Anna Ferrante

Anna Ferrante is an Associate Professor and Honorary Research Associate at the UWA Law School, The University of Western Australia. Her research focuses on criminal justice systems, mental health, and data linkage methodologies. She contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to poverty reduction and public health. Her work integrates interdisciplinary approaches to analyze health service systems, developmental trajectories, and policy impacts. Key projects include the Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey (WAACHS) Linked Data Study and national criminal justice research networks.

Research Interests: Professor Ferrante explores the intersection of mental health and criminal justice, leveraging linked data to study population-level outcomes. Her work addresses developmental trajectories of offending, health disparities among marginalized groups, and policy implications of data integration. She emphasizes methodological rigor in data linkage to enhance public health and criminal justice system effectiveness.

Grants & Collaborations: She leads projects funded by agencies like the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics, National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy, and NHMRC. Notable initiatives include the National Criminal Justice Research Data Network and studies on morbidity among offenders.

Labs/Teams: Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams on data linkage projects, including health, criminal justice, and social service system analyses.