Belinda Parker

Sessional Academic, Queensland University of Technology

Belinda has recently attained her Doctor of Philosophy in Criminology at the Queensland University of Technology for her thesis Seven Deadly Sins: Developing a Qualitative Understanding of Homicide Event Motive. She has completed a Bachelor of Music (Performance) and Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology) with honours before turning to her higher education in criminology. Her area of interest is motive, particularly with regards to homicide, and her current research is exploring the situational characteristics associated with the motives in order to determine whether they differ in terms of their victim, offender, and offence characteristics.

Experience

–present

Sessional Academic, Queensland University of Technology

Education

2017

Queensland University of Technology, Doctor of Philosophy, Criminology
2013

University of New England, Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology, Hons)
2002

University of Adelaide, Bachelor of Music (Performance)

Publications

2017

Crisp-set Qualitative Analysis (csQCA) and Criminology , Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice and Criminology

Professional Memberships

Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology
The American Society of Criminology
British Society of Criminology