Julie Stubbs

Professor Julie Stubbs is a criminal justice scholar at UNSW Law, where she has been affiliated since 2010. She serves as an Honorary Professor and was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia in 2019. Previously, she held prominent roles including Professor of Criminology and Director of the Institute of Criminology at the University of Sydney, as well as serving as a senior researcher with the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research.

Her research focuses on

• Justice reinvestment
• Imprisonment and community sanctions
• Domestic violence and legal responses
• Violence against women
• Restorative justice
• Bail and youth offenders
• Cross-cultural criminal justice issues

Her work emphasizes gender and criminal justice, with a particular interest in marginalized communities.

Scientific awards include

• Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia (2019)

She has supervised PhD students on topics such as sex offender constructions and coronial processes. Her recent publications analyze penal reform, gendered violence, and community attitudes toward violence against women, with a methodological focus on large-scale surveys and intersectional approaches.

Contact:

• Email: j.stubbs@unsw.edu.au