Dr. Peta Malins
Details
College: School of GUSS
Department: School of GUSS
Campus: City Campus Australia
peta.malins@rmit.edu.au
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Dr Peta Malins (she/they) is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Justice Studies, and the Program Manager of the Bachelor of Legal and Dispute Studies.
Peta's research centres on the impacts and affects of crime and justice interventions, with a particular focus on the harms of policing, and an interest in settler-colonialism, critical race studies, critical drug studies, gendered violence, prison abolition, and transformative justice. They are currently working on research projects regarding police drug-detection dog operations and family violence policing harms.
Peta has worked previously at the City of Melbourne (City Safety / Drug Policy), the Australian Research Centre for Sex, Health and Society, and the FootPatrol outreach Needle and Syringe Program. They have also volunteered with the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS) and the DanceWize peer education harm reduction program. They are a member of Harm Reduction Victoria, Unharm! and Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP).
Research fields
- 4402 Criminology
- 4206 Public health
- 450521 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander politics
- 4405 Gender studies
- 440213 Race/ethnicity and crime
- 480406 Law reform
- 4410 Sociology
- 500321 Social and political philosophy
UN sustainable development goals
- 10 Reduced Inequalities
Supervisor projects
- Gendered Injustice: Women, trans, and and gender-diverse people's experiences of criminalisation.
- 29 Nov 2024
Teaching interests
Peta manages the Bachelor of Legal and Dispute Studies (LDS) Program and teaches Intersectional Criminology, Contemporary Criminology, Deviance Control and Conflict, Critical Criminology and Sociology of Drug Use.
Research interests
Policing harms, alternative first reseponder initiatives, critical drug studies (drug use, drug policy, drug education, drug policing), prison abolition and transformative Justice, queer theory, critical race theory, settler-colonial theory.
