Angela Dwyer is an Australian social scientist and writer. Her specialist area is policing studies, with a particular interest in how lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender young people experience policing.[1]

Life

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Dwyer holds bachelor degrees in sociology, and a PhD, from Queensland University of Technology. She completed her PhD in 2006 and from the following year was a senior lecturer at the university. In 2015 she was appointed to a position at the University of Tasmania.[2]

Dwyer is a senior researcher at the Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies and serves as a member of the Vulnerability, Resilience, and Policing Research Consortium.[3]

Publications

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  • Sex, Crime and Morality, co-written with Hayes, S. and Carpenter, B., Routledge, 2012[4]
  • Queering Criminology, co-edited with Ball, M. and Crofts, C., Springer, 2016[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Angela Dwyer | University of Tasmania - Academia.edu". utas.academia.edu. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Angela Dwyer". Profiles - University of Tasmania, Australia. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Angela Dwyer – Centre for Research in Young People's Texts and Cultures". crytc.uwinnipeg.ca. Archived from the original on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  4. ^ Hayes, Sharon; Carpenter, Belinda J.; Dwyer, Angela (2012). Sex, crime and morality. London; New York: Routledge. ISBN 9781843928164.
  5. ^ Queering Criminology | Matthew Ball | Palgrave Macmillan.