UQ Institute for Social Science Research

 
Professor Lorraine Mazerolle
Location: 
Room 409, Bldg No 39A, St Lucia Campus
Phone: 
+61 7 334 67877
Fax: 
+61 7 334 67646
E-mail: 
l [dot] mazerolle [at] uq [dot] edu [dot] au
Position: 
  • Program Leader, Policing and Security (ISSR)
  • Chief Investigator, the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security (CEPS)
Qualifications: 
  • PhD, Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey (United States), Criminal Justice (awarded October, 1993)
  • MA, Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey (United States), Criminal Justice (awarded December, 1991)
  • BA (Hons), Flinders University of South Australia, Sociology (awarded December, 1987)
  • BA, Flinders University of South Australia, Sociology (awarded December, 1984)

Background

Lorraine Mazerolle is a Research Professor in the Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) at the University of Queensland and an Australian Research Council (ARC) Laureate Fellow. She is also the Foundation Director and a Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security (CEPS), a Chief Investigator in the Drug Policy Modeling Program, and the ISSR “Policing and Security” Program Director. Professor Mazerolle leads a team of highly talented research scholars with expertise in experimental criminology, urban criminological theories, survey methods, advanced multi-level statistics and spatial statistics. She is the recipient of numerous US and Australian national competitive research grants on topics such as community regulation, problem-oriented policing, police technologies, civil remedies, street-level drug enforcement and policing public housing sites Professor Mazerolle is a Fellow of the Academy of Experimental Criminology, immediate past President of the Academy, foundation Vice President of the American Society of Criminology Division of Experimental Criminology and author of scholarly books and articles on policing, drug law enforcement, third party policing, regulatory crime control, displacement of crime, and crime prevention.

 

Research interests

  • Experimental Criminology
  • Policing, especially Third Party Policing, Problem-Oriented Policing
  • Crime Control/Crime Prevention
  • Crime Analysis/Environmental Criminology
  • Community Regulation/Community Capacity Building
  • Ecology of Crime and Urban Criminological Theories

Major grants

  • Chief Investigator (with Pickering, Mason, McCulloch, Maher, Wickes, Pope, Dickinson, Sargent and Ballek), 2011–2013. ARC Linkage: Targeted Crime: Policing and Social Inclusion (AUD $336,000).
  • Chief Investigator (with Jaqueline Davis), April 2011 to April 2012. Systematic Review: What are the impacts of interventions to reduce violent crimes in developing countries? Funded by the Systematic Review Window, International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, Inc (3ie) through the Global Development Network (USD $78, 624).
  • Laureate Fellowship, 2010 to 2015. Multi-Site Trials of Third Party Policing: Building the Scientific Capacity for Experimental Criminology and Evidence-Based Social Policy in Australia. Funded by the Australian Research Council (AUD $2.6 million).
  • Chief Investigator (with Silke Meyer), May 2010 to February 2011. An Evaluation of the “Coordinated Response to Young People At Risk” (CRYPAR) Program. Funded by the Queensland Police Service (AUD $200,000). 
  • Chief Investigator (with Gentry White, Andrew Smith and Rebecca Denning), February 2010 to January 2012. National Security i-Library. Funded by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (AUD $265,000). 
  • Chief Investigator (with Sarah Bennett and Matthew Manning), July 2009 to April 2010. Systematic Review of Legitimacy Policing. Funded by the UK National Policing Improvement Agency NPIA and George Mason University (USD$50,000).
  • Chief Investigator (with Gary La Free (lead on US grant), Daniel  Mabrey, and Rebecca Denning), July 2009 to July 2010. Threat Assessment of Terrorist and Extremist Organizations in Indonesia, the Phillipines and Thailand. Funded by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (AUD $250,000) and the US Department of Homeland Security (USD $200,000).  
  • Chief Investigator (with Sarah Bennett), February to June 2009. Systematic Search of Procedural Justice. Funded by the UK National Policing Improvement Agency NPIA (AUD $50,000). 
  • Chief Investigator (with Rebecca Denning), February to June 2009. Systematic Search of Serious Crime Investigations. Funded by the UK National Policing Improvement Agency NPIA  (AUD $50,000). 
  • Foundation Director and Chief Investigator (with Peter Grabosky, Michael Wesley, Mark Western, Mark Finnane, Mark Kebbell, Bill Tow, Gabriele Bammer, Pat Weller, Tim Prenzler and Paul Boreham), 2007 to 2012. ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security (CEPS) (AUD $10,000,000 from ARC and AUD $15,148,000 from Collaborating Organisations, total is AUD $25,148,000).
  • Chief Investigator (with Sarah Bennett and Matthew Manning), July 2009 to April 2010. Systematic Review of Procedural Justice. Funded by the UK National Policing Improvement Agency NPIA and George Mason University (USD$50,000).
  • Chief Investigator (with Gary La Free (lead on US grant), Daniel  Mabrey, and Rebecca Denning), July 2009 to July 2010. Threat Assessment of Terrorist and Extremist Organizations in Indonesia, the Phillipines and Thailand. Funded by Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (AUD $250,000) and the US Department of Homeland Security (USD $200,000).
  • Chief Investigator (with Alison Ritter (lead), Paul Dietze and Gabriele Bammer), Drug Policy Modeling Program. 2006 to 2010. Funded by Colonial Foundation Trust (AUD $7.7 million to National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales; $610,000 sub-contract to Griffith University for Lorraine Mazerolle to conduct research in the area of drug law enforcement)
  • Laureate Fellowship, 2010 to 2015. Multi-Site Trials of Third Party Policing: Building the Scientific Capacity for Experimental Criminology and Evidence-Based Social Policy in Australia. Funded by the Australian Research Council (AUD $2.6 million).
Recent key publications: 

Books

  • Mazerolle, L. and Ransley, J.  (2006). Third Party Policing. Cambridge Studies in Criminology Series. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
  • Green, L.  (1996). Policing Places with Drug Problems. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Edited books

  • Wortley, R. and Mazerolle, L. (Eds).  (2008). Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis. London, UK: Willan Publishers. Translated into Japanese, with a new introduction (2010). Japanese translation right arranged with Willan Publishing through Japan UNI Agency, Inc. Tokyo.

     

  • Mazerolle Green, L. and Roehl, J. (Eds.) (1998).  Civil Remedies and Crime Prevention: Crime Prevention Studies. Vol. 9. Monsey, NY: Criminal Justice Press.

Refereed Journal Articles

  • Mazerolle, L., Ransley, J., & White, G. (2012). Violence in and around entertainment districts: A longitudinal analysis of the impact of late-night lockout legislation. Law and Policy, 34 (1), 55–79.
  • Mazerolle, L., McBroom, J., & Rombouts, S. (2011). Compstat in Australia: An analysis of the spatial and temporal impact. Journal of Criminal Justice, 39 (2), 128–136.
  • Mazerolle, L., Bennett, S., Manning, M., Ferguson, P., & Sargeant, E. (2010). Legitimacy and policing. Protocol.  The Campbell database of systematic reviews. http://www.campbellcollaboration.org/library.phpMazerolle, L., Wickes, R. and McBroom, J.  (In Press).  Community Variations in Violence: The Role of Social Ties and Collective Efficacy in Comparative Context. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency.
  • Dray, A.,  Mazerolle, L., Perez, P. and Ritter, A.  (2008).  Policing Australia’s ‘heroin drought’: an agent-based model to simulate alternative outcomes.  Journal of Experimental Criminology. Vol. 4: 267-287.
  • Mazerolle, L., Rombouts, S., and McBroom, J.  2007. “The Impact of Compstat on Reported Crime in Queensland: A Time Series Analysis.” Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategy and Management. Vol 30, No 2, pp 237-256.  Winner: Emerald Publishing Best Paper Prize
  • Mazerolle, L., Soole, D. and Rombouts, S. 2006. “Street-level drug law enforcement: A meta-analytic review.” Journal of Experimental Criminology. Issue 2, pp 409-435.
  • Revised, peer reviewed and published as a sanctioned review for the Crime and Justice Group of the Campbell Collaboration. 2007.
  • Mazerolle, L., Kadleck, C., and Roehl, J. 2004. “Differential Police Control at Drug Dealing Places.” Security Journal Vol 17, Number 1, 61-69.
  • Mazerolle, L., Rogan, D.,  Frank, J., Famega, C., and Eck, J., 2002 “Managing Citizen Calls to the Police: The Impact of Baltimore’s 311 Call System.” Criminology and Public Policy Vol 2, Number 1 November. pp 97-124.
  • Mazerolle, L, Price, J.F., and Roehl, J.,  2000. “Civil Remedies and Drug Control: A Randomized Field Trial in Oakland, CA.” Evaluation Review. Vol 24, No 2 pp 211-239.
  • Mazerolle, L., Ready, J., Terrill, B., and Waring, E. 2000. “Problem-Oriented Policing in Public Housing: The Jersey City Evaluation.” Justice Quarterly Vol 17, No 1, pp 129-158.
  • Braga, A., Weisburg, D., Waring, E., Mazerolle, L., Spelman, W., and Gajewski, F. 1999. “Problem Solving in Violent Crime Places: A Randomized Controlled Experiment.” Criminology. Vol. 37 (3), pp 541-580.
  • Mazerolle, L., Kadleck, C., and Roehl, J. 1998. “Controlling Drug and Disorder Problems: The Role of Place Managers.” Criminology Vol 36 (2), pp 371-402.

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