University Student Disclosures of Crime, Violence, and Trauma: Findings from a Survey of Criminology Educators across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand
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Deakin University
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Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand
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Deakin University Australia
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Monash University Australia
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Deakin University Australia
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University of Wollongong Australia
Abstract
This study explores the findings from a survey-based questionnaire investigating the prevalence and predictors of student disclosures of crime, violence, and trauma to criminology educators working at Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand universities. Responses show student disclosures are common, with educators receiving an average of three to four disclosures in the preceding two years. While gender did not predict the number of disclosures received, teaching subjects discussing domestic and family/whānau and/or sexual violence increased the likelihood of disclosures. The study’s findings can help inform the development of university interventions, systems, and resources to improve support for students and staff, enhancing classroom and campus safety.
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Author Biographies
Dr Mark Wood is a senior lecturer in criminology at Deakin University. Most of his research falls within the sphere digital criminology, and examines intersections between technology, harm, and criminal justice.
Dr Samantha Keene is a Senior Lecturer/ Pūkenga in the Institute of Criminology at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington. Samantha’s broad research interests include the relationship between pornography and experiences of gendered harm, ‘rough sex’, sexual choking/strangulation, and the criminal justice system’s responses to women as victims/survivors.
Associate Professor Jessamy Gleeson is the Associate Director of Teaching and Learning (IND) at the NIKERI Institute, Deakin University. Her research focuses on feminist activism in online and offline spaces, and Indigenous curriculum design.
Dr Kate Hutton Burns is the Director of Education for the School of Social Sciences at Monash University. Dr Burns is a criminologist undertaking research focusing on criminal justice policy and teaching and learning in criminology.
Associate Professor Mary Iliadis is a Criminologist at Deakin University, and co-convenor of the Deakin Network Against Gendered Violence. She specialises in legal and non-legal regulation of domestic, family and sexual violence.
Dr Rachel Loney-Howes is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Wollongong. Her research expertise lies in activism against sexual violence and alternative reporting pathways for victim-survivors of sexual violence.