Dr Laura Vitis
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Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Justice
Biography
Dr Laura Vitis is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Justice at Queensland University of Technology. Her research focuses on how technology is used to facilitate gendered, sexual and domestic violence. Her work also examines the role of mediated sites in justice-seeking for violence against women with a particular focus on informal justice-seeking and true crime.Personal details
Positions
- Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Justice
Keywords
Gendered Violence, Technologically Faciliated Gendered Violence, Online Resistance, Risk, Sex Offender Register, Violence Against Women, QUT Centre for Justice
Research field
Criminology, Other law and legal studies
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- PhD (Criminology) (Monash University)
Teaching
Laura Vitis has taught in a wide range of subjects, including
- The Risk Society
- Crime and the Media
- Gender and Crime
- Victims and victimology
In semester 1 she is the unit coordinator for:
- JSB 173 Understanding the Criminal Justice System
In semester 2 she is the unit coordinator of
- JSB208 Gender Crime and The Criminal Justice System
Experience
Research Reports
- Vitis, L, Joseph, A & Mahadevan, D 2017, Technology and Sexual Violence: SACC Summary Report. Sexual Assault Care Centre Singapore.
- Vitis, L, Ware, V & Gronda, H 2010, Intermediate housing markets and effective policy responses, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Shelter NSW.
- Ware, V, Gronda, H & Vitis L 2010, Addressing locational disadvantage effectively, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Housing NSW.
- Gronda, H, Ware, V & Vitis L 2011, What makes a difference? Building a foundation for nationally consistent outcome measures, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Homeground Services, Hanover Welfare Services, Melbourne City Mission.
Publications
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Laura, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).