STAFF PROFILE
Professor Stuart DM Thomas
Position:
Professor, Justice & Legal Studies
College / Portfolio:
Design and Social Context
School / Department:
DSC|School of GUSS
Phone:
+61399259656
Email:
stuartdm.thomas@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Stuart Thomas is a Professor in Justice and Legal Studies with RMIT's School of Global, Urban and Social Studies.
Professor Stuart Thomas specialises in mental health epidemiology.
His background is in psychology and law; he completed his PhD in Health Services Research specialising in Forensic Mental Health at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London.
Stuart's research interests span police contact with vulnerable and otherwise marginalised populations, mental health stigma, missing persons, police decision-making, police use of force and outcome measurement.
He has also supervised 11 Doctoral students to completion (3 PhD, 8 Professional Doctorate), 5 Masters students to completion, and 16 Honours students to completion.
Currently Stuart is the Course Coordinator for JUST2323 Introduction to Criminal Psychology.
- PhD Health Services Research / Forensic Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, England (2005)
- MSc Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, England (2002)
- LLM Criminal Justice (by Distinction), University of Kent at Canterbury, England (2002)
- BA (Honours) Social Science, University of Leicester, England (1995)
- Kinghorn, G.,Froggatt, T.,Thomas, S.,Halcomb, E. (2023). The experience of nurses moving into forensic mental health employment: A qualitative study In: International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 32, 524 - 533
- Privitelli, J.,Stratton, G.,Thomas, S. (2023). In press - Understanding community attitudes toward miscarriages of justice: the role of social characteristics on perceptions of wrongfully convicted exonerees In: Psychology, Crime and Law, , 1 - 16
- Grant Kinghorn, G.,Thomas, S.,Froggatt, T.,Halcomb, E. (2023). Why do nurses seek employment in forensic mental health and what are their first impressions of the clinical environment? A mixed methods study In: Journal of Advanced Nursing, 79, 1 - 10
- Randone, J.,Thomas, S. (2023). The effects of stigma and discrimination on help-seeking behaviour and the role of police contact In: Australian Journal of Social Issues, , 1 - 16
- Anstis, S.,Thomas, S. (2022). Exploring the victim offender overlap among people with an intellectual disability In: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 35, 789 - 799
- Grant Kinghorn, G.,Halcomb, E.,Thomas, S.,Froggatt, T. (2022). Forensic mental health: Perceptions of transition and workforce experiences of nurses In: Collegian, 29, 693 - 700
- Stevenson, E.,Thomas, S.,Daffern, M. (2022). In press - Open Versus Closed Group Treatment of Men with a History of Sexual Offenses In: Sexual Abuse, , 1 - 20
- Randone, J.,Thomas, S. (2022). The victim–offender overlaps among Australian youth missing persons In: Policing (Oxford), 16, 707 - 718
- Martin, C.,Reeve, R.,McCausland, R.,Baldry, E.,Burton, P.,White, R.,Thomas, S. (2021). Exiting prison with complex support needs: The role of housing assistance In: AHURI Final Report, , 1 - 105
- Maylea, C.,Makregiorgos, H.,Martin, J.,Alvarez-Vasquez, S.,Dale, M.,Hill, N.,Johnson, B.,Thomas, S.,Weller, P. (2020). Independent Mental Health Advocacy: A Model of Social Work Advocacy? In: Australian Social Work, 73, 334 - 346
Policing vulnerable populations, Outcome measurement, Mental health epidemiology, Stigma, Violence, Problem gambling and crime
- Borderline Personality as Social Phenomena. Funded by: ARC Linkage Project Grants 2019 from (2021 to 2024)
- Experiences of police apprehension for psychosocial disability: a co-designed investigation (administered by University of Melbourne). Funded by: National Disability Research Partnership grants 2021 onwards from (2021 to 2022)
- Equally Well Healthtalk: Physical Health Among People with Lived Experience of Mental Illness online resource.. Funded by: National Mental Health Commission from (2020 to 2023)
- Exiting prison with complex needs: the role of housing assistance (administered by UNSW). Funded by: Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute (AHURI) - Competitive from (2019 to 2020)
- To evaluate the Youth Diversion Pilot Program which operates in the Children's Court of Victoria. Funded by: Children's Court of Victoria Grant 2016 from (2016 to 2016)
2 PhD Current Supervisions