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Dr Grace Gordon

Report Writer

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Dr Gordon is a Lecturer in Criminology at Auckland University of Technology. Her PhD research examined risk and safety frameworks to understand how they contribute to our reliance on punitive responses to harm. Dr Gordon's research endeavoured to imagine ways of achieving collective and sustainable safety without prisons, police and punishment. Dr Gordon is also an Advocacy Co-coordinator for People Against Prisons Aotearoa (PAPA), where she communicates with people in prison to support them with their needs. As an activist-scholar, Dr Gordon is committed to promoting decolonial and transformative change in our responses to harm. Her vision is to create a safer, fairer, and more just society, where everyone has opportunities to thrive and flourish.

Credentials

The University of Auckland

Doctor of Philosophy in Criminology

The University of Auckland

Master of Arts (First Class Honours) in Criminology

The University of Auckland

Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) in Criminology

The University of Auckland

Bachelor of Arts

Rest of the team

Our report writers possess the appropriate skill and knowledge specific to various cultures and have the capacity to meaningfully communicate in cultural settings other than their own.  

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