Dr Rebecca Wallis

Lecturer

School of Law
Faculty of Business, Economics and Law

Overview

Rebecca Wallis is a Lecturer at the TC Beirne School of Law. Rebecca’s teaching and research interests fall broadly within the areas of criminal law and procedure, the law of evidence, and criminal justice system structure and operation. She is concerned with how criminal law theories and principles play out in policy and practice, and how these shape the operation of the criminal justice system in intended and unintended ways. In addition, she is currently working on a set of projects concerning the criminalisation of threats, particularly in the context of domestic and family violence.

Rebecca holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Queensland, a Master of Arts in Criminology and Criminal Justice (Hons) and PhD from Griffith University. She is admitted to the Supreme Court of Queensland and the High Court of Australia (non-practising).

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Griffith University
  • Masters (Coursework), Griffith University

Publications

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Grants

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Supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

  • Master Philosophy

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Publications

Featured Publications

Book Chapter

  • Chrzanowski, April and Wallis, Rebecca (2011). Understanding the youth justice system. Evidence based policy and practice in youth justice. (pp. 7-27) edited by Anna Stewart, Troy Allard and Susan Dennison. Sydney, New South Wales: Federation Press.

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Conference Publication

Other Outputs

Grants (Administered at UQ)

PhD and MPhil Supervision

Current Supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

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  • Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor

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