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About

Glenn Dawes is Associate Dean of Research for the Faculty of Arts Education and Social Sciences. He teaches sociology and criminology. In addition he conducts research in the areas of youth studies with an emphasis on young people and the criminal justice system.

Glenn's research interests are closely linked to his work in North Queensland communities in areas such as school disengagement among young people, young people and crime on the Townsville Strand, Youth and hooning in North Queensland, young people and car theft in Queensland, the reintegration of Indigenous recidivist offenders post-release and Sudanese people and their interactions with the criminal justice system. He is the author of a book entitled “Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Subcultures and Education” and has published in academic journals.

Interests

Research

young people reintegration from detention
Sudanese youth and crime
Indigenous youth and educational disengagement
young people hooning and car culture
youth and graffitti
culturally and linguistically diverse people and homelessness

Experience

2013 to present - Associate Dean Research, JCU (Faculty Arts Education, Townsville campus)
2012 to present - Research Advisor, Protection Juvenile Justice (Phnom Penh Cambodia)
2010 to 2011 - Chief Investigator, Australian Institute Criminology (Canberra)

Research Disciplines

Socio-Economic Objectives

Honours

Awards

2010 - Faculty Citation for Teaching and Learning

Publications

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

Broadfield K, Dawes G and Chong M (2021) Necropolitics and the violence of Indigenous incarceration. Decolonising Criminology and Justice, 3 (1). pp. 5-26
Casson D, Guteridge K and Dawes G (2019) Reflections on a successful sustainable partnership between police and researchers: responding to violent assaults against police in North Queensland. James Cook University Law Review, 25. pp. 107-117
Dawes G and Davidson A (2019) A framework for developing justice reinvestment plans for crime prevention and offender rehabilitation in Australia’s remote indigenous communities. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 58 (6). pp. 520-543
Dawes G, Davidson A, Walden E and Isaacs S (2017) Keeping on Country: understanding and responding to crime and recidivism in remote Indigenous communities. Australian Psychologist, 52 (4). pp. 306-315
Dawes G (2016) Young Cambodians as victims of institutional violence in the criminal justice system. Asian Journal of Criminology, 11 (1). pp. 33-46
Bozkurt V, Tartanoglu S and Dawes G (2015) Masculinity and violence: sex roles and violence endorsement among university students. Procedia: social and behavioral sciences, 205. pp. 254-260
Dawes G, Coventry G, Moston S and Palmer D (2014) Sudanese Australians and crime: police and community perspectives. Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, 477.
Dawes G (2013) Sudanese "Lost Boys" and their interactions with the criminal justice system in Queensland Australia. International Journal of Social Inquiry, 6 (1). pp. 73-89
Dawes G (2011) The challenges of reintegrating Indigenous youth after their release from detention. Journal of Youth Studies, 14 (6). pp. 693-707

Books

Palmer D, Coventry G, Dawes G and Moston S (2020) Crime, Criminalisation and Refugees: the case of Sudanese Australians. Springer Briefs in Criminology. Springer, Singapore

Book Chapters

Dawes G and Broadfield K (2021) Risking a New Underclass: young Australians, broken transitions and the pandemic. In: The Societal Impacts of Covid-19: a transnational perspective. Istanbul University Press, Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 17-28

Conference Papers

Dawes G and Coventry G (2012) A time to be heard: Sudanese Australian voices about criminal and social justice matters. Proceedings of the 5th Annual Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference. 7-8 July 2011, Cairns, QLD, Australia

More: ResearchOnline@JCU stores 30+ research outputs authored by A/Prof Glenn Dawes from 2000 onwards.

Current Funding

Current and recent Research Funding to JCU is shown by funding source and project.

Australian Institute of Criminology - Indigenous Justice Research Program

A collaborative throughcare model for reducing the over-representation of Australian Indigenous youth living in remote and rural Northern Australia.

Indicative Funding: $181,818 over 2 years
Summary: There is an increase in the numbers of young Indigenous people involved in a cycle of reoffending behaviour. Research states that breaking the cycle of crime can be achieved through programmes that address the drivers of crime particularly when young people leave detention and re-enter their communities. However, there are challenges to providing a coordinated approach of throughcare due to the ?siloization? of services particularly in remote and rural Indigenous communities. The proposed research will attempt to address these challenges by conducting community- based research leading to development of a model of throughcare beginning when young people enter detention to when they re-enter their communities. The resultant community model based throughcare model will identify, engage and divert Indigenous young people living in remote communities from further offending by better health outcomes.
Investigators: Glenn Dawes, Alan Clough, Kirstie Broadfield and Victoria Graham (College of Arts, Society & Education, College of Public Health and Medical & Vet Sciences)
Keywords: Indigenous; Youth; Remote; Recidivism; Throughcare

Queensland Government - Youth Research Grants Program

Youth Research Grants Program

Indicative Funding: $200,000 over 1 year
Summary: The Youth Research Grants Program aims to stimulate interest in research which reflects the needs and views of young people through enabling them to be involved in setting priorities for and selection of research projects. The Program supports the vision set out in the Queensland Youth Strategy (QYS) that promotes young people?s active contribution to Queensland's economic, civic and cultural life. This project aims to engage with young people (17?24-year-olds) in north and far north Queensland currently studying at James Cook University (JCU), to provide an opportunity to share their thoughts, concerns, dreams and desires, and to provide inspiration for a JCU-led research project with and for youth with a focus on wellbeing, future aspirations, concerns and potential solutions to urgent issues. The project would focus on JCU discipline areas of Social Work, Sociology, Education and Creative Arts, with an intention for young people to develop and present art works- and in particular visual and wearable art- expressing their concerns and aspirations. Please refer to the Project Proposal for full details of the Project?s timing and objectives.
Investigators: Natalia Veles, Glenn Dawes, Tanya Doyle, Peta Salter, Robyn Glade-Wright and Abraham Francis (College of Arts and Society & Education)
Keywords: Young People; Youth Justice; creative arts; diversity; enablement

Queensland Police Service - Grant

An Evaluation of the SPACE and PLACE Programme in Cairns

Indicative Funding: $100,000 over 2 years
Summary: The SPACE and PLACE programme is a pilot programme developed and trialled in the western suburbs of Ciarns which are characterised by low socia-economic status and high rates of criminal activity. The programme consists of a suite of initiatives based on physical activity based programmes offered by external providers which are aimed at young people and their familites. The pilot programme is one of several place based initiatives rolled out across Queensland and aims to enhance community well-being, family relationships and address some of the factors which contribute to youth crime by delivering targeted physical activities and enhancing social connectedness and liveability in the region. The proposed 2-year evaluation of the programme consist of a number of data collection techniques such as surveys, social connectedness scales and small foc us groups to ascertain the effectiveness of the programmes in achieving its major goals.
Investigators: Glenn Dawes (College of Arts and Society & Education)
Keywords: Evaluation; Crime; Wellbeing; Physical Activity; Social connectedness; Families

Supervision

Advisory Accreditation: I can be on your Advisory Panel as a Primary or Secondary Advisor.

These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

Post-Release Community Reintegration: A Study of How Ex-Prisoners Experienced Post-Incarceration Community Reintegration in Southwestern Nigeria (PhD , Secondary Advisor/AM)

Completed