Dr Darren Palmer (BA Hons, MA Criminological Studies, PhD) is the past convenor of Criminology at Deakin University. He has had many years teaching experience at La Trobe University (Law & Legal Studies) and Deakin University (Police Studies/Criminology). He has taught in a range of areas including criminal justice, criminal law, psychology and crime, policing, surveillance, terrorism, crime prevention and criminology research methods.