A/PROF Mark David Chong ~ Associate Professor

Dr Mark is currently an associate professor in criminology and criminal justice studies. He was formerly the Director of Research Education at the School of Arts and Social Sciences, James Cook University from 2012 to January 2015, and Acting Associate Dean of Research at the College of Arts, Society and Education, James Cook University, from July 2019 to September 2019 (3 months). In 2021, he received the Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Community Engagement at JCU. He is also an external assessor (grant applications) for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Dr Mark graduated with a PhD in Law from the University of Sydney, where he received his Law School’s Longworth Scholarship (2003), the Cooke, Cooke, Coghlan, Godfrey and Littlejohn Scholarship (2004), the Longworth Scholarship for Academic Merit (2006), and the Longworth Scholarship once again in 2007.  

He was initially trained as a criminal defence lawyer and later secured an LLM (Merit) from Queen Mary, University of London. Thereafter he was appointed as a judicial Referee (currently referred to as a Tribunal Magistrate) by the President of the Republic of Singapore on the recommendation of the Chief Justice to the Small Claims Tribunals’ bench. However, given his deep interest in criminal justice issues, Dr Mark subsequently taught the Singapore Police Force and the Central Narcotics Bureau at Temasek Polytechnic (Singapore) under a joint academic programme with Queensland University of Technology, Australia. He was also an adjunct lecturer and tutor at SIM University (Singapore), where he designed a criminology subject (the Sociology of Law and Order) specifically for students from the Singapore Police Force.

Teaching

• CY1001: Deviance, Crime and Society (Level 1; CNS)
• CY2001: Perspectives on Criminology (Level 2; TSV)
• CY2002: Youth Deviance (Level 2; TSV)
• CY3456: Crime Prevention and Community Safety (Level 3; TSV)

Interests

Research

• Social Problems, Social Control, and Law & Order issues
• Criminal Justice Social Work
• Policing, Crime Prevention & Community Safety
• Punishment & Sentencing
• Municipal & International Criminal Law (e.g. Commercial Crime, Maritime Piracy & Terrorism)
• Juvenile Justice
• Psychology & Crime

Research Disciplines

• Criminology (4402)
• Social work (4409)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Justice and the law (2304)

Awards

• 2023 - Inclusive Practice Award (James Cook University)
• 2021 - Award for Excellence in Community Engagement (James Cook University)
• 2018 - ShowCASE Award 2018 - In recognition of 6 or more HERDC Points in 2017 [Higher Education Research Data Collection] (College of Arts, Society & Education, James Cook University)
• 2017 - Inclusive Practice Award (James Cook University)
• 2017 - ShowCASE Award 2017 - In recognition of my contribution to community engagement (College of Arts, Society & Education, James Cook University)
• 2017 - TropEco Awards - Partnership & Engagement - Highly Commended (James Cook University)
• 2015 - Inclusive Practice Award (James Cook University)

Other

• 2022 - Wakefield Scholarship (University of Cambridge, Institute of Criminology) - July 2022
• 2015 - Invited to deliver James Cook University's Last Lecture 2015 - A humanistic approach to educating our next generation of ‘crime fighters’
• 2007 - Longworth Scholarship (University of Sydney, Law School)
• 2006 - Longworth Scholarship for Academic Merit (University of Sydney, Law School)
• 2004 - Cooke, Cooke, Coghlan, Godfrey and Littlejohn Scholarship (University of Sydney, Law School)
• 2003 - Longworth Scholarship (University of Sydney, Law School)

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

• Baffour F, Francis A, Chong M and Harris N (in press) Prison Overcrowding and Harsh Conditions: Health and Human Rights Concerns to persons in custody, Staff and the Community. Criminal Justice and Behavior,
• Baffour F, Francis A, Chong M and Harris N (2023) Criminal records and post-prison employment in Ghana: Formal and informal means of performing criminal background checks. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 23 (4). pp. 629-647
• Baffour F, Francis A, Chong M and Harris N (in press) Doing Qualitative Research in a Controlled Site: Challenges, Lessons, and Strategies. Crime and Delinquency,
• Fellows J and Chong M (2023) ‘He Offered a Prayer for the Flier He Had Just Killed’: Superior Orders at the US Army Trials in Manila, 1945–1947. Journal of International Criminal Justice, 21 (2). pp. 331-352
• Baffour F, Francis A, Chong M and Harris N (2022) Mental health experiences among inmates serving life sentences in Ghana prisons. International Criminal Justice Review, 32 (1). pp. 5-23
• Chang J and Chong M (2022) Cognitive heuristics and risk evaluation in crisis fraud. Journal of Financial Crime, 29 (2). pp. 447-459
• Baffour F, Francis A, Chong M, Harris N and Baffour P (2021) Perpetrators at first, victims at last: exploring the consequences of stigmatization on ex-convicts’ mental well-being. Criminal Justice Review, 46 (3). pp. 304-325
• Broadfield K, Dawes G and Chong M (2021) Necropolitics and the violence of Indigenous incarceration. Decolonising Criminology and Justice, 3 (1). pp. 5-26

Book Chapters

• Young S, Cocallis K, Lane C and Chong M (2023) A critical overview of offenders with attention deficit hyperactive disorder. In: Forensic Aspects of Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Clinician's Guide. Cambridge University Press, England, pp. 34-47
• Chong M, Francis A, Carter M and Baffour F (2022) Employing humanistic teaching approaches to promote student wellbeing in higher education. In: Mental Health and Higher Education in Australia. Springer, Singapore, pp. 87-101
• Baffour F, Chong M and Francis A (2020) Recent developments in criminal justice social work in Australia and India: critically analysing this emerging area of practice. In: Social Work Education, Research and Practice: perspectives from India and Australia. Springer, Singapore, pp. 231-245
• Chong M, Forbes A, Francis A and Fellows J (2020) Gender differentials in the presentation of symptoms, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of mentally ill prisoners. In: Gender and Mental Health: combining theory and practice. Springer, Singapore, pp. 207-221

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 39+ research outputs authored by A/PROF Mark David Chong from 2010 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

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

Completed

• Factors contributing to recidivism among inmates in selected Ghana prisons (2021, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Bridging the divide in heritage? Managing caves as heritage places within the Sepon Gold and Copper Mine, Lao PDR (2019, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Black lives matter: the violence of Indigenous incarceration in Australia (2022, PhD , Secondary Advisor)