Dr Bridget Harris

Qualifications

BA (Hons) Macquarie University; PhD (Criminology) Monash University

Teaching Areas

CRIM344 Criminology and Justice Systems

CRIM306 Social Problems: Crime Problems

CRIM100 Understanding Crime

Research Interests

• Access to justice
• Spaces of justice; place / space, cultural geography and criminology
• Criminological theory
• Criminology and popular culture
• Cultural criminology
• Family violence
• Legal advocacy (including community legal centres)
• Lower courts
• Policing
• Resistance, youth subcultures and graffiti
• Rural crime, criminal justice systems and advocacy in RRR contexts

Grants

Dr Delanie Woodlock (Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria), Dr Bridget Harris (University of New England), Women’s Legal Service NSW and Professor Harry Blagg (University of Western Australia). Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) Criminology Research Grant $58, 853.15 Spaceless Violence and Advocacy: Technology-facilitated Abuse, Stalking and Service Provision in Australia. 2016-2017

Dr Jenny Wise, Dr Bridget Harris, Dr Ray Nickson, Associate Professor Bob Boughton and Adjunct Professor Jack Beetson. Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) Criminology Research Grant $50,640.38 Reducing Crime and Incarceration Rates in Aboriginal Communities: What Impact Does the ‘Yes I Can’ Adult literacy Program Have on Crime and Incarceration Rates in NSW Aboriginal Communities?” 2016-2017

Research Supervision Experience

Current Supervisions

Linda Morella, PhD: Filicide, Separation and the Family Court

Publications

Harkness, Alistair, Bridget Harris and David Baker (eds) Locating Crime in Context and Place: Regional and Rural Perspectives. (Sydney: Federation Press, 2016)

Harris, Bridget, ‘Violent Landscapes: A Spatial Study of Family Violence’ and ‘Introduction’ (with Alistair Harkness) in Harkness, Alistair, Bridget Harris and David Baker (eds) Locating Crime in Context and Place: Regional and Rural Perspectives. (Sydney: Federation Press, 2016)

Harris, Bridget, ‘Family Violence in the Rural Landscape,’ Advocate (Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria) Autumn/Winter (2015)

George, Amanda and Bridget Harris, Landscapes of Violence: Women Surviving Family Violence in Regional and Rural Victoria. (Victoria: Deakin University, 2014)

Harris, Bridget, Lucinda Jordan and Lydia Phillips, ‘Courting Justice Beyond the Cityscape: Access to Justice and the Rural, Regional and Remote Magistrates Court’ Journal of Judicial Administration 23, no.3 (2014) 158-170

Blair, Megan and Bridget Harris, ‘Just Spaces? Community Legal Centres as Levelling Places of Law’ Alternative Law Journal 37, no.1 (2012) 8-11

McCulloch, Jude, Megan Blair and Bridget Harris (eds) Justice For All: A History of the Victorian Community Legal Centre Movement, exhibition catalogue, 4^th November 2011, Richmond Town Hall, Richmond, Victoria

Submissions

Harris, Bridget, and Amanda George, Submission to the Royal Commission into Family Violence Part 1: Publically Available, (NSW & Victoria: Centre for Rural Regional Law and Justice, 2015)

Harris, Bridget, and Amanda George, Submission to the Royal Commission into Family Violence Part 2: Confidential, (NSW & Victoria: Centre for Rural Regional Law and Justice, 2015)

Conference and Symposium Presentations

Harris, Bridget, ‘Legitimate Spaces: Community Legal Centres and Police Accountability,’ Crime Justice & Social Democracy International Conference, 8-10 July 2015, Brisbane, Queensland.

Harris, Bridget and Lucinda Jordan, ‘Private Boundaries and Place: Experiences of Family Violence in Regional and Rural Victoria,’ 8th Annual Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference, 4– 5 December 2014, Melbourne, Victoria.

Harris, Bridget, ‘Overcoming Barriers and Boundaries: Improving Access to Justice for Survivors in Regional and Rural Victoria,’ Violence Prevention – It’s Everybody’s Business, 7-8 October 2014, Bendigo, Victoria.

Harris, Bridget, ‘Human Writes: Anti-graffiti Initiatives and Othering’, Human Rights, Human Wrong: Dilemmas and Diversity in Criminology, British Society of Criminology Annual Conference, 12-14 July 2010, Leicester, England.

Memberships

Australia and New Zealand Society of Criminology

British Society of Criminology

Socio-Legal Studies Association

Friend of the National Rural Law and Justice Alliance

Further Information

Awards and Nominations

Bruce Mansfield Award for Outstanding Research by an Honours Candidate, Macquarie University

Dean’s Sessional Commendation in recognition of innovation and excellence in pedagogy and outstanding support for students, Monash University

Extension Teaching Award, Monash University

Shortlisted: Mollie Holman Doctoral Medal for Excellence in a PhD thesis, Monash University