Dr Caroline Doyle | UNSW Research

My Expertise

Colombia; People in Prison; Reintegration; Prison; Post-Release Experience

Keywords

Fields of Research (FoR)

Crime policy

SEO tags

Political science and public policy

Biography

I am a Senior Lecturer in the School of Business at UNSW, Canberra.

I study how policymakers can develop and implement policies to respond to social problems, such as crime and violence. My PhD involved fieldwork in Medellin, Colombia where I was investigating reductions in homicide rates. More recently, I've been involved in research projects investigating the experiences of people leaving prison in the ACT and gaps in National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) support for people involved in the criminal justice system. In 2024, I published Researching Crime and Violence in Medellín, Colombia: Truth versus Truths where I question categories, assumptions and labels around interpretations of criminal actors and violence in Latin America and the Caribbean.

My research has been published in policy, crime, and justice journals and my work has been featured in public media such as ABC Radio, ABC News, the Canberra Times, SBS News, The Conversation and the Australian Institute of International Affairs. I also have several years of experience as the President of Prisoners Aid (ACT). In this role, I regularly provide advice to policymakers and service providers on policies and programs to improve the lives of ACT detainees during incarceration and post-release.

List of Publications: https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=sQI6v7MAAAAJ&hl=en

My Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy. University of New South Wales, Canberra.
Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice. Australian National University.
Bachelor of Laws (Hons). University of Canberra.
Bachelor of Arts. University of Wollongong.
Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults. Melbourne Training Institute.

My Awards

2015. Vice Chancellors Award for Teaching Excellence (Innovation). University of Canberra.

My Engagement

Recent Media:

2023. Children of incarcerated parents: the ‘invisible victims’ of the criminal justice system. Power to Persuade.

2023. Prisoners Aid ACT: the charity we never want to need, but just might. Canberra Weekly.

2023. Supporting the 'invisible victims' of the criminal justice system. LSJ Online.

2023. Punishing disability. The experience of incarceration for Australians with disability. Canberra Disability Review.

2022. How do you break the cycle of crime? A study of ACT prisoners released from the Alexander Maconochie Centre has some surprising results. ABC Radio Canberra.

2022. Incarcerated people with disability don’t get the support they need that makes them more likely to reoffend. The Conversation.

2021. Finding work after prison: barriers and opportunities for former detainees in the ACT. Power to Persuade.

2021. Efforts ramp up to prevent Canberra's prisoners returning to jail. Canberra Times.

2020. A protest movement of a different kind is taking place in Colombia with singers, actors and journalists holding a virtual concert, highlight concerns about recent killings. SBS News.

2020. Older prisoners need dedicated case manager as numbers grow, new research suggests. Canberra Times.

2020. Exploring ways to reduce Australia's reoffending rates. Canberra Times

Podcasts:

2021. Experiences of people in Australian prisons. Talking Time Podcast.

My Teaching

I have experience teaching a range of business, policy and law subjects at an undergraduate and postgraduate level. I'm currently teaching ZBUS1104 Foundations of Management and ZBUS8109 Business Law.

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