By Emeritus Professor Leanne Dowse

Book Chapters

Strnadová I; Danker J; Lenne B; Alonzo D; Tso M; Loblinzk J; Willow SA; Dowse L, 2024, 'Learning Environments for Students with Moderate and High Support Needs: Listening to Student Voices', in Bishop K; Dimoulias K (ed.), The Routledge Handbook on the Influence of Built Environments on Diverse Childhoods, Routledge, New York, pp. 222 - 237, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003284406-19

Strnadová I; Danker J; Dowse L; Lenne B; Alonzo D; Tso M; Loblinzk J; Willow SA, 2024, 'Learning Environments for Students with Moderate and High Support Needs', in The Routledge Handbook on the Influence of Built Environments on Diverse Childhoods, Routledge, pp. 222 - 237, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003284406-19

Dowse L, 2024, 'Reconciling Cognitive Disability and Corrosive Social Disadvantage: Identity, Transgression and Debility', in The Legacies of Institutionalisation: Disability, Law and Policy in the 'Deinstitutionalised' Community, pp. 149 - 160

Rowe S; Dowse L, 2023, 'Disability, race, and the carcerai state: Toward an inclusive decolonial abolition', in The Routledge International Handbook on Decolonizing Justice, pp. 268 - 278, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003176619-28

Rowe S; Dowse L, 2023, 'Disability, race, and the carceral state', in The Routledge International Handbook on Decolonizing Justice, Routledge, pp. 268 - 278, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003176619-28

Rowe S; Dowse L, 2021, 'Enabling Penal Abolitionism: The Need for Reciprocal Dialogue Between Critical Disability Studies and Penal Abolitionism', in Coyle MJ; Scott D (ed.), The Routledge International Handbook of Penal Abolition, Routledge, pp. 206 - 216, https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-International-Handbook-of-Penal-Abolition/Coyle-Scott/p/book/9781138354098

Rowe S; Dowse L, 2021, 'Enabling penal abolitionism', in The Routledge International Handbook of Penal Abolition, Routledge, pp. 206 - 216, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429425035-33

Dowse L, 2019, 'Worlds apart and still no closer to justice: Recognition and redress in gendered disability violence', in Practical Justice: Principles, Practice and Social Change, pp. 38 - 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351010498

Smith L; Dowse L, 2018, 'Complexity and disability: Drawing from a complexity approach to think through disability at the intersections', in Interdisciplinary Approaches to Disability: Looking Towards the Future: Volume 2, pp. 123 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351053228-12

Dowse L, 2018, 'Disruptive, dangerous and disturbing: the ‘challenge’ of behaviour in the construction of normalcy and vulnerability', in Normality and Disability, Routledge, pp. 111 - 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203731741-10

Smith L; Dowse L, 2018, 'Complexity and disability: drawing from a complexity approach to think through disability at the intersections.', in Ellis K; Garland-Thompson R; Kent M; Robertson R (ed.), Interdisciplinary Approaches to Disability., Routledge, London, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351053228

Smith LE; Dowse L; Soldatic K; Kent M, 2017, 'Developing a MOOC: Factoring in disability', in Bennet R; Kent M (ed.), Massive Open Online Courses and Higher Education: What went right, what went wrong, where to next?, Routledge, New York, pp. 123 - 134

Didi A; Frohmader C; Dowse LM, 2016, 'Violence Against Disabled Women in the Global South: Working Locally, Acting Globally', in Soldatic K; Grech S (ed.), Disability in the Global South The Critical Handbook, Springer, Switzerland, pp. 323 - 336, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42488-0

Dowse LM; Wiese M, 2016, 'Cognitive Disability and Complex Support Needs: Challenges in the National Disability Insurance Scheme', in Moore E (ed.), Case management for community practice: A textbook for students and practitioners, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Vic., pp. 417 - 437

Dowse L; Frohmader C; Didi A, 2016, 'Violence Against Disabled Women in the Global South: Working Locally, Acting Globally', in Disability in the Global South, Springer International Publishing, pp. 323 - 336, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42488-0_20

BALDRY E; DOWSE L, 2013, '- Compounding Mental and Cognitive Disability and Disadvantage: Police as Care Managers', in Policing and the Mentally Ill, Taylor & Francis, pp. 258 - 273, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b14853-17

Baldry E; Dowse LM, 2013, 'Compounding mental and cognitive disability and disadvantage: Police as care managers', in Chappell D (ed.), Policing and the Mentally Ill: International perspectives, CRC Press Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 219 - 234, http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439881163

Dowse LM; Frohmader C; Meekosha H, 2010, 'Intersectionality: Disabled Women', in Easteal P (ed.), Women and the Law in Australia, LexisNexis Butterworths, Chatswood, pp. 249 - 268

Journal articles

Garcia-Lee B; Strnadová I; Dowse L, 2024, 'Researching belonging in the context of research with people with intellectual disabilities: A systematic review of inclusive approaches', Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jar.13178

Steele L; Carnemolla P; Spencer R; Kelly J; Naing L; Dowse L, 2023, 'Listening to People with Intellectual Disability about Institutions', International Journal of Disability and Social Justice, 3, pp. 49 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.13169/intljofdissocjus.3.3.0049

Trofimovs J; Dowse L; Srasuebkul P; Trollor JN, 2023, 'Impact of post-release community mental health and disability support on reincarceration for prisoners with intellectual disability and serious mental illness in NSW, Australia', BJPsych Open, 9, pp. e44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2023.9

Strnadová I; Eacott S; Danker J; Dowse L; Lenne B; Alonzo D; Tso M; Loblinzk J, 2023, 'Leading schools for specific purposes: a relational analysis of provision', Journal of Educational Administration and History, 55, pp. 146 - 164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220620.2022.2101989

Cumming TM; Strnadová I; Boaden N; Dew A; Athanassiou U; Dowse L, 2023, 'Policy Context for Transitions to Adulthood Experienced by Young People with Complex Support Needs: Australian Federal and State Perspectives', Child and Youth Services, 44, pp. 393 - 412, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0145935X.2022.2134111

Strnadová I; Dowse L; Lowe K; Danker J; Angelina Willow S; Tso M; Xavier A, 2023, 'Primary to high school transition planning for students with disability: A systematic review', International Journal of Educational Research, 120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2023.102188

Strnadová I; Danker J; Dowse L; Tso M, 2023, 'Supporting students with disability to improve academic, social and emotional, and self-determination and life-skills outcomes: umbrella review of evidence-based practices', International Journal of Inclusive Education, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2023.2221239

Trofimovs J; Srasuebkul P; Trollor JN; Dowse L, 2022, 'Disability support and reincarceration after a first adult prison custody episode for people with intellectual disability in New South Wales, Australia', Journal of Criminology, 55, pp. 239 - 259, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/26338076221087461

Dowse L, 2022, 'Commentary on “Connecting Tasmanian National Disability Insurance Scheme participants with allied health services: challenges and strategies of support coordinators” (Jessup & Bridgman, 2021)', Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 9, pp. 134 - 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23297018.2021.2018353

Rowe S; Dowse L; Baker M; Baldry E, 2022, 'Policing disability: alliance building, police divestment and community investment', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 34, pp. 171 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10345329.2022.2029084

McCausland R; Dowse L, 2022, 'From ‘at risk’ to ‘a risk’: The criminalisation of young people with cognitive disability in residential care', Incarceration, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/26326663211021687

Collings S; Dew A; Dowse L, 2021, '‘Testing it in the real world’: Using action research to apply a conceptual framework to social care planning', Action Research, 19, pp. 203 - 217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1476750318761534

Trofimovs J; Dowse L; Srasuebkul P; Trollor JN, 2021, 'Using linked administrative data to determine the prevalence of intellectual disability in adult prison in New South Wales, Australia', Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 65, pp. 589 - 600, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jir.12836

McCausland R; Dowse L, 2020, 'The need for a community-led, holistic service response to Aboriginal young people with cognitive disability in remote areas: A case study', Children Australia, 45, pp. 326 - 334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cha.2020.49

Meltzer A; Dowse L; Smith L; Dew A, 2020, 'A framework for interconnected benefits of peer support for family members of people with disability', Australian Journal of Social Issues, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.130

Ellem K; Smith L; Baidawi S; McGhee A; Dowse L, 2020, 'Transcending the Professional–Client Divide: Supporting Young People with Complex Support Needs Through Transitions', Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 37, pp. 109 - 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10560-020-00651-x

Rowe S; Dowse L; Newton D; McGillivray J; Baldry E, 2020, 'Addressing Education, Training, and Employment Supports for Prisoners With Cognitive Disability: Insights from an Australian Programme', Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 17, pp. 43 - 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jppi.12321

Athanassiou U; Cale J; Dowse L, 2020, 'A descriptive study of sex offending among incarcerated men with low intellectual functioning: offending parameters and sex offence characteristics in adulthood', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 32, pp. 76 - 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10345329.2019.1653421

Spivakovsky C; Steele L; Dowse L, 2020, 'Commentary on “Legitimacy and ambiguity: Institutional logics and their outcome for people with intellectual disabilities” (Ineland, 2020)', Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 7, pp. 69 - 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23297018.2020.1758201

Dowse L, 2020, 'Commentary on “Supporting people with cognitive disabilities in contact with the criminal justice system: the importance of relationship-based practice” (Ellem, 2019)', Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 7, pp. 93 - 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23297018.2020.1753232

Dreyfus S; Dowse L, 2020, 'Experiences of parents who support a family member with intellectual disability and challenging behaviour: “This is what I deal with every single day”', Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 45, pp. 12 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/13668250.2018.1510117

Dowse L; Dillon-Savage I; Dew A; Strnadová I, 2020, 'Integrated responses for people with cognitive disability and complex support needs: Factors and principles', Evidence Base, 2020, pp. 10 - 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.21307/eb-2020-002

Dew A; Vaughan P; McEntyre E; Dowse L, 2019, ''Our ways to planning': Preparing organisations to plan with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability', Australian Aboriginal Studies, 2, pp. 3 - 18, https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=807372348968731;res=IELIND

Smith L; Dowse L, 2019, 'Times during transition for young people with complex support needs: entangled critical moments, static liminal periods and contingent meaning making times', Journal of Youth Studies, 22, pp. 1327 - 1344, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2019.1575346

Dew A; Collings S; Dowse L; Meltzer A; Smith L, 2019, '‘I don’t feel like I’m in this on my own’: Peer support for mothers of children with intellectual disability and challenging behaviour', Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 23, pp. 344 - 358, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1744629519843012

Reppermund S; Heintze T; Srasuebkul P; Reeve R; Dean K; Smith M; Emerson E; Snoyman P; Baldry E; Dowse L; Szanto T; Sara G; Florio T; Johnson A; Clements M; McKenzie K; Trollor J, 2019, 'Health and wellbeing of people with intellectual disability in New South Wales, Australia: A data linkage cohort', BMJ Open, 9, pp. e031624, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031624

Gordon T; Dew A; Dowse L, 2019, 'Listen, learn, build, deliver? Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander policy in the National Disability Insurance Scheme', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 54, pp. 224 - 244, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.73

Ellem K; Baidawi S; Dowse L; Smith L, 2019, 'Services to young people with complex support needs in rural and regional Australia: Beyond a metro-centric response', Children and Youth Services Review, 99, pp. 97 - 106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.01.033

Dew A; Collings S; Dillon Savage I; Gentle E; Dowse L, 2019, '“Living the life I want”: A framework for planning engagement with people with intellectual disability and complex support needs', Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 32, pp. 401 - 412, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jar.12538

Dowse L; Dew A; Sewell A, 2019, 'Background paper for ASID position statement on intellectual disability and complex support needs', Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 6, pp. 5 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23297018.2019.1594347

Collings S; Dew A; Dowse L, 2019, 'They need to be able to have walked in our shoes: What people with intellectual disability say about National Disability Insurance Scheme planning', Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 44, pp. 1 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/13668250.2017.1287887

Collings S; Dew A; Gordon T; Spencer M; Dowse L, 2018, 'Intersectional disadvantage: Exploring differences between aboriginal and non-aboriginal parents with intellectual disability in the New South Wales child protection system', Journal of Public Child Welfare, 12, pp. 170 - 189, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2017.1379456

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