Anna Corbo Crehan

Anna Corbo Crehan PhD is a Senior Lecturer at Charles Sturt University’s Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security, where she has worked full-time since 1999. Her expertise spans police ethics, procedural justice, domestic violence, and vulnerable people policing, with a focus on merging Western and Eastern perspectives in counter-terrorism contexts.

• Education: PhD, BA (Hons) from University of Melbourne
• Research Groups: Practical and Public Ethics, Future of the Professions
• Key Collaborations: UN Sustainable Development Goals (Social Justice, Peace & Security)

Her research explores ethical dilemmas in policing, including:

• Police accountability in Indigenous deaths in custody
• Professional boundaries in law enforcement
• Deradicalization strategies and drug court rehabilitation
• Police cynicism’s impact on community policing

Recent publications (2025-2022) focus on:

• Police accountability frameworks
• Ethical challenges in police psychology
• Comparative analysis of professional doctorates vs. PhDs

Scientific awards include 2024 grants for criminology research and discretionary funding for Aboriginal justice studies.

She has supervised over 30 HDR and coursework students in policing, security, and ethics, with a focus on:

• Community policing models
• Aviation accident investigation protocols
• Child sexual abuse institutional responses

Her work intersects with SDG 16 (Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions) through policing reforms and SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities) via vulnerable populations research.