Anastasia Powell

(MENAFN- The Conversation)

• Professor of Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University

Profile Articles

Dr Anastasia Powell is Professor of Family & Sexual Violence, in Criminology & Justice Studies at RMIT University, specialising in policy responses, legal reform and primary prevention of sexual and family violence against women. Dr Powell has published widely in these fields, including eight books, and has contributed to policy specific research on violence against women for the Victorian State and Australian Commonwealth Governments. Dr Powell holds national leadership roles both as a director of Our Watch, and as an expert member of the Domestic, Family & Sexual Violence Working Group of the National Women's Safety Alliance (NWSA). Her recent research has examined technology-facilitated abuse and includes national projects funded by Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety (ANROWS) and the Criminology Research Council. Currently she is a Chief Investigator on an Australian Research Council funded Discovery Project investigating sexualised deepfakes.

Experience

• 2013–present Criminology & Justice Studies, RMIT University
• 2008–2012 Lecturer, Sociology, La Trobe University

Education

• 2008 The University of Melbourne, PhD (Criminology)

Publications

• 2021 The Palgrave Handbook of Gendered Violence and Technology, Palgrave Macmillan
• 2018 Digital Criminology: Crime and Justice in Digital Society, Routledge
• 2018 Image-based Sexual Abuse, Routledge
• 2017 Sexual Violence in a Digital Age, Palgrave Macmillan
• 2015 Rape Justice: Beyond the Criminal Law, Palgrave Macmillan
• 2014 Preventing Sexual Violence: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Overcoming a Rape Culture, Palgrave Macmillan
• 2011 Domestic Violence: Australian Public Policy, Australian Scholarly Press
• 2010 Sex Power and Consent: Youth Culture and the Unwritten Rules, Cambridge University Press

Grants and Contracts

• 2022 Technology-Facilitated Sexual Harassment: Perpetration, Responses and Prevention Role: Co-Investigator Funding Source: ANROWS
• 2020 Technology Facilitated Abuse Role: Co-Investigator Funding Source: ANROWS
• 2017 Revenge pornography: The prevalence and nature of non-consensual imagery, and the implications for law reform Role: Co-Investigator Funding Source: Australian Research Council
• 2017 Responding to cybercrime crime: Perceptions and needs of Australian police and the general community Role: Co-Investigator Funding Source: Criminology Research Advisory Council, Australian Institute of Criminology
• 2016 Crime and Justice by Social Media Role: DECRA Fellow Funding Source: Australian Research Council
• 2016 Responding to Revenge Pornography: The Scope, Nature and Impact of Australian Criminal Laws Role: Co-Investigator Funding Source: Criminology Research Advisory Council, Australian Institute of Criminology
• 2013 Technology Facilitated Sexual Violence and Harassment: Violence Against Women in Cyberspace Role: Chief Investigator Funding Source: Australian Research Council

Research Areas

• Causes And Prevention Of Crime (160201)
• Crime Policy (160504)
• Gender Specific Studies (169901)
• Sociology And Social Studies Of Science And Technology (160808)

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