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A/PROF ADAM CROSBIE SUTTON



Contact Details

Organization: Social and Political Sciences
Position: Honorary (Principal Fellow)
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Homepage: http://www.crim.unimelb.edu.au/staff/adam.html
Work: 8344 9455
Fax: 9349 4259
Room: 413
Level: 04
Building: 234 Queensberry St.
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Corporate and White-Collar Crime corporation, white-collar, regulation, business offending Australia, United Kingdom, United States of America
Crime Prevention crime prevention, problem solving, CPTED, environmental, situational, social interventions Australia, United Kingdom, United States of America
Victims of Crime victim support, victim rights, compensation, reparation Australia, United Kingdom, United States of America
Illicit Drug Policy drug, harm reduction, drug law reform, enforcement Australia, United Kingdom, United States of America

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United Kingdom Cardiff University Research
China Yunnan Police Officer Academy Technical Assistance/Training

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts University of Sydney
Doctor of Philosophy University of New South Wales

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Australian and New Zealand Socity of Criminology Member 04-Feb-1980
Member World Society of Victimology Member 05-Nov-1984

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Assessment and redevelopment of the community safety officer role in Victoria and associated retraining Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Projects 01/01/2002
Never again? The nature & effectiveness of Australian regulatory responses to terrorism, the Esso Longford explosion & the collapse of HIH insurance Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2005
THE POLICE ROLE IN VICTIM AND WITNESS SUPPORT: RESEARCHING A BEST PRACTICE MODEL Chief Investigator MONASH UNIVERSITY Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2007
Risk-based approaches and techniques in Australian criminal justice Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Large Research Grants Scheme

Consultancies

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
WA Cannabis Infringement Notice:Sub-study 5 Chief Investigator CURTIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 07/08/2003

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Books

  • Crime Prevention:   principles, perspectives and practices


    Year: 2008
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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Journal Articles

  • “It’s All about Risk isn’t it? Science, Politics and Public Opinion in Regulatory Reform"


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Flinders Journal of Law Reform
    Volume: April 2008
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 435-453
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Major Reference Works

  • The new oxford Companion to Law:Drugs and Crime
    Year: 2008
    Reference Work Title: The new oxford Companion to Law
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(Oxford)
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Publications in 2007

Book Chapters

  • The importance of being ambiguous: theorising white-collar crime
    Year: 2007
    Book: Governace and Regulation in Social Life
    Publisher: Routledge-Cavendish
    Authors(s):

Publications in 2005

Book Chapters

  • Strategies for Community-Based Drug Law Enforcement: From Prohibition to Harm Reduction
    Year: 2005
    Book: Preventing Harmful Substance Use - The Evidence Base For Policy and Practice
    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons(West Sussex)
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Journal Articles

  • The Cannabis Infringement Notice scheme in Western Australia: a review of policy, police and judicial perspectives
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Drug and Alcohol Review
    Volume: 24
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 331-336
    Publisher: Taylor & Francis
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Reports

  • An evaluation of the impact of changes to cannabis law in WA - Summary of the Year 1 findings
    Year: 2005
    Publisher: The National Drug Research Institute(Perth)
    Authors:
  • Review of policy makers, police and judicial perspectives on the Western Australian Cannabis Infringement Notice Scheme - Baseline, Year 1
    Year: 2005
    Publisher: The National Drug Research Institute(Perth)
    Authors:

Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Aussie experience: local government community safety officers and capacity building
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Community Safety Journal
    Volume: 3
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 31-35
    Publisher: Pavilion Publishing
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  • Open-street CCTV in Australia: The politics of resistance and expansion
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Surveillance & Society
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 2/3
    Page numbers: 310-322
    Publisher: School of Architecture Planning and Landscape, University of Newcastle
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  • Watched over or over-watched? Open-street CCTV in Australia
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology
    Volume: 37
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 211-230
    Publisher: Australian Academic Press(Sydney)
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Publications in 2003

Book Chapters

  • Crime Prevention and Reduction
    Year: 2003
    Book: Crime and Justice: An Australian Textbook in Criminology
    Publisher: Law Book Co(North Ryde)
    Authors(s):
  • White Collar and Corporate Crime
    Year: 2003
    Book: Crime and Justice - An Australian Textbook in Criminology
    Publisher: Law Book Co(North Ryde)
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Journal Articles

  • How to avoid drowning in a sea of rules and regulations
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Engineering World
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 34-40
    Publisher: Engineers Media(Crows Nest)
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  • Open-Street CCTV in Australia
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice
    Volume: 271
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1-6
    Publisher: Australian Institute of Criminology
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  • The Engineer's Dilemma: Sociological Perspectives on the Juridification of Regulation
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Crime, Law and Social Change
    Volume: 39
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1-22
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
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Reports

  • Open-Street CCTV in Australia: A comparative study of establishment and operation
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: Criminology Research Council(Canberra)
    Authors:
  • Review of police and judicial attitudes regarding proposed changes to cannabis law in WA - First Interim Report
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: The National Drug Research Institute(Perth)
    Authors:

Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Prevention without politics? The cyclical progress of crime prevention in an Australian state
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Criminal Justice
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 325-344
    Publisher: Sage Publications
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Publications in 2001

Books

  • A Guidebook for Evaluating Community-Based Drug Law Enforcement Projects
    Year: 2001
    Publisher: Australian Centre for Policing Research(Adelaide)
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  • Evaluation of a Community-Based Drug Law Enforcement Model for Intersectoral Harm Reduction
    Year: 2001
    Publisher: Australian Centre for Policing Research(Adelaide)
    Authors(s):

Journal Articles

  • Models of Community-Based Drug Law Enforcement
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Police Practice and Research
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 171-187
    Publisher: Harwood Academic Publishers
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  • Social Planning for Mall Redevelopment: An Australian case-study
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Local Environment
    Volume: 6
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 65-80
    Publisher: Carfax Publishing(Basingstoke)
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