Prof Eileen Baldry

Research Summary

Professor Eileen Baldry’s main areas of research and publishing are in: the criminal justice system focusing on critical criminology-critical disability studies development, vulnerable persons and minority groups – people with mental health disorders and cognitive disability, women and Indigenous persons; throughcare, transition from prison, post-release and homelessness; and criminal justice-human service system interactions; and in Indigenous social work; and community and social development in social housing.

Prof. Baldry is currently a Chief Investigator on 1 ARC Discovery project, 2 ARC Linkage projects and 1 NHMRC project and leads a number of smaller linked projects in the areas noted.

Key Words
Criminal justice, prisons, critical theory, social justice, Indigenous, social policy, complex needs

Awards

2099 Justice Medal – NSW Law and Justice Foundation
The Justice Medal is the premier award presented at the annual Justice Awards. It goes to an individual for outstanding achievement in improving access to justice in NSW, particularly for socially and economically disadvantaged people.

Most recent and current research projects

Consultant for evaluation and research on IFS and Community Links services Spastic Centre, Burnside and Northcott, 2006-2010

CI on ARC Linkage research grant: ‘People with Mental Health Disorders and Cognitive Disability in the Criminal Justice System’ with Emeritus Prof Ian Webster & Dr Leanne Dowse 2006-2009

Needs analysis of Aboriginal women with dependent children leaving prison – research consultancy with Homelessness NSW/ACT, Department of Corrective Services and Department of Community Services, 2007-08

Evaluation of Prison Fellowship programs for Children of Prisoners, , 2007-08

CI on ARC Discovery ‘The Prison Project’ with Professors Chris Cunneen and David Brown, Dr Alex Steel (UNSW) & Dr Mark Brown (Melbourne University), 2008-2010

CI on ARC Linkage ‘Working from the Ground up: Community Development with Public Housing Communities’ with Professor Jude Irwin & Dr Sue Goodwin (Sydney University), 2008-2012

CI on DADHC grant ‘People with Intellectual Disability in the CJS’ 2009/10

CI on Housing NSW contract ‘Housing Homelessness and people with MHD&CD’ 2009/10

CI on Evaluation of Aboriginal women leaving prison support program Homelessness NSW

CI on NHMRC grant: Social and cultural resilience and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal mothers in prison (SCREAM) (2010 –2013)

CI on ‘Frequent Presenters to Emergency Units Project’ funded by NSW Health

CI on ‘MHDCD and Alcohol amongst people in the criminal justice system’ grant by AERF (Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation)

Lead CI on ARC Linkage Grant Indigenous Australians with mental Health Disorders and Cognitive Disability in the Criminal Justice System. 2011-2013

UNSW Research Profile

Teaching

Criminology
Social Policy
Social Development

Postgraduate Research Supervision
Eileen currently is supervising students working on various aspects of the NSW prison and criminal justice systems, children in the criminal justice system, community development in public housing neighbourhoods, homelessness, Indigenous welfare, Indigenous women post-release. The main topics include:
*The relevance of a human rights approach to development in indigenous policy in Australia, in particular to addressing disadvantage and discrimmination experienced by indigenous women
* Re-theorising Men who procure sexual services
*History of Aboriginal welfare in NSW
*Australian asylum seeker and refugee policy: a contested area
*Community regeneration in public housing
*Child and family homelessness
*Mens sociality and recovery after mental disorders and suicide attempt

Publications

Recent books and chapters (2002 onwards)

Baldry, E., McDonnell, D., Maplestone, P., Peeters, M. 2002 Ex-prisoners and accommodation: what bearing do different forms of housing have on social re-integration: Positioning paper. AHURI, Melbourne. (refereed)

Baldry, E., McDonnell, D., Maplestone, P., Peeters, M. 2003 Ex-prisoners and accommodation: what bearing do different forms of housing have on social re-integration: Final Report AHURI, Melbourne. (refereed)

Baldry E & Green S 2003 “Indigenous Welfare in Australia” Ch 3 in C Aspalter (ed) Neo-Liberalism and the Australian Welfare State Casa Verde Publishing, Taiwan.

Baldry, E. 2005 ‘The effect of housing post-release on re-integration into the community’ in S. O’Toole & S. Eyland (eds) Correctional Criminology Hawkins Press (federation Press), Sydney.

Baldry, E & Maplestone, P. 2005 Women ex-prisoners post-release: where to from here? Ch 18 pp75-88, In Bridge Foundation Out of Sight, Out of Mind Gininderra Press, ACT.

Baldry, E. & Sotiri, M 2009 ‘Social Work in Corrections’ chapter 20 in P. Swain & S. Rice ‘In the Shadow of the Law’ 3rd ed Federation Press:360-375.

Baldry, E., Hughes, M & Burnett, L. 2011 Studying for Social Work, Sage, London.

Recent Refereed Articles (2002 onwards)

Baldry, E. & Green, S. 2002" Indigenous Welfare in Australia" Journal of Societal and Social Policy Vol1 No1:1-14.

Baldry, E. 2002 "Dealing. Women in the Drug Economy" Book Review. Criminal Justice: The International Journal of Policy and Practice. v2no1.:96-97

Baldry, E. & Borzychi, M. 2003 “Post-release policy, issues and services in Australia: Themes emerging from a roundtable discussion” Trends and Issues in crime and criminal justice No. 262 Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra (referred)

Baldry, E. & Maplestone, P. 2003 ‘Aboriginal Prison Releasees In New South Wales - Preliminary Comments Based on ex-Prisoner Research’ Indigenous Law Bulletin 5(22):7-8.

Baldry, E., McDonnell, D., Maplestone, P., Peeters, 2003 Australian Prisoners’ Post-release Housing Current Issues in Criminal Justice, Vol 15, No 2: 155-169.

Davis, C., Baldry, E., Milosevic, B. & Walsh, A. 2004 Defining the role of the hospital social worker in Australia Pt1 International Social Work 47(3):346-358.

Baldry, E. 2004 Women in prison 25 years after Nagle. Current Issues in Criminal Justice Vol 16, No 1:101-105.

Davis, C., Milosevic, B., Baldry, E. & Walsh, A. 2005 Defining the role of the hospital social worker in Australia Pt2 International Social Work 48(3): 289-299.

Baldry, E., Bratel, J., Dunsire, M. & Durrant, M 2005. Keeping children with a disability safely in their families. Practice: a Journal of the British Association of Social Workers 17(3):143-156.

Baldry, E., Green, S & Thorpe, K. 2006 “Urban Aboriginal Peoples’ experience and use of human services” International Social Work 49(3):364-375

Baldry, E., McDonnell, D., Maplestone, P., & Peeters, M. 2006 Ex-prisoners, accommodation and the state: post-release in Australia. ANZ Journal of Criminology Vol 39(1):20-33

Baldry, E. Bratel, J. & Breckenridge, J. 2006 Domestic Violence and Children with Disabilities Australian Social Work Vol 59(2):185-197

Armstrong, K., Baldry, E & Chartrand, V. 2007 Human Rights Abuses & Discrimination against Women in the Criminal Justice System in NSW. Australian Journal of Human Rights 12(2):203-228

Baldry, E. 2007 Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice, Review. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 19(1):129-131.

Green, S. & Baldry, E. 2008 Building an Australian Indigenous Social Work Australian Social Work 61(4):389-402.

Baldry, E., Dowse, L., Snoyman, P., Clarence, M., & Webster, I. 2008 ‘A critical perspective on Mental Health Disorders and Cognitive Disability in the Criminal Justice System’ ANZ Critical Criminology Conference Proceedings (refereed), UNSW.

Baldry, E. 2009 Australian Prisons: a booming industry Debate 4:31-34

Dowse, L. Baldry, E. & Snoyman P. 2009 Disabling criminology: conceptualizing the intersections of critical disability studies and critical criminology for people with mental health and cognitive disabilities in the criminal justice system. Australian Journal of Human Rights 15(1): 29-46

Baldry, E. 2009 Prisons, Institutions and Patriarchy 2009 ANZ Critical Criminology Conference Proceedings (refereed) Monash University Melbourne:18-30

Baldry, E. & McCausland, R. 2009 Mother: seeking safe home. Aboriginal women post-release, Current Issues in Criminal Justice 21(2) : 288-301

Baldry, E. 2009 Home Safely: Aboriginal Women Post-release and their Children, Indigenous Law Bulletin 7(15):14-17

Baldry, E. 2010 Women in transition: prison to … Current Issues in Criminal Justice 22(2):253-268

Baldry, E., Brown, D., Brown, M Cunneen, C., Schwartz, M & Steel, A. 2011 Imprisoning Rationalities ANZ Journal of Criminology 44(1) pp. 24 - 40.

Recent commissioned reports

Vinson, T. & Baldry, E. 2000 “Reducing the number of women in prison” research submission to Select Committee on the Increase in Prisoner Population NSW Parliament Upper House Committee.

Vinson, T. & Baldry, E. 2001 “Reducing the number of men in prison” research submission to Select Committee on the Increase in Prisoner Population NSW Parliament Upper House Committee.
integration? Positioning paper AHURI, Melbourne. (refereed)

Baldry, E. & Maplestone, P. 2002 Barriers to ex-prisoners' and their families' social and economic participation. Commissioned Discussion paper for Commonwealth Department of Family & Community Services

Baldry, E. & Meehan, A. 2003 Literature Review and Model Evaluation: Homelessness and Ex-Offenders. Research paper commissioned by NSW Partnership Against Homelessness through NSW Department of Housing.

Baldry, E. 2007 Recidivism and the role of social factors post-release. Precedent 81:4-7.

Baldry, E. & McCausland, R. 2007 ‘Literature Review of Aboriginal Women’s needs post release’ for Homelessness NSW

Baldry, E. Ruddock, J. & Taylor J. 2008 ‘Aboriginal Women with Dependent Children Leaving Prison Project: Needs analysis Report’ for Homelessness NSW and Western Sydney Strategic Plan Against Homelessness (WSSPAH), Sydney ISBN: 978-0-646-49790-7

Fisher, D., Dowse, L., Clarence., Baldry, E.,& McCausland, R. 2011 Problematic Alcohol Use amongst People with Mental Health Disorders and Cognitive Disability in the criminal justice system Report. For the Alcohol Education Rehabilitation Foundation.

Most recent conference and public presentations (2009 onwards)

Baldry & Dowse 2009 Mental Health Disorders and Cognitive Disability in the NSW CJS, presentation to the Senior Officers Group NSW Human Service Agencies 15 May Sydney

Baldry, E. Dowse, L. 2009 Disability Studies Meets Criminology
Disability Studies Conference UNSW Sydney June 26-27

Baldry E & Dowse L 2009 People with Mental Health Disorders and Cognitive Disability in the Criminal Justice System. Keynote Address Criminal Law Conference Sydney 1st July

Baldry, E. 2009 Disabling the Prison ANZ Critical Criminology Conference Monash Chambers, Melbourne July 8-9

Baldry, E., with McComish, C. & Clarence, M. 2009 Punishing the Vulnerable: women with MHD & CD in the CJS, Keynote speaker, Sisters Inside Conference Brisbane, 22-4 September

Baldry, E. with Dowse, L. & Clarence, M. 2009 Overview of the state of prisons in Australia & NSW. Keynote Speaker, NSW Community Justice Forum, State Library, Sydney 5th September

Baldry, E 2009 Post release needs of Aboriginal Women, Keynote speaker Australian Drugs Annex Conference, Melbourne 18th September

Baldry, E. 2009 Patterns of involvement of people with Mental Health Disorders and Cognitive Disability in the criminal justice system in NSW Invited keynote speaker FAHCSIA occasional lecture, Canberra, 27th October

Baldry, E. 2009 Prisons and Social Housing: new therapeutic institutions. Keynote address Impact Conference, Sydney, 12th October

Baldry E. 2009 Punishing vulnerable women by recycling in and out of prison: transitional and post-release options Crime Custody and Beyond Sydney University Institute of Criminology & Corrective Services NSW Conference. Sydney, 16th November

Baldry, E. 2009 Pathways to Prison Keynote Speaker, University of Sydney Social Policy Network Seminar Sydney, 18th November

Baldry, E. 2009 Pathways to Prison for vulnerable groups. Invited address, University of Hong Kong Social Work School Occasional Address, Hong Kong, 23rd November.

Baldry, E with Dowse, L., & Clarence, M 2010 Cognitive Disability in the NSW CJS, keynote address Criminal Justice Research Network Seminar, Law School UNSW Feb 16th

Baldry, E with Dowse, L., Clarence, M & Snoyman, P. 2010 Pathways to Prison, Keynote address Transitions Seminar, Corrections Victoria, Melbourne 1st March.

Baldry, E. 2010 Prison the last resort Politics in the Pub Keynote speaker with Shadow Attorney General, Greg Smith, March 5th, Sydney

Baldry, E & Dowse, L., with Clarence, M & Snoyman, P. 2010 Disability in the Criminal Justice System invited keynote address to Attorney General NSW Disability Advisory Council March 10th, Sydney

Baldry, E & Dowse, L. with Clarence, M & Snoyman, P. 2010 Juveniles with MHD&CD in the criminal justice system keynote address to Juvenile Justice NSW Senior Executive, March 18th, Sydney.

Baldry, E. with Dowse, L., Clarence, M & Snoyman, P. 2010 MHD&CD in the criminal justice system, keynote address NSW Public Defenders’ conference, March 28th, Sydney.

Baldry, E. 2010 Crime Free Housing Seminar, Keynote address, Sydney Institute of Criminology, March 29th Sydney University

Baldry, E. with Dowse, L., Clarence, M & Snoyman, P. 2010 MHD&CD in the CJS Keynote address NSW District Court Conference, April 6th, Sydney.

Baldry, E. with Dowse, L., Clarence, M & Snoyman, P. 2010 MHD&CD in the CJS Keynote address Community Legal Centres NSW Conference, May 6th, Sydney.

Baldry, E. 2010 keynote address Australasian Prison Chaplains’ Conference May10th Sydney

Baldry, E. 2010 Graduation Address, Australian College of Applied Psychology, May 13th Sydney University

Baldry, E. with CJRC team, Reducing the Prison population Seminar, NSW Opposition Party Room, May 20th NSW Parliament House Sydney

Baldry, E. 2010 Homelessness, Institutions and the State, Keynote address, AHURI Seminar May 28th Sydney

Baldry, E. 2010 Punishing the vulnerable, invited presentation, International Social Work and Social Development Conference, June 10-14, Hong Kong Convention Centre

Baldry, E. with Dowse, L., Clarence, M & Snoyman, P. 2010 A Marginalised Space, NorthSouth Conference, June 21-22, Belfast, Nth Ireland.

Baldry, E. Cunneen, C & Schwartz, M. 2010 Australian Prison Project, Panel, International Conference on Prison Abolition, 23-25 June, Belfast Nth Ireland.

Baldry, E. with Dowse, L., Clarence, M & Snoyman, P. 2010 A Marginalised Space, ANZ Critical Criminology Conference, 1-2 July, Sydney University

Baldry, E. 2010 Women with complex needs including problematic alcohol use in the criminal justice system in NSW Oral Evidence to the Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into Drugs and Crime, 2nd August.

Green S & Baldry, E, S. 2010 Decolonising Australian Social Work Education Bridging the Gap conference University of Sydney 27th August.

Baldry, E. 2010 Engaging the Community Keynote Address to the Pacific Regional Heads of Prisons Conference, Swiss Grand Hotel, Bondi, 31st August.

Baldry, E. with Dowse, L., Clarence, M. 2010 Homelessness and criminal Justice Pathways 6th Homelessness National Conference 1-3rd September Brisbane Convention Centre.

Baldry, E. 2010 Pathways into the CJS. Invited Presentation to The Heads of Research of Human Services NSW Human Services Offices Sydney 9th September

Baldry, E. 2010 Indigenous Australians with MHDCD in the criminal justice system, Invited Presentation to Aboriginal Justice Committee NSW Legal Aid, Sydney 10th September

Baldry, E. 2010 The Revival of Social Justice The Marg Barry Memorial Lecture 16th September Alexandria Town Hall, Sydney.

Baldry. E. 2010 Women with Mental Health disorders and cognitive disability in the criminal justice system. Invited presentation to A Solid Foundation… A Vision for the Future, Canadian Commissioner for Women’s High Level Forum on Canadian Women’s Corrections. Ottawa, 28th September- 1st October

Baldry, E. 2010 Complex needs, homelessness & civil law interventions

Interests

Social justice and change towards equitable societies, fair redistribution of resources internationally and locally, the development of civil and civic societies.