A/Prof Glenn Dawes ~ Associate Dean, Research; Associate Professor

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.

Teaching

• SY1001: Australian Society: An Introduction to Sociology (Level 1; TSV)
• SY2005: Qualitative Research (Level 2; TSV)
• SY2019: Youth, Identity and Popular Culture (Level 2; CNS & TSV)

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

• Criminology (1602)
• Sociology (1608)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Justice and the Law (9404)

Awards

• 2010 - Faculty Citation for Teaching and Learning

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

• 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 (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
• Bozkurt V, Bayram N, Furnham A and Dawes G (2010) The Protestent work ethic and hedonism among Kyrgyz, Turkish and Australian college students. Drustvena Istrazivanja (Journal of General Social Sciences), 19 (4-5). pp. 749-769
• Dawes G and Bozkurt V (2010) The changing world of work and youth: a comparative research of Australian and Turkish university students' perceptions about the changing world of work. World Applied Sciences Journal, 9 (12). pp. 1343-1349
• Dawes G and Dawes C (2005) Mentoring 2: a programme for 'at risk' indigneous youth. Youth Studies Australia, 24 (4). pp. 45-49

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
• Dawes G (2008) The challenges of reintegrating young offenders back to their communities: the caseworkers perspective. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of The Australian Sociological Association 2008: Re-imagining Sociology. 2-5 December 2008, The University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia
• Dawes G (2007) Risks of reintegration: young offenders perception of making the transition back to their communities. Proceedings of the CROCCS 5th International Conference: Overcoming Violence & Poverty. 3-5 AUG 2007, Mackay, QLD, Australia
• Dawes G (2006) Barriers to education and employment: an Australian youth perspective. Proceedings of the International Knowledge Economy and Management Congress. 3-5 November 2006, Istanbul, Turkey

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 20+ research outputs authored by A/Prof Glenn Dawes from 2000 onwards.

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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

• Housing the Homeless: An Ethnography of Caravan Park Dwelling in Rural North Queensland. (PhD , Secondary Advisor/AM)
• Experiences of Male and Female Correctional Officers Who Have Been the Victims of Assault in Queensland Prisons (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM)
• Black Lives Matter: The Violence of Indigenous Incarceration (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM)

Completed

• Indigenous knowledge and governance in protected areas in Australia and Sweden (2017, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• The politics of distributive equity in conflicts over locally unwanted facility siting: in ward waste disposal in the 23 wards of Tokyo (2016, PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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