Adjunct Research Fellow - Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University
Dr Amanda Robertson is a postdoctoral researcher with prior industry experience in the NSW education sector supporting schools to manage various aspects of child protection and safeguarding. It was in this capacity that she became interested in the phenomenon of female-perpetrated sexual abuse and subsequently pursued research on the topic. Amanda’s doctoral project focused on adult-perpetrated sexual abuse against adolescents in Australian schools, including consideration of women’s perpetration and gender bias. It examined the nature of the problem, its antecedents, and the ensuing institutional responses to ultimately recommend a series of prevention strategies for secondary educational settings. Her research interests broadly encompass sexual offending, child sexual abuse, institutional settings and organisational safeguarding.
Experience
2023–2023
Research Officer, National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse
Child Protection Advisor, Association of Independent Schools of NSW
2010–2013
Assessment Officer, NSW Department of Education Child Wellbeing Unit
2008–2009
Child Protection Caseworker, Department of Family and Community Services (NSW)
Education
2023
Griffith University, Doctor of Philosophy
2017
Griffith University, Graduate Certificate in Criminology and Criminal Justice
2007
University of Sydney, Bachelor of Science (Honours – Psychology)
2006
University of Sydney, Graduate Diploma of Psychology
2005
Australian Catholic University , Bachelor of Social Science
Publications
2023
“It's a preventable type of harm”: Evidence-based strategies to prevent sexual abuse in schools, Child Abuse & Neglect
2021
Understanding Adolescent Girls in Custody Using the Multidimensional Inventory of Development, Sex, and Aggression (MIDSA), Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma
2019
A commentary on the potential impact of online communities and crime-related media on the criminal justice system: ‘do you know more? … join the investigation’, Current Issues in Criminal Justice