The question of retaliation: is it still an eye for an eye?

Rebecca Wickes

Rebecca is an associate professor in criminology and the deputy director for the Centre for Social and Population Research at the School of Social Sciences. She's the lead investigator of the Australian Community Capacity Study, a multimillion-dollar, multisite, longitudinal study of place. Rebecca's research focuses on demographic changes in urban communities and their influence on social relationships, community regulation, victimisation, crime and disorder over time.

Johan Lidberg

Associate Professor of Journalism, School of Media, Film and Journalism

Johan teaches Journalism Law and Ethics and Investigative Reporting. His main research areas are Freedom of Information, access to information and media accountability, journalism ethics and media coverage of climate change.

Asher Flynn

Associate Professor, Criminology, School of Social Sciences

Dr Asher Flynn is an Associate Professor of Criminology, and Director of the Social and Political Sciences Graduate Research Program at Monash University. Her research utilises a socio-legal framework to understand, critique and transform legal policy and practice, with a particular focus on gendered and technology-facilitated violence. Informed by national and international context, her research examines experiences of accessing and negotiating justice. She is currently Lead Chief Investigator on an Australian Criminology Research Council Grant, Preventing Image-Based Cybercrime in Australia: The Role of Bystanders.

Sarah Joseph

Sarah is the Director for the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law. Her teaching and research interests are international human rights law and constitutional law. Particular areas of interest include economic globalisation and human rights, and the media and human rights.

Xinning Xiao

Lecturer, Accounting

Xinning joined the accounting department in 2016, after obtaining her PhD and Bachelor of Commerce at the Australian National University. Her thesis focused on the credibility of corporate sustainability. Her research is in the areas of corporate social responsibility, whistleblowing and auditing. Xinning currently teaches the Advanced Financial Accounting.

Aashish Srivastava

Senior lecturer, business law and taxation

Aashish research and supervision interests include e-signature, e-governance, cross border e-trade, e-crimes and legal issues in cyber bullying. He publishes regularly across his areas of interest, which include legal issues in e-commerce, e-crimes and cyber bullying. His research expertise has been internationally recognised. He is on the roster of experts for the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).

Sara Kowal

Clinical supervisor, Monash University’s Anti-Death Penalty Clinic

Sara is vice president of The Capital Punishment Justice Project (formerly Reprieve Australia). She was admitted to practice as a solicitor in Victoria in early 2004 and has practised exclusively in criminal law since that time. She is a Senior Associate at Galbally Rolfe Barristers and Solicitors and has extensive experience in the defence of complex prosecutions including major drug matters, large frauds, homicides, violence and sexual assaults. Sara is a Member of the Criminal Law Section of the Law Institute of Victoria and the Criminal Defence Lawyers Association. Sara has a strong sense of social justice and as a long-time opponent of capital punishment, she brings her passion and skills to her work on the Board of Reprieve.

Gary Bouma

Emeritus Professor, School of Social Sciences

Gary's research has primarily focused on the interaction between religion and society in Western societies including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. Current work includes a major study of religious plurality in multicultural Australia which makes strategic comparisons with other societies; research into the management of religious diversity and continuing work on Post-Modernity as a context for interfaith dialogue and theological reflection.