Ms. Jess Findling
Lecturer
Details
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College: School of GUSS
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Department: School of GUSS
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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jessica.findling@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID:
0000-0002-4912-8246
About
Jess is a Lecturer in Criminology and Justice studies at RMIT University. She is a qualified social worker and criminologist, with a particular interest in the connections between theory and practice. She has ten years experience in community based organisations as a counsellor, caseworker and advocate, with a focus on victim-survivors of domestic and family violence and disability.
Jess' areas of research include family violence and trauma informed practice. She currently coordinates Case Management Practice and teaches into the Graduate Certificate in Domestic and Family Violence and the Inside Out program.
Research fields
- 4409 Social work
- 440999 Social work not elsewhere classified
- 4402 Criminology
- 440299 Criminology not elsewhere classified
UN sustainable development goals
- 5 Gender Equality
Teaching interests
Current
- Case Management Practice (SOCU 2114 & HWSS 2255: Course Coordinator)
- Comparative Criminal Justice Systems (HUSO 2225)
Past
- Specialist Family Violence Case Coordination and Management (HWSS 2246)
- Responding to Family Violence (JUST 2343)
- Sex, Gender and Justice (JUST 2335)
- Law for Social Work Practice (HWSS 2163: Course Coordinator)
- Social Work Honours Project 1 & 2 (HWSS 2204)
- Criminological Theory (SOCU 2119)
- Foundations of Social Research (HUSO 2166)
- Introduction to Criminal Psychology (JUST 2323)
- Forensic Interviewing (JUST 1117: Course Coordinator)
- Influencing Policy (POLI 1038)
- Intercultural Communications (SOCU 1025)
Research interests
Social work, criminology, family violence, trauma informed practice, social work practice, case management, case work
