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30
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5010
World Ranking
7667
National Ranking
549

Overview

Chris Cunneen is a researcher affiliated with the University of Technology Sydney in Australia. Their work spans several intersecting fields and subfields, primarily within the social sciences and environmental science. Their scholarly focus includes sociology and political science, nature and landscape conservation, health, clinical psychology, and safety research.

The research topics covered by Cunneen include:

  • Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
  • Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Child Welfare and Adoption
  • Sex work and related issues

Cunneen's publications appear in a variety of venues, indicating a multidisciplinary research approach. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Policy Press eBooks
  • Decolonization of Criminology and Justice
  • The International Journal of Restorative Justice
  • Current Issues in Criminal Justice
  • Safety and Health at Work

Recent papers by Cunneen feature topics on Indigenous justice and criminal jurisdiction:

  • "Principles in diversion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people from the criminal jurisdiction," 2020, Current Issues in Criminal Justice
  • "Index," 2023, Policy Press eBooks

Other notable papers from the broader dataset, though not authored by Cunneen but reflecting co-authored works or related research themes, include:

  • "Can Indigenous truth commissions overcome the legacies and contemporary effects of colonialism?" 2023, The International Journal of Restorative Justice
  • "A Case Study on the Investigation and Management of an Outbreak of Leptospirosis in Fruit Pickers," 2022, Safety and Health at Work
  • "Index," 2020, Cambridge University Press eBooks

Cunneen has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, such as:

  • Amanda Porter
  • Ana Rodas
  • Melanie Simpson
  • Paddy Rawlinson
  • Ronald Kramer

In terms of book publications, Cunneen has contributed to multiple titles primarily published by Policy Press with a focus on policing and crime. These include multiple editions of Defund the Police published in 2023, as well as a 2020 book titled Crime, Deviance and Society published by Cambridge University Press. Additionally, Cunneen has works published by James Cook University, Bristol University Press eBooks, and Naif University Press eBooks, indicating a broad publishing footprint across academic presses.

The scope of their research reflects an interest in both Indigenous justice issues and broader criminological concerns, linking social and environmental dimensions to these fields.

Best Publications

  • Conflict, Politics and Crime: Aboriginal Communities and the Police

    Chris Cunneen;Chris Cunneen

  • Juvenile Justice: Youth and Crime in Australia

    Chris Cunneen;Rob White

  • Racism, Discrimination and the Over-representation of Indigenous People in the Criminal Justice System: Some Conceptual and Explanatory Issues

    Chris Cunneen

  • Penal Culture and Hyperincarceration: The Revival of the Prison

    Chris Cunneen;Eileen Baldry;David Brown;Melanie Schwartz

  • Debating Restorative Justice

    Chris Cunneen;Carolyn Hoyle

  • Juvenile Justice: An Australian Perspective

    Christopher Cunneen;R. D. White

  • Imprisoned Indigenous women and the shadow of colonial patriarchy

    Eileen Baldry;Chris Cunneen

  • Community Conferencing and the Fiction of Indigenous Control

    Chris Cunneen

  • Indigenous Peoples, Criminology, and Criminal Justice

    Chris Cunneen;Juan Marcellus Tauri

  • Criminal justice in north-west New South Wales

    Christopher Cunneen;Tom Robb

  • Changing narratives: colonised peoples, criminology and social work

    Chris Cunneen;Simone Rowe

  • Indigenous Legal Relations in Australia

    Larissa Behrendt;Chris Cunneen;Terri Libesman

  • POSTCOLONIAL TRAUMA: THE CONTEMPORARY REMOVAL OF INDIGENOUS CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THEIR FAMILIES IN AUSTRALIA

    Chris Cunneen;Terry Libesman

  • Gender, 'Race' and International Relations: Violence Against Filipino Women in Australia

    Chris Cunneen;Julie Stubbs

  • Justice Reinvestment: Winding Back Imprisonment

    David Brown;Chris Cunneen;Chris Cunneen;Melanie Schwartz;Julie Stubbs

  • Indigenous people and the law in Australia

    Christopher Cunneen;Terry Libesman

  • Systemic Racism as a Factor in the Overrepresentation of Aboriginal People in the Victorian Criminal Justice System

    Harry Blagg;Neil Morgan;Chris Cunneen;Anna Ferrante

  • Social class, youth crime and justice

    Rob White;Chris Cunneen

  • The Critical Criminology Companion

    Thalia Anthony;Chris Cunneen;Chris Cunneen

  • Postcolonial perspectives for criminology

    Chris Cunneen

  • Youth justice and racialization: Comparative reflections:

    Chris Cunneen

  • Juvenile justice, young people and human rights in Australia

    Chris Cunneen;Barry Goldson;Sophie Russell

Frequent Co-Authors

Barry Goldson
Barry Goldson University of Liverpool

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