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Professor John Scott
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Justice
Biography
I edit the Routledge Series Crime and Justice Studies in Asia and the Global South, Co-Edit The Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy and I am Vice President of the Asian Criminological Society.I have published widely, including 27 books and major research reports and over 100 papers and book chapters. I have also had sustained success in attracting nationally competitive grants and industry funding. Research Interests Include:
- The ecology of crime, especially small places
- Social control, with a focus on public health regulations
- The social construction and governance of sex and gender, with a focus on sex work
- Masculinity and violence
- The supply and regulation of drugs
I was recently a member of the ARC College of Experts and have been actively involved in institutional leadership roles, including leader of a Collaborative Research Network and extended periods acting as a head of school at QUT and UNE. In terms of broader service roles, I have served as a Chief Examiner with the New South Wales Board of Studies and was a member of the Community Relations Commission, New South Wales.
Personal details
Positions
- Head of School
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Justice - Professor
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Justice
Keywords
Place and crime, Masculinity and violence, Sex work, Public health, Social control, Drug supply, QUT Centre for Justice, ACHLR
Research field
Criminology, Sociology
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- PhD (University of Newcastle)
Professional memberships and associations
- Routledge series Editor, Crime and Justice in Asia and the Global South
- Co-Editor International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy
- Asian Criminology Society (Vice President [2018+], Life Member, Councillor)
- International Sociological Association (2007+)
- The Australian Sociological Association (2000+)
- Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology (2009+)
- American Society of Criminology
- Law and Society Association
- Advisory Board, Social Alternatives
- Editorial Board, Rural Society (2009+)
- Co-Editor, Journal of Sociology (2005-2009)
- Associate Editor, Higher Education Research and Development (2007-2010)
- Chief Examiner, Society and Culture, NSW Board of Studies (2010-2013)
- Chief Examiner, Community and Family Studies, NSW Board of Studies (2008-2010)
- Member, Northern Tablelands, NSW Community Relations Commission (2009-2013)
Teaching
I have taught in a wide range of subjects, including:
- Deviance
- Theories of Crime
- Social control
- Prisons and punishment
- Policing
I ahve recently taught:
- JSB418 Advanced Research Management
- JSB180 Deviance
- JSB278 Drugs and Crime
- JSB287 Crime in Popular Culture
I am also engaged in professional development training. In 2017 I was leader of team of academics who engaged with extensive policy training for Ministers and Senior Government Advisors of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (PNG) and the Attorney General's Office of the the state of Niger.
Experience
I have significant experience in administering category one grants, Including as a Chief Investigator on two Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Grants, an ARC Linkage, a Rural Industries Development Corporation Grant and two National Drug law Enforcement Fund Grants. I have also conducted numerous consultancies for government and non-government groups and organisations, including the Federal Attorney General’s Department and various local government bodies. I was a theme leader in UNE’s Collaborative Research Network, which was partnered with four other universities.
Grants and consultancies include:
- John Scott, M. Chataway, A. Higginson (2018-2019). QWB Safety Study, Department of Industry, Development and Tourism, Queensland Government.
- John, Scott, Angela Higginson, Mark Lauchs (2018) Strategic Review of Cape York Income Management, Department of Social Services, Canberra.
- John Scott, James Moreton. (2017) Criminology Research Grant. Understanding Torres Strait Island Justice. $30,665.00.
- Victor Minichiello, John Scott et al. Australia-Argentina higher-education industry collaborative action network. Council of Australian and Latin American relations Grant 2016-2017. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canberra, $51,658.00.
- John Scott, Mark Lynch, Judy Putt, Elaine Barclay, Ralph Weisheit (2013-2014) ‘Quantitative analysis of the qualitative data component of the ‘Natural History of Amphetamine Type Stimulant (ATS) Users Study’. National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund, $44,000.
- Victor Minichiello, Steve Campbell, John Frasier, Rafat Hussain, John Scott, Myfanwy Maple, Don Hine; Gail Hawkes, Debra Dunstan, Elaine Barclay, Pierre Moens; Jim McFarlane. (2011-2014) ‘Collaborative Research Network for Mental Health and Wellbeing in Rural Regions’, Australian Federal Government, $7 million ($4.8 million, UNE).
- Simon Lenton, Monica Barrett, John Scott. (2013-2014) ‘The Social Supply of Cannabis Among Young People in Australia’ National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund, $225,237.
- Victor Minichiello, John Scott (2011-2014) Masculinity and Commercial Sex: Learning About Men’s Sexualities in the Male Sex Work Encounter, Australian Research Council (Discovery), $377,000.
- John Scott;, Ron Reavell (2009) Social Plans (Armidale, Guyra, Uralla, Walcha LGAs), New England Strategic Alliance of Councils, $48,000.
- Margaret Sims, John Scott, Elaine Barclay. (2011-2014) Evaluation of Indigenous Justice Programs, Attorney General’s Department, $369,600.
- Don Hine, John Scott (2008-2011) Combining Community Based Social Marketing and Technological Innovation to Combat Wood-Smoke Pollution in Regional Australia, Australian Research Council (Linkage), $148,725.
- Kerry Carrington, Russell Hogg, John Scott (2008-2010) Safeguarding Rural Australia: Addressing Violence and Masculinity in Rural Settings, Australian Research Council (Discovery), $277,000.
- Amanda Davies, K. Carrington, R. Stayner, T. Sorensen, F. Rolley, J. Scott (2007-2009) What Makes a Resilient Rural Community? Rural Industries Development and Research Corporation, $300,000.
My research is cited frequently by peers and has featured in national and international media. In terms of social impacts, during the last decade my research has appeared in most Australian newspapers. I have also written for The Conversation and Arena Magazine and my research has also featured in international newspapers, including The Scotsman and Washington Post.
- (2020) Crime and Justice in the Torres Strait and Cape York’s Licensing Muster Program. Law Report with Damien Carrick, ABC Radio National. 15 June. https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lawreport/13368506;
- (2018) New research on what we know about small time drug dealers. Interview Damien Carrick for ABC Radio National, 17 October. https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lawreport/2018-10-16/10380900
- (2018) Recreational drug use in Australia is now ‘mainstream’ and how it is dealt with is changing rapidly. News. com. NT News, The Advertiser, The Mercury, Herald sun, Geelong Advertiser, The Daily Telegraph, Weekly Times, Courier mail, Cairns Post, Townsville Bulletin, Gold Coast Times. October 18.https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/recreational-drug-use-in-australia-is-now-mainstream-and-how-its-dealt-is-changing-rapidly/news-story/c0ffa5ce3d0e04afc23245de17923da2
- (2018) Interview on male sex work with Dan Savage for Savage Lovecast, US syndicated radio program in Itunes top 50 podcasts 21 March. https://www.savagelovecast.com
- (2018) Male sex workers catering to more women and couples as legal reform lags. ABC Online, ABC Radio, 5 January. http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2018-01-04/male-sex-workers-catering-to-more-women-and-couples-as-legal-reform-lags/1727174
- (2017)Interview with ABC Radio JJJ (Hack), Youth crime statistics (7 November).
- Scott, J. (2017) Technology drives the need to rethink sex industry regulation. The Conversation. August 7.
- (2017) Too busy for love: career woman in Britain and the US are paying 150 pound an hour for sex with male escorts and are happy to splash and stay for the weekend, reveals study. (November) Mailonline (Daily Mail, UK)
Publications
Research outputs by year
- Scott, J. & Staines, Z. (2023). Island Criminology. In Bristol University Press. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/237487
- Scott, J., Staines, Z. & Morton, J. (2023). Strong communities and justice practices in the Torres Strait Region. Journal of Sociology, 59(1), 160–180. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/212108
- Berry, S., Scott, J., Ball, M. & Minichiello, V. (2022). Deploying nationalist discourses to reduce sex-, gender- and HIV-related stigma in Thailand. BioSocieties, 17(4), 676–694. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/211546
- Hussey, E., Richards, K. & Scott, J. (2022). Pedophile Hunters and Performing Masculinities Online. Deviant Behavior, 43(11), 1313–1330. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/213419
- Scott, J., Grov, C. & Minichiello, V. (2021). The Routledge Handbook of Male Sex Work, Culture, and Society. Routledge. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/216583
- Scott, J., Sims, M., Cooper, T. & Barclay, E. (2021). Night patrols: Mobilising collective efficacy in Indigenous communities. In A. Harkness & R. White (Eds.), Crossroads of rural crime: Representations and realities of transgression in the Australian countryside (pp. 45–60). Emerald. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/210444
- Scott, J. & Staines, Z. (2021). Charting the place of islands in criminology: On isolation, integration and insularity. Theoretical Criminology, 25(4), 578–600. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/198143
- Scott, J., Staines, Z. & Morton, J. (2021). Crime, justice and social capital in the Torres Strait region. Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, 620. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/208947
- Dwyer, A., Scott, J. & Staines, Z. (2021). Strangers in a strange land: police perceptions of working in discrete Indigenous communities in Queensland, Australia. Police Practice and Research, 22(1), 208–224. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/199926
- Scott, J., Staines, Z., Higginson, A., Lauchs, M., Ryan, V. & Zhen, L. (2021). 'Walking in two worlds': A qualitative review of income management in Cape York. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 80(1), 46–63. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/202564
QUT ePrints
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Awards
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- Carrick National Citation Award for outstanding contribution to student learning
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2007
- Details
- British Arts and Humanities Research Council, Research Centre in Gender Sexuality and Law
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2006
- Details
- UNE, Vice Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence, Sole recipient in Individual Category
Supervision
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Current supervisions
- Fakafoki Ki Api (Returned Home) - The Deportation of Tongan Non-citizen Criminals from Australia: an analysis of deportee's experiences and the perceptions and attitudes of Tonga towards receiving criminal deportees from Australia
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Adjunct Professor Melissa Bull, Associate Professor Danielle Watson - Mediation as tool for the resolution of violent community conflict
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Adjunct Professor Melissa Bull - How and Why the Liberal and National Parties merged in Queensland in 2008
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Mark Lauchs, Professor Kelly Richards - Women's experiences of exiting domestic and family violence relationships in regional, rural and remote Queensland
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Belinda Carpenter - Missing Persons Cases in the Australian Media: A Descriptive Analysis of Coverage and Representations
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Kelly Richards - Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) - Closing the Gap in Indigenous Affairs aims to improve the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
MPhil, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Belinda Carpenter, Associate Professor Lee Wharton
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Policing gendered violence: A study on women's police stations in Argentina (2023)
- Victimisation experiences of users of gay dating platforms in India: An exploratory study (2023)
- The Pursuit of Sex Through Tourism in Africa: An Exploration of the Experiences, Perceptions and Attitudes of Male Sex Workers Servicing Sex Tourists in Botswana (2021)
- Governing Cannabis Highs and Harms: Australia's Neoliberal Harm Minimisation Illicit Drugs Framework (2020)
- Reporting Clergy Sexual Misconduct Against Adults to Roman Catholic Church Authorities: An Analysis of Survivor Perspectives (2020)
- An Evaluation of Youth Justice Conferencing for Youth Misuse of Fire (2018)
- Community of Blood: Impacts and management of intersecting stigmas among Thai same-sex attracted men and transgender people with HIV (2017)
- Imagined Ruralities and the Spatial Regulation of Sex Work in Queensland (2017)
- Seven Deadly Sins: Developing a Situational Understanding of Homicide Event Motive (2017)
Completed supervisions (Masters by Research)
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.