Flinders University
Prof Mark Halsey
Prof
Mark
Halsey
Flinders University
http://www.flinders.edu.au/people/mark.halsey
| Position/s: | Prof Mark Halsey Flinders Law School |
| Phone: | +61 8 82013887 |
| Email: | mark.halsey@flinders.edu.au |
| Location: | Law Commerce (-) |
| Postal address: | GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia |
Biography
Mark first joined the Law School in 2000. From 2005 to 2007 he taught criminology at the University of Melbourne. His areas of interest include youth offending, repeat incarceration and desistance from crime and he has received three successive Australian Research Council grants enabling study of these and related issues. Mark has undertaken consultancies for state and local government in areas ranging across graffiti vandalism, restorative and therapeutic justice, mentoring and serious repeat youth offending. He serves on the editorial boards of the International Series on Desistance and Rehabilitation (Routledge) and the International Journal for Crime and Justice. Mark also served on the Social Inclusion Board, Department of Premier and Cabinet, South Australian Government. In 2012, he was awarded a four year Australian Research Council Future Fellowship for the project Generations Through Prison: A Critical Exploration of the Causes, Experiences and Consequences of Intergenerational Incarceration.
Qualifications
PhD (Melb), MCrim (Melb), BA(Hons) (Adel)
Honours, awards and grants
2006 Dean's commendation for teaching excellence, University of Melbourne
2005 Dean's commendation for teaching excellence, University of Melbourne
2003 Chancellor's Prize for Excellence in PhD (Arts and Humanities), University of Melbourne
Teaching
Teaching interests
A selection of past topics taught include: Crime and Justice, Crime and Punishment, Advanced Criminology, Violence (Flinders University) as well as From Graffiti to Terrorism and Qualitative Research Methods (University of Melbourne)
Research and supervision
Research expertise
- Criminology
Research interests
Research
Nationally Competitive Grants
ARC Discovery [FT120100284]
(2013 to 2016), $727146
Generations through prison: A critical exploration of the causes, experiences and consequences of intergenerational incarceration
ARC Discovery [DP0984562]
(2009-2013), $501903
Generativity in young male (ex)prisoners: Caring for self, other and future within prison and beyond
ARC Discovery [DP0556471]
(2005-08), $161000
Understanding recidivism and repeat incarceration among young male offenders: A biographical and longtudinal approach
Selected Consultancies & Commissioned Reports
Halsey, M. (2012) "Step Out" Mentoring Initiative: Final Report. Prepared for Australian Red Cross.
Halsey, M. & Goldsmith, A. (2010) Operation Mandrake Research Report. Prepared for Nendi Working Group, Attorney General's Department, South Australia.
Ross, S. Halsey, M., Bamford, D., Cameron, N. & King, A. (2009) Evaluation of the Neighbourhood Justice Centre (2007-2009), City of Yarra: Final Report. Prepared for Department of Justice, Victoria.
Halsey, M. (2006) Time for Kids Inc.: Client Perspectives on Intervention and Assistance. Prepared for Time for Kids Inc.
Goldsmith, A., Halsey, M. & Bamford, D. (2005) Adult Restorative Justice Conferencing Pilot: Final Report. Prepared for South Australian Courts Administration Authority.
Halsey, M. (2005) Draft Graffiti Management Strategy. Prepared for City of Brimbank, Victoria.
Halsey, M. & Young, A. (2002) Graffiti Culture Research Project: Final Report. Prepared for KESAB Environmental Solutions, City of Mitcham, City of Onkaparinga, City of Tea Tree Gully, Crime Prevention Committees of the City of Salisbury, City of Tea Tree Gully, and City of Mitcham and Unley, TransAdelaide, and the Crime Prevention Unit of the South Australian Attorney General's Department.
Supervisory interests
- Criminology
- Desistance from crime
- Detention and imprisonment
- Repeat offending
RHD research supervision
Current
Principal supervisor:
graffiti and the geography of crime (1);
representations of motorists' deviant and compliant behaviour (1);
social impact of prisoner art (1);
organisational change in custodial settings (1);
Associate supervisor:
therapeutic justice (1);
Publications
Book chapters
Halsey, M.J. (2011). Majesty and monstrosity: Deleuze and the defence of Nature. In Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, ed. Law and Ecology: New Environmental Foundations. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, pp. 214-236.
Halsey, M.J. and Armitage, J. (2009). Incarcerating young people?: the impact of custodial "care". In Monica Barry and Fergus McNeill, ed. Youth Offending and Youth Justice. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, pp. 154-175.
Halsey, M.J. (2008). Risking Desistance: Respect and Responsibility in Custodial and Post-Release Contexts. In Pat Carlen, ed. Imaginary penalities. Cullompton, Devon, UK?; Portland, Or: Willan Publishing, pp. 218-251.
Halsey, M.J. (2008). Narrating the chase: edgework and young peoples' experiences of crime. In Thalia Anthony and Chris Cunneen, ed. The Critical Criminology Companion. Sydney, NSW: Hawkins Press, pp. 105-117. [online]. Available from: http://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781876067236.
Refereed journal articles
Halsey, M.J. and Harris, V.M.E. (2011). Prisoner Futures: Sensing the Signs of Generativity. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 44(1), pp.74-93. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004865810393100.
Halsey, M.J. (2010). Imprisonment and Prisoner Re-Entry in Australia. Dialectical Anthropology, 34(4), pp.545-554. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1007/s10624-010-9173-y.
Halsey, M.J. and Pederick, B. (2010). The Game of Fame: Mural, Graffiti, Erasure. City, 14(1 & 2), pp.82-98. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13604810903525199.
Halsey, M.J. (2007). Assembling Recidivism: The Promise and Contingencies of Post-Release Life. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 97(4), pp.1209-1260.
Halsey, M.J. (2006). Negotiating conditional release: juvenile narratives of repeat incarceration. Punishment and Society-International Journal of Penology, 8(2), pp.147-181. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1462474506062102.
Halsey, M.J. (2004). Against "green" criminology. British Journal of Criminology, 44(6), pp.833-853. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azh068.
Books
Halsey, M.J. (2006). Deleuze and environmental damage. Hampshire, UK: Ashgate Publishing.
Book chapters
Halsey, M.J. (2011). Majesty and monstrosity: Deleuze and the defence of Nature. In Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, ed. Law and Ecology: New Environmental Foundations. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, pp. 214-236.
Halsey, M.J. and Armitage, J. (2009). Incarcerating young people?: the impact of custodial "care". In Monica Barry and Fergus McNeill, ed. Youth Offending and Youth Justice. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, pp. 154-175.
Halsey, M.J. (2009). Deleuze and deliverance?: body, wildness, ethics. In Bernd Herzogenrath, ed. Deleuze/Guattari and Ecology. Basingstoke, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 233-250.
Halsey, M.J. (2008). Narrating the chase: edgework and young peoples' experiences of crime. In Thalia Anthony and Chris Cunneen, ed. The Critical Criminology Companion. Sydney, NSW: Hawkins Press, pp. 105-117. [online]. Available from: http://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781876067236.
Halsey, M.J. (2008). Risking Desistance: Respect and Responsibility in Custodial and Post-Release Contexts. In Pat Carlen, ed. Imaginary penalities. Cullompton, Devon, UK?; Portland, Or: Willan Publishing, pp. 218-251.
Halsey, M.J. (2007). Molar Ecology: What can the (Full) Body of an Eco-Tourist Do? In Anna Hickey-Moody and Peta Malins, ed. Deleuzian Encounters Studies in contemporary Social Issues. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 135-149.
Halsey, M.J. (2006). Social explanations for crime. In Andrew Goldsmith, Mark Israel, Kathleen Daly, ed. Crime and Justice: A Guide to Criminology. Sydney, NSW: Lawbook Co., pp. 89-112.
Halsey, M.J. and White, R. (2006). Crime, Eco-Philosophy and Environmental Harm. In Nigel South and Piers Beirne, ed. Green Criminology. London: Ashgate Publishing, pp. 195-222. [online]. Available from: http://www.ashgate.com/pdf/SamplePages/Green_Criminology_Cont.pdf.
Halsey, M.J. (2006). Against "Green" Criminology. In Nigel South and Piers Beirne, ed. Green Criminology. London: Ashgate Publishing, pp. 553-574. [online]. Available from: http://www.ashgate.com/pdf/SamplePages/Green_Criminology_Cont.pdf.
Halsey, M.J. (2003). Social Explanations for Crime. In Crime and justice: an Australian textbook in criminology. Sydney, NSW: Lawbook Co., pp. 83-104.
Refereed journal articles
Halsey, M.J. and Harris, V.M.E. (2011). Prisoner Futures: Sensing the Signs of Generativity. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 44(1), pp.74-93. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004865810393100.
Halsey, M.J. and Pederick, B. (2010). The Game of Fame: Mural, Graffiti, Erasure. City, 14(1 & 2), pp.82-98. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13604810903525199.
Halsey, M.J. (2010). Imprisonment and Prisoner Re-Entry in Australia. Dialectical Anthropology, 34(4), pp.545-554. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1007/s10624-010-9173-y.
Halsey, M.J. (2008). Pathways into prison: biographies, crimes, punishment. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 20(1), pp.95-110. [online]. Available from: http://search.informit.com.au/fullText;dn=200809408;res=APAFT.
Halsey, M.J. (2007). Assembling Recidivism: The Promise and Contingencies of Post-Release Life. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 97(4), pp.1209-1260.
Halsey, M.J. (2007). Deleuze/Guattari and the Ada Tree. Rhizomes, 15(Winter), pp.1-9. [online]. Available from: http://www.rhizomes.net/issue15.
Halsey, M.J. (2007). On Confinement: Resident and inmate perspectives of secure care and imprisonment. Probation Journal, 54(4), pp.338-367. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0264550507083535.
Halsey, M.J. (2006). Negotiating conditional release: juvenile narratives of repeat incarceration. Punishment and Society-International Journal of Penology, 8(2), pp.147-181. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1462474506062102.
Halsey, M.J. and Young, A. (2006). "Our desires are ungovernable" - writing graffiti in urban space. Theoretical Criminology, 10(3), pp.275-306. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1362480606065908.
Halsey, M.J. (2005). Ecology and machinic thought: Nietzsche, Deleuze, Guattari. Angelaki-Journal of the Theoretical Humanities, 10(3), pp.33-55. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09697250500423017.
Halsey, M.J. (2004). Environmental visions: deleuze and the modalities of nature. Ethics and The Environment, 9(2), pp.33-64. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/een.2005.0004.
Halsey, M.J. (2004). Against "green" criminology. British Journal of Criminology, 44(6), pp.833-853. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azh068.
Halsey, M.J. and Young, A. (2002). The meanings of graffiti and municipal administration. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 35(2), pp.165-186.
Halsey, M.J. (2001). An Aesthetic of Prevention. Criminology and Criminal Justice: An International Journal, 1(4), pp.385-420.
Journal articles
Halsey, M.J. (2003). Crime and Modernity by John Lea (Book Review). Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 36(3), pp.382-389. [online]. Available from: http://www.atypon-link.com/AAP/doi/pdf/10.1375/acri.36.3.379.
Other public research outputs
Ross, S., Halsey, M., Bamford, D., Cameron, N. and King, A. (2009). Evaluation of the Neighbourhood Justice Centre in Yarra 2007-2009. , pp.1-32. [online]. Available from: http://www.neighbourhoodjustice.vic.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/NJC_evaluation_main_document.pdf.
Goldsmith, A., Halsey, M. and Bamford, D. (2005). Adult restorative justice conferencing pilot: An evaluation. (report).
Israel, M.A. and Halsey, M.J. (2004). Crime and Justice in Australia. Encyclopedia of Criminology.
Professional and community engagement
Mark has engaged with various state government departments and non-government organisations over the past decade. He has given seminars on request for Department for Families and Communities (now Department for Communities and Social Inclusion), Department for Correctional Services, and the Attorney General's Department (Youth Justice). Mark has also delivered papers nationally and internationally on issues pertaining to repeat incarceration, post-release support and desistance from crime. He has been an active member of various government and non-government steering committees including the now disbanded Social Inclusion Board, Department of Premier and Cabinet, South Australian Government.
Expertise for media contact
- youth offending
- punishment
- desistance from crime
Subject/s
- Crime
- Social inclusion
- Youth
