Michele Ruyters

Professor Michele Ruyters

Associate Dean – Criminology & Justice Studies
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Michele Ruyters is the Associate Dean, Criminology and Justice Studies in RMIT's School of Global, Urban and Social Studies and the founder and director of the Bridge of Hope Innocence Initiative and the Criminal Case Review Project at RMIT University. Michele's practice and research interests are in wrongful convictions and lived experiences of miscarriages of justice.

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Research fields

  • 4402 Criminology
  • 4804 Law in context
  • 4805 Legal systems
  • 3901 Curriculum and pedagogy

Teaching interests

Criminal Justice Systems

Research interests

miscarriages of justice; wrongful conviction; policing accountability; parole reform; biographical disruption
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