
Emeritus Professor Janet Chan
BSc MSc MA Toronto, PhD Sydney, MFA ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ, FASSA
JANET is a multidisciplinary scholar with research interests in criminal justice policy and practice, sociology of organisation and occupation, and the social organisation of creativity.ÌýShe is internationally recognised for her contributions to policing research, especially her work on police culture and socialisation, police reform, and the use of information technology in policing. Her major publications in this field include Changing Police Culture (Cambridge University Press 1997) and Fair Cop: Learning the Art of PolicingÌý(University of Toronto Press 2003).
Janet has been awarded a number of major grants for criminological and sociolegal research, ranging from policing, juvenile justice, restorative justice, work stress and wellbeing of lawyers, to forthcoming projects on Big Data analytics for national security and law enforcement.Ìý
She is currently Emeritus Professor at ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Law and Justice.
Since 2004 she has established a major research program on creativity and innovation, studying the creative practices of visual artists, research scientists and art-technology collaborations. She is co-editor of Creativity and Innovation in Business and Beyond (Routledge 2011) and Handbook of Research on CreativityÌý(Edward Elgar 2013).Ìý
Formerly a Research Associate at the Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto, Janet has held various positions in Australia, including Research Director of the NSW Judicial Commission, Director of the Sydney Institute of Criminology, Head of the School of School of Social Science and Policy, Professor and Associate Dean (Research) of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ. She was President of the ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Academic Board from 2008 to 2011 and Associate Dean (Research) of the Law School from 2011 to 2014, and Distinguished Professor of iCinema Research Centre from 2014 to 2016.
She has been research consultant to various organisations including: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, National Crime Authority, Australian Institute of Judicial Administration, and the Royal Commission into the NSW Police Service. She was part-time Commissioner of the NSW Law Reform Commission (2001-2005). She was an Associate Editor of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, a reviewer for the Australian Research Council (ARC), and an expert member of the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Research Evaluation Committee in 2010 and 2012.Ìý
Janet was elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia in 2002 for distinction in research achievements. In 2015 she was the joint recipient of the ANZ Society of Criminology Distinguished Criminologist Award.
Areas of expertise
- Big data for policing, national security and social policy
- Impact of technology on policing and security
- Legal culture and work stress
- Organisational culture and socialisation
- Law, justice and technology
- Restorative justice for serious offenders
- Individual and collective creativity in art, science and art-science collaborations
- Policing
- Reform and innovation in criminal justice
Research Supervision
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PHD COMPLETIONS
Understanding Terrorism Sentencing Decisions in Indonesia: A Southern Criminology Approach./Milda Istiqomah, 2020.
Trajectories of Victim Experience: A study of post-traumatic stress, growth and well-being in the aftermath of serious violent crime./Holly Blackmore, 2020.
The Eulogy (a novel) and dissertation: From the heart: The gift experience of creative writing and reading/Jackie Bailey, 2019.
Explaining the transition from victim to offender among men who experienced child sexual assault./Malory Plummer, 2019.
Policing in a Changing Vietnam./Melissa Jardine, 2019.
Police corruption and accountability in Palestine./Fadi Rabia, 2018.
Up Sky Down Sky Middle Water (A collection of short fiction) and dissertation: Writers vs. Money: Negotiating the field of Indian literature in English/Roanna Gonsalves, 2016.
The impact of human resource strategies on the retention of engineers in Malaysian firms. /R. Husna Abdull Rahman, 2013.
Plural Policing in Action: Exploring the nature of security networks in English and Australian stadiums/Ana Rodas, 2011.
Contested Domains: Regulating Responses to Volatile Substance Misuse in the Alice Springs Town Camps/ Christina Marel, 2011.
The role of DNA profiling in shaping criminal justice/ Jenny Wise, 2008.
Facilitating restorative justice: A study of conference convenors/ Jasmine Bruce, 2008.
Deterrence, punishment severity and drink-driving / Suzanne Briscoe, 2005.
Creating space for young people, dialogue and decision making : youth justice conferencing in New South Wales Australia / Jane Bolitho, 2005.
Constitution and maintenance of feminist practice : a comparative case study of sexual assault centres in Australia and Korea / Kyungja Jung, 2002.
Pathways to privatisation : case studies of three Australian methadone programs / Morag McArthur, 1995.
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MASTER BY RESEARCH COMPLETION
NSW Drug Court: A Socio-Legal Case Study / Glenn Took, 2011.
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HONOURS STUDENTS
2012 - H. Blackmore, BA in Criminology. Topic: Public Attitudes towards Restorative Justice (jointly supervised with Jane Bolitho)
2012 - R. Polosak,ÌýBCriminology & Criminal Justice. Topic: Public Attitudes to Parking Fines (jointly supervised with Mike Grewcock)
2010 - R. Gonsalves, Grad Dip in Arts by Research (1st Class).ÌýTopic: Authorship in New Media Art
2009 - L. Dewberry, BSocSc in Criminology.ÌýTopic: Intelligence Led Policing (Honours 1st Class)
2007 - S. D'Apice, BSocSc in Criminology.ÌýTopic: Sentencing of Drink-Driving Offenders (Honours 1st Class)
2006 - C. Marel, BSocSc in Criminology.ÌýTopic: Peer Influence in Male Anti-social Behaviour (Honours 1st Class)
2006 - N. Metcalf, BSocSc in Criminology.ÌýTopic: Fear of Terrorism (Honours 1st Class)
2004 - E. Maloney, BSocSc in Criminology.ÌýTopic: Fear of Crime in Two Suburbs (Honours 1st Class)
2004 - D. Bennett, BSocSc in Criminology.ÌýTopic: Music Piracy (Honours 1st Class)
2004 - M. Torok, BSocSc in Criminology.ÌýTopic: Women's Experience of Apprehended Violence Orders
2003 - J. Rosenberg, BSocSc.ÌýTopic: Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (Honours 1st Class)
1999 - C. Morris, BSocSc.ÌýTopic: History of Public Order Legislation in New South Wales
1999 - K. Yeates, BSocSc.ÌýTopic: Gender and Culture in the Australian Army
1995 - P. Stanley, BSocSc.ÌýTopic: Compliance of Occupational and Health Regulation in Small Businesses.
1995 - M. Moses, BSocSc.ÌýTopic: Political Participation among Australians of Non-English Speaking Background.
1993 - V. Roby, BSocSc.ÌýTopic: Public Attitudes to Sentencing.
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