Katie Davenport-Klunder

Katie holds a PhD from the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. Her doctoral research explored growing anti-police sentiments and how these can be better understood from both community and police experiences and perspectives. Her thesis employed theories of emotion, motivation, and identity threat to expand conceptualisations of anti-police sentiment as an ongoing cycle of hostility, highlighting theory and emerging research to support de-escalation at key stages of this cycle. Throughout her candidature, Katie also published research regarding public perceptions of policewomen in reflection of gender targets, measuring police performance, and assaults on police. In addition, Katie has taught undergraduate criminology across multiple universities, including policing ethics and accountability, ethics and integrity in the criminal justice system, and homicide research and theory. 

Katie joins the Flinders Criminology team as a Research Associate under the ARC Industry Laureate Project: Breaking the Prison-Reoffending Cycle: A Desistance from Crime Approach.