Dr Ian Nisbet BA (Sydney), MA (Sydney), PhD (Griffith) Dr Ian Nisbet is a project officer currently seconded to the CCYP from the Department of Human Services (Juvenile Justice). He is based at the Coffs Harbour campus and is working on the Family Inclusion Project (FIP). The FIP is exploring the potential of a ‘wraparound’ interagency service model to reduce criminal recidivism among juvenile justice clients in Kempsey. He is a forensic psychologist and his previous research has been in the area of sexual offending among adolescents.
Journal articles
Adolescent sex offenders: a life sentence?, InPsych (2010)
In recent years children's sexuality and claims about the ‘pornification' of childhood have attracted considerable...
Developmental, individual and family characteristics of specialist, versatile, and short-duration adolescent sex offenders (with Stephen W. Smallbone and Richard Wortley), Sexual Abuse in Australia and New Zealand (2010)
This article reports on developmental, individual and family characteristics of 108 adjudicated adolescent sexual offenders...
A prospective longitudinal study of sexual recidivism among adolescent sex offenders (with Peter H. Wilson and Stephen W. Smallbone), Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment (2004)
This paper reports on a follow-up of a sample of 303 adolescent male sex offenders...
Willingness, confidence and knowledge to work with adolescent sex offenders: an evaluation of training workshops (with Mark R. Dadds, Stephen W. Smallbone, and Julie Dombrowski), Behaviour Change (2003)
Increasing attention is being paid to best practice in mental health sciences. One crucial aspect...
Characteristics of adolescent sex offenders in New South Wales (with Katie Seidler), Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist (2001)
Characteristics of adolescents who sexually offend, their patterns of their offending behaviour and the defining...
Book chapters
Conference publications
The sexual and non-sexual offending of male adolescent sex offenders (with Stephen W. Smallbone and Richard Wortley), 40th Anniversary Symposium of the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (2009)
Individual, family and offending characteristics of specialist and versatile adolescent sex offenders (with Stephen W. Smallbone and Richard Wortley), 24th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) (2005)
Intervention in cases of sibling incest: research & practice (with Susan Rayment-McHugh), 15th International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect: International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) (2004)
Sibling incest offenders as a subset of adolescent sex offenders (with Susan Rayment-McHugh), Child sexual abuse : justice response or alternative resolution: Proceedings of Australian Institute of Criminology Conference (2003)
There is a growing body of literature on sibling incest offenders. Previous studies have shown...
Recidivism among male adolescent sex offenders in NSW, 21st Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (2002)
Reports & Policy submissions
Working together to reduce youth recidivism: exploring the potential of a 'Wraparound' Interagency Service Model (with Anne Graham and Sallie Newell), Centre for Children and Young People (2011)
The Family Inclusion Project (FIP) was operational between November 2010 and June 2011. The origins...
Inquiry into spent convictions for juvenile offenders, submission to NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into Spent Convictions for Juvenile Offenders (2010)
Submission to NSW juvenile justice policy review, Submission to Minister for Juvenile Justice (2009)
Impacts of programs for adolescents who sexually offend: literature review (with Sacha Rombouts and Stephen W. Smallbone), Report commissioned by Research, Funding and Business Analysis Division and Child Protection and Early Intervention (CPEI) Directorate (2005)
Despite the growing concern about sexual offending within our community, much remains unclear about both...