Alison Gerard

Personal profile

I founded and lead CSU's first law program and the Centre for Law and Justice (CSU's law school equivalent). My research examines the criminalisation of vulnerability and seeks to understand the impact of criminalisation and securitisation through listening to those with lived experience. I am a passionate educator and have developed, alongside key stakeholders, an emerging research program on the incoporation of Indigenous perspectives in law and criminology undergraduate programs. I am on the Executive of the Council of Australian Law Deans and the Australasian Law Academics Association, and the CALD Working Party on First People's Partnership. I am the Co-Convenor of CSU's Ally Network, responsible for fostering inclusivity and advocacy for LGBTIQA+ staff and students.

Education/Academic qualification

Law/Criminology, Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (Criminal Justice and Criminology), Monash University

Law, Bachelor of Law (First Class Honours), University of Technology Sydney

Law/Criminology, PhD, Monash University

Law/Criminology, Masters of International Humanitarian Action, Ruhr-Universität Bochum

External positions

Executive, Australasian Law Academics Association

07 Jul 2019 → …

Treasurer, Council of Australian Law Deans (CALD)

04 Oct 2018 → 04 Oct 2020

Secretariat (former President), West Bathurst Preschool Inc

28 Feb 2018 → 19 Feb 2020

Editorial Board, Current Issues in Criminal Justice

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Research Output 2009 2019

86 Citations
6 h-Index
12 Article
8 Presentation only
7 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
4 Creative Works Original - Textual
7 More

Crimmigration and the Australian legal lexicon: Reflecting on border control, theory and the lived experience

Gerard, A., 2019, Crimmigration in Australia: Law, politics, and society. Billings, P. (ed.). Singapore: Springer Singapore, p. 89-115 26 p.

Research output: Book chapter/Published conference paper › Chapter (peer-reviewed)

control theory

legal process

immigration law

experience

Law

26 Downloads (Pure)

‘Humanitarian borderwork’: Identifying tensions between humanitarianism and securitization for government contracted NGOs working with adult and unaccompanied minor asylum seekers in Australia

Gerard, A. & Weber, L., 04 Jan 2019, In : Theoretical Criminology: an international journal. p. 1-18 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

Altruism

humanitarianism

Refugees

asylum seeker

Organizations

‘Humanitarian Borderwork’: Tensions Between Humanitarianism and Securitization for NGOs Working with Asylum Seekers in Australia

Gerard, A. & Weber, L., 16 May 2019, Border Criminologies 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Professional blog or online forum

4 Citations (Scopus)

28 Downloads (Pure)

‘I’m not getting out of bed!’ The criminalisation of young people in residential care

Gerard, A., McGrath, A., Colvin, E. & McFarlane, K., 01 Mar 2019, In : Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology. 52, 1, p. 76-93 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

Criminal Law

criminalization

Police

Lawyers

South Australia

14 Downloads (Pure)

‘Just another policy document?’ Can a protocol end the criminalisation of kids in care?

McFarlane, K., Colvin, E., McGrath, A. & Gerard, A., 01 Mar 2019, In : Alternative Law Journal. 44, 1, p. 37-42 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

criminalization

justice

Alison Gerard

28/08/18

5 items of Media coverage

Press/Media: Press / Media