Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences Chair of Criminology OAM (Order of Australia Medal) BA Hons(Canterbury) MA Hons(Canterbury) PhD(Qld) Paul Wilson is currently the Chair of Criminology. Previous academic positions include Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Bond University 1993-2001, Foundation Dean of Arts, QUT 1991-1993 and Acting Director, Australian Institute of Criminology 1986-1991 and Director of Research. Professor Wilson was recently on the Advisory Board for the NRMA. Currently he is a consultant to a private security organisation, was a regular columnist for the Courier-Mail for 6 years and is a media commentator on crime and social issues. This year he delivered a number of keynote addresses at major conferences in Australia and overseas and consulted on crime and forensic matters in legal cases. He is the recipient, with a team of public university colleagues, of a major ARC Collaborative Research Grant for The Sibling Study which is a longitudinal research project examining the determinants of juvenile offending. In 2003 he was awarded the Medal of The order of Australia for Services to Education particularly as a writer and lecturer in the field of criminology. His research and teaching interests include forensic psychology, crime prevention, profiling of offenders, miscarriage of justice and private policing and security. He was also recently elected an Associate Fellow of the centre for criminology, at the University of Hong Kong. Professor Wilson has been involved in many film, documentary and mass media projects relating to his research areas.
Articles
Crime, Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2007)
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Though most current politicians would never acknowledge it, criminological research points to the...
What do the watchers watch? an Australian case study of CCTV monitoring (with Helene Wells), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2007)
Crime and CCTV in Australia: Understanding the Relationship (with Helene Wells and Troy Allard), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2006)
[Extract from Executive Summary]: This report explores the use and effectiveness of Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV)...
Contemporary comment: An examination of Australian internet hate sites (with Gareth Norris and Robyn Lincoln), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2005)
The Philippines - three decades of terrorism, Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2005)
[Extract] It is clear to me that neither bribery nor brute force will end terrorism...
Books
Five drops of blood (with Dianne McInnes), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2008)
Five drops of blood examines the events leading to one of the most talked about...
Dead bodies don't count: civilian casualties and the forgotten costs of the Iraq conflict (with Richard Hil), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2007)
The people of Iraq —men, women and children—have experienced considerable pain and suffering over the...
Who killed Leanne Holland? one girl's murder and one man's injustice (with Graeme Crowley), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2007)
Who really killed Leanne Holland? Graham Stafford spent the prime of his life behind bars...
Issues in Australian crime and criminal justice (with Duncan Chappell), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2005)
Crime, criminals and the criminal justice system continue to be at the forefront of public...
Who Killed Leanne? An Investigation into a Murder and Miscarriage of Justice (with Graeme Crowley), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2005)
The savage murder of 12 year old Leanne Holland in Goodna in September 1991 was...
Book Chapters
Terrorism in Australia, Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2008)
Forensic Psychology and Criminology is an important original work that recognises the close relationship between...