient in Individual Category.
2002: Inaugural First Prize, Best Up- and-Coming Researcher , Journal of Culture, Health and Sexuality, Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London.
Professional Appointments
2009+: Member, New England Regional Advisory Council, NSW Community Relations Commission.
2008+: Chief Examiner, CAFS, NSW Board of Studies.
2007+: Associate Editor, Higher Education Research and Development. Routledge, London.
2005+: Co-Editor, Journal of Sociology , Sage Publications, London.
2004+ : Justice of the Peace [JP], New South Wales.
2002-2008: Examinations Committee Member, New South Wales Board of Studies.