Associate Professor Bronwyn Naylor

Research Interests

Consumer Protection
Criminal Law
Criminology
Feminist Legal Theory
Gender Issues
Human Rights
Prisons
Regulatory Theory

Supervisor Profile

Qualified to supervise: Honours; PhD;

Current projects under supervision

Honours:

Two LLB honours theses

Doctoral:

A human rights perspective on detention in Australia - current deficiencies and ways forward

Mediation and Child Sexual Assault Perpetrated by Catholic Clergy: A Procedurally Just Process or a Panacea?

Conciliation and disability: Assessing capacity and adapting processes to promote participation of people with cognitive impairments in statutory conciliation

Rule against double jeopardy in criminal law - should the rule against double jeopardy be abolished in Australia nationally, be retained without exceptions or be retained however with exceptions as in the UK, South Australia, NSW and Queensland?

How mental illness is used as a cause of violent crime
(co-supervisor: Colleen Lewis, Criminology, Faculty of Arts)

The family and juvenile prisoners in Victoria: improving reintegration and increasing desistance
(co-supervisor: Anna Eriksson, Criminology, Faculty of Arts)

Editorial Boards

Director, Alternative Law Journal

Grants and Commissions

2010: Australian Research Council Linkage Grant (with A/Prof Chris Trotter, Prof Paul Collier, Dr Catherine Flynn, Dr Kay McCauley-Elsom, Dr Anna Eriksson, Dr David Baker). The Impact of Incarceration on Children's Care: A Strategic Framework for Good Care Planning

2009: ARC Linkage Grant (with Professor Marilyn Pittard, Associate Professor Moira Paterson and Dr Georgina Heydon) 'Living down the past: Criminal record checks and access to employment for ex-offendors'

2008: Legal Service Board (with Dr Renata Alexander and Dr Bernadette Saunders) 'Lawful correction or child abuse: Clarifying the boundaries, sanctions and decision-making surrounding the physical discipline of children'

2008: ARC Linkage Grant (with Professor Arie Freiberg, Dr Julie Debeljak, Associate Professor Stuart Thomas and Dr Inez Dussuyer) 'Applying human rights legislation in closed environments: A strategic framework for managing compliance'

2007: Legal Service Board (with Professor Marilyn Pittard, Associate Professor Moira Paterson and Dr Georgina Heydon) 'Criminal record checks and employment in Victoria'

2006: Joint Arts/Law Small Grant (with Professor Marilyn Pittard and Dr Moira Paterson (Law) and Professor Carla Lipsig-Mumme and Dr Georgina Heydon (Arts)) 'Living down the past: a case study of criminal record checks and employment in child care in Victoria'

2005: Consumer Utility Advocacy Centre (CUAG) Grant Program (with Professor Graeme Hodge) 'Consumer consultation: International best practice models'

2005: Helen McPherson Smith Trust grant for evaluation of post-prison transitional support programs 2005-6 (with Associate Professor Rosemary Sheehan and Associate Professor Chris Trotter)

2003: Monash University Small Grants Scheme, 'Disciplinary processes in a healthy prison: Achieving justice in Victorian prisons'

2003: Victoria Law Foundation grant (with Sharon Jacobsen) 'Court readiness programs in prisons'

2000: Monash University Small Grants Scheme, 'Accountability in public and private prisons: The operation of internal disciplinary hearings in Victorian prisons

Publications

2011

'Criminal Records and Rehabilitation in Australia' (2011) 3/1 European journal of Porbation 79-96

Complete listing of publications, including those prior to 2011