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MPT Revolving Door Larger Mark Stoove
Margaret Hellard AM Jade Lane Ashleigh Stewart
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Justice Health

Our research builds the evidence base for policy and practice to improve outcomes for people with histories of criminal justice system involvement.

About

People with criminal justice system involvement are disproportionately affected by social disadvantage, chronic ill health, preventable disease, mental illness and substance use. We undertake rigorous, policy-relevant research to build evidence for justice health policy and practice. We also co-design interventions to improve outcomes for people with histories of criminal justice system involvement.

We conduct research to better understand the systemic, environmental, social and individual factors contributing to poor health among people with histories of involvement in the criminal justice system. Our work has contributed to policy and practice change nationally.  

We build partnerships with people with lived experience, community and health organisations and government, locally, nationally and internationally. We design and co-design evidence-based interventions to improve health and social outcomes for people with criminal justice system involvement.

Our research explores how contact with, and release, from the criminal justice system impacts: 

  • health 

  • health-risk behaviours 

  • psychosocial adjustment  

  • engagement with health services change.

Building and strengthening collaborations with correctional services nationwide, we facilitate translation of our research into effective health policy and service delivery. 

Group contacts

Main contacts

Professor Mark A  Stoové

Professor Mark A Stoové

Head of Public Health
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Dr Rebecca Winter

Dr Rebecca Winter

Deputy Head Justice Health Group
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Student supervisor contacts

Dr Rebecca Winter

Dr Rebecca Winter

Deputy Head Justice Health Group
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Group members

Ashleigh Stewart

Ashleigh Stewart

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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Jade Lane

Jade Lane

Research and Technical Advisor
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Professor Margaret Hellard AM

Professor Margaret Hellard AM

Deputy Director, Programs; Adjunct Professor, Monash University, DEPM.
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Megan Sechtig

Megan Sechtig

Masters Student
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Professor Mark A  Stoové

Professor Mark A Stoové

Head of Public Health
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Dr Michael Curtis

Dr Michael Curtis

Postdoctoral Research Officer
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Professor Paul Dietze

Professor Paul Dietze

Program Director, Disease Elimination; Professor and Program Leader, National Drug Research Institute (NDRI)
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Associate Professor Peter Higgs

Associate Professor Peter Higgs

Principal Research Fellow; Honorary Associate Professor, Department of Public Health, La Trobe University
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Dr Rebecca Winter

Dr Rebecca Winter

Deputy Head Justice Health Group
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Dr Shelley Walker

Dr Shelley Walker

Adjunct Research Fellow
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Sophia Schroeder

Sophia Schroeder

Research Officer / Post-doctoral Researcher
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Amy Kirwan

Amy Kirwan

Senior Research Fellow, Social Impact and Innovation
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Samara Griffin

Samara Griffin

PhD student/Research Assistant
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Dr Joshua  Ginnane

Dr Joshua Ginnane

Public Health Registrar
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