Dr Martin Young, BA(UNE), BA(Hon)(UNE), PhD(JCU) After completing a BA (Hons) in human geography at the University of New England in 1992, Martin moved to James Cook University and the tropics to conduct his doctoral research about the way in which ‘natural’ places (in this case the Daintree and Cape Tribulation area of far north Queensland) are socially constructed. After a stint working on a social impact assessment in the context of commercial fisheries along the Queensland coast, Martin moved to the UK where he was employed by the Department of Sociology, Plymouth, to develop a research program on the social impacts of gambling deregulation. Martin returned to the tropics, this time to Darwin, Northern Territory (NT), to commence work with the School for Social and Policy Research, Charles Darwin University, in 2004. From 2004-2010 he developed a gambling research program relevant to non-metropolitan contexts. The program comprised a series of related research projects which investigated the patterns of gambling participation among the NT population; effects of gambling on particular populations (including Indigenous people); estimation and assessment of problem gambling; social impacts of gambling venues; and analysis of gambling policy and regulation. Martin took up a Senior Lecturer position at the Centre for Gambling Education and Research, Southern Cross University, early in 2011. Research interests • Spatial relationship between gambling venues and supporting communities • Gambling supply structures and the distribution of gambling-related harm • The sociology of gambling production and consumption • Social production and consumption of tourist places • Causes and consequences of population mobility
Journal articles
Being moved (on) in Darwin and Alice Springs: walking Australia's frontier towns (with Tess Lea, Francis Markham, Catherine Holmes, and Bruce Doran), Radical History Review (2012)
It is in the contemporary period of Indigenous cultural recognition that the biopolitical system of...
Detection of problem gambler subgroups using recursive partitioning (with Francis Markham and Bruce Doran), International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction (2012)
The multivariate socio-demographic risk factors for problem gambling have been well documented. While this body...
Placing bets: gambling venues and the distribution of harm (with Francis Markham and Bruce Doran), Australian Geographer (2012)
The liberalisation of gambling in Australia has resulted in the dispersal of 200 000 electronic...
The relationship between alcohol consumption, gambling behaviour and problem gambling during a single visit to a gambling venue (with Francis Markham and Bruce Doran), Drug and Alcohol Review (2012)
Introduction and Aims. Despite the well-documented comorbidity between disordered alcohol use and problem gambling, little...
Too close to home? the relationships between residential distance to venue and gambling outcomes (with Francis Markham and Bruce Doran), International Gambling Studies (2012)
Although gambling accessibility is generally viewed as a multidimensional construct, few studies have successfully untangled...
Reports
Correlates of reported gambling problems amongst Indigenous Australians: a cross-sectional study (with Matthew Stevens), Report for Gambling Research Australia (2009)
Gambling participation by temporary residents and local impacts: an exploratory study of the Sunshine Coast (with Bruce Doran and S Sharma), Final report to the Research and Community Engagement Division, Queensland Government (2009)
The spatial distribution of gambling vulnerability in greater Darwin and Alice Springs (with Bruce Doran), Report for the Community Benefit Committee, Department of Justice, Northern Territory (2009)
Expenditure on electronic gaming machines in the Northern Territory: a venues-based analysis (with William Tyler, David Lamb, and Matthew Stevens), Report for Community Benefit Committee, Department of Justice, Northern Territory Government (2008)
This report presents a supply-side analysis of electronic gaming machine (EGM) venues in the NT....
Gambling harm-minimisation measures post 1999: an Australian overview with particular reference to the Northern Territory (with Chris Fogarty), Discussion paper for the Community Benefit Committee and Department of Justice, Northern Territory Government (2008)
The purpose of the discussion paper is to present an overview of the gambling harm-minimisation...