Director, QUT Centre for Justice, Queensland University of Technology
Melissa Bull is a Professor in the School of Justice at QUT and the Director of QUT Centre for Justice. Prior to this Melissa worked in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University. While at Griffith University Melissa held a number of research leadership roles, including Deputy Director and then Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security (2012-15). Melissa's main areas of research include drug regulation and policing and security. Melissa has published widely on drug regulation and drug control, sentencing and punishment, long term immigration detention, community policing and local security networks, counter terrorism narratives and prevention programs, and gender violence in Pacific island states.
Mar 23, 2022 14:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views
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