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Jessica Woolley

(she/her)
PhD Candidate in Criminology, Deakin University

Jessica Woolley is a PhD Candidate, Research Assistant and Sessional Tutor in Criminology at Deakin University. Jess’ PhD examines how the Victorian justice system responds to technology-facilitated domestic violence through family violence intervention orders. Jess has completed her Bachelor of Arts (Hons) at Deakin University in 2021, and Bachelor of Arts/Laws (Hons) at Monash University in 2020. In 2022, Jess was a recipient of the Research Student Award issued by the International Society for the Study of Rural Crime.

Experience

  • –present
    PhD Candidate in Criminology, Deakin University

Education

  • 2021 
    Deakin University, Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
  • 2020 
    Monash University, Bachelor of Arts/Laws (Honours)

Publications

  • 2024
    Policing perpetrator suicide threats in family violence cases: competing priorities and contemporary challenges, Policing and Society
  • 2023
    Digital coercive control: barriers to victim/survivors’ help-seeking and risk management in Victoria, Journal of Gender-Based Violence