Kirsten Besemer

We have exciting new PhD opportunities in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University. Apply now for a PhD in youth crime, sexual offending, homelessness, migration, and many more topics: griffith.edu.au/arts-education…

@BethWatts494 That sounds awful - get well soon!

We're looking for four new PhD students to join our project team @Griffith_Uni. International applicants are welcome - we're already from 4 countries between the 5 of us :-) Check out the details here: griffith.edu.au/.../2023-phd-p…

Prison stress adversely affects mother-child relationships app.secure.griffith.edu.au/news/2018/10/2…

Congratulations to GCI researcher Prof Susanne Karstedt who was awarded the ESC European Criminology Award for lifetime contribution to European Criminology!

Our new paper (with @svandeweijer & Susan Dennison) shows that associations between close family imprisonment and mental health disappear when controlling for unobserved differences between people. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Fantastic work demonstrating the importance of robust research designs that can adequately address unmeasured confounding. Well done! twitter.com/svandeweijer/s…

New research from GCI researchers Prof Susan Dennison, Kirsten Besemer and Adjunct Dr Steve van de Weijer on 'The Effect of Family, Household, and Parental Imprisonment on Children and Adults’ Social Support and Mental Health' twitter.com/svandeweijer/s…

Young indigenous people say they would not go to the police even in an emergency. Study reveals widespread fear and harassment of Indigenous youth. theguardian.com/australia-news…

New Policy Brief via @NCFR @wakefield_sara: How Parental #Incarceration Harms #Children and What to do About It ncfr.org/sites/default/…

Book co-edited by GCI researcher Prof Susanne Karstedt: Transitional Justice and the Public Sphere: Engagement, Legitimacy and Contestation, available here: bloomsbury.com/au/transitiona…

Distribution of local public and private services has become less unfair to poor people. Read blog about a recent chapter by @GlenBramley and me poverty.ac.uk/editorial/cent… …

GCI's Prof Susan Dennison presenting the final session at today's Corrections Symposium: 'Families as potential re-'turning points' in the desistance process'

GCI's Dr Kirsten Besemer examines close family imprisonment and the effective of parenting stress on mother-child relationships #ARCJC2018

Very proud to have an article published in Punishment & Society along with the wonderful @Eriksson_Monash "How fathers construct & perform masculinity in a liminal prison space" Might go do a happy dance now! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… #fathering #masculinity #imprisonment #visiting

Thrilled to have my article on the temporal experiences of long-term prisoners' partners accepted for publication in Time and Society - to be available soon!

Susan Dennison @GriffCrimInst about the effects of parental imprisonment - Listen to hack tonight or read: abc.net.au/triplej/progra…

@MarkStephens64 @HWU_TUI @HWU_EGIS @HeriotWattUni @UniofAdelaide Sounds really interesting!

Last day at work before #ASCphilly. Looking forward to our panel with @svandeweijer @cbijleveld1 and Susan Dennison