Peter Homel

Principal Criminologist – Crime Prevention

Contact details

Tel: (02) 6260 9200
Fax: (02) 6260 9201

Academic qualifications

BA, Social Psychology (Hons) (Macquarie University)
MA, Latin American Studies (University of New South Wales)

Selected employment

2011- current	Professor, Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance, Griffith University, Queensland (concurrent appointment)
2004- current	Research Manager, Crime Reduction and Review Program, Australian Institute of Criminology (concurrent appointment)
2003-	Adjunct Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance, Griffith University, Queensland (concurrent appointment)
2002-	Senior Research Analyst, Australian Institute of Criminology
2001-2002	Research Consultant, Home Office, London UK (on secondment)
2000	Awarded Australian Public Service Medal for innovation in crime prevention
1997	Fulbright Professional Award (Government Policy) - undertaken at the RAND Corporation Criminal Justice Program, Santa Monica CA USA
1995-2002	Director, Crime Prevention Division, NSW Attorney General's Department
1992-1995	Deputy Director, Drug and Alcohol Directorate, NSW Health
1991	World Health Organisation Expert Consultancy on drug issues for the National Dangerous Drugs Control Board, Sri Lanka

Current areas of specialisation/expertise

Crime prevention research, strategic policy, program development and implementation, evaluation and review
Strategic and organisational reviews and evaluations of the implementation and effectiveness of complex social policy programs, particularly those involving multi-sector crime reduction and prevention initiatives
Methods for the translating research into practice and the development of innovative strategic and operational responses to emerging crime problems
The development and application of evidence based policy programs within the criminal justice system
Development and implementation of active dissemination processes for key aspects of criminal justice and crime reduction knowledge and practice
Drugs and crime
Social policy and program development, implementation and management
Teaching, training and professional development

List of major projects current and past

Development of a national crime prevention technical assistance program
Performance measurement framework for drug law enforcement in Australia
Performance measurement framework for measuring the effectiveness of community crime prevention action
Development of a National Crime Prevention Strategic Framework for Australia
Review of the National Community Crime Prevention Programme
Collaborative research and development program with the WA Office of Crime Prevention and the NSW Crime Prevention Division
A systemic review of the implementation of the UK's Crime Reduction Programme (for the UK Home Office)

Publications (most recent)

Australian Institute of Criminology publications

Morgan A & Homel P 2011. A model performance measurement framework for community based crime prevention. Technical and Background Paper. No. 40. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. http://www.aic.gov.au/documents/B/D/9/{BD9D5686-84DE-4914-ADFC-E9F4D6C3CE36}tbp040.pdf
Willis K, Anderson, J & Homel P 2011. Measuring the effectiveness of drug law enforcement. Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice. No.406, Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. http://www.aic.gov.au/documents/7/C/3/{7C3C0834-EE1D-4013-88D1-938A0D934782}tandi406.pdf
Homel P 2009. Improving crime prevention knowledge and practice. Trends and Issues in Criminal Justice. No. 385, Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/current%20series/tandi/381-400/tandi385.aspx
Homel P and Carroll T 2009. Moving knowledge into action: applying social marketing principles to crime prevention. Trends and Issues in Criminal Justice. No. 381, Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/current%20series/tandi/381-400/tandi381.aspx
Homel P and Willis K 2007. A framework for measuring the performance of drug law enforcement. Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice No. 332. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/current%20series/tandi/321-340/tandi332.aspx
Homel P 2005. Regional organisation for crime prevention delivery. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/other/2005-07-cp.html
Homel P 2004. The whole of government approach to crime prevention. Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice no. 287. http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi2/tandi287.html

Journal articles

Homel P & Carroll 2010. Moving knowledge into practice: applying social marketing principles to crime prevention. National Emergency Response (summer 2009/10); 14-17.
Homel P 2009. Lessons for Canadian crime prevention from recent international experience. Institute for the Prevention of Crime (IPC) Review. 3: 13-39.
Willis K & Homel P 2008. Measuring the performance of drug law enforcement. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice. 2(3) 311-321.
Nutley S & Homel P 2006. Delivering evidence-based policy and practice: lessons from the implementation of the UK Crime Reduction Programme. Evidence and policy 2(1): 5-26
Homel P 2005. A short history of crime prevention in Australia. Canadian journal of criminology and criminal justice 47(2), April

Books and reports

Homel R & Homel P forthcoming. Implementing crime prevention: good governance and a science of implementation. Chapter in B Welsh and D Farrington (eds.) The Oxford Handbook on Crime Prevention, Oxford University Press
Homel P & Kirvan MA forthcoming. Crime prevention: celebrating its inroads, accelerating its progress. Chapter in Redo S (ed.) A history of fifty years of crime prevention in the United Nations. United Nations.
Homel P 2010. Delivering effective local crime prevention: why understanding variations in municipal governance arrangements matters. Chapter in 2010 International report on crime prevention and community safety: trends and prospects. Montreal: International Centre for the Prevention of Crime. http://www.crime-prevention-intl.org/en/publications/report/report/article/international-report-2010-on-crime-prevention-and-community-safety-trends-and-perspectives.html
Homel P 2006. Joining up the pieces: what central agencies need to do to support effective local crime prevention. In Knutsson J & Clarke R (eds.) Implementation of local crime prevention measures. Crime Prevention Studies Vol 20. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 111-139.
Homel P, Nutley SN, Tilley N & Webb B 2004. Investing to deliver. Reviewing the implementation of the UK Crime Reduction Programme. London: Home Office Research Study No. 281.
Homel P, Nutley SN, Tilley N & Webb B 2004. Making it happen from the centre: managing for the regional delivery of local crime reduction outcomes. London: Home Office online report 54.

Committees/Memberships

Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology (ANZSOC)
International Centre for the Prevention of Crime Editorial and Scientific Committee
Scientific Committee for the WHO 11th World Safety Conference, Wellington New Zealand 2012)
Co-editor of the International Review on Crime Prevention: From Knowledge to Practice
Griffith University Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance Advisory Committee
NSW Commissioner for Children and Young People’s Expert Advisory Committee
NSW Government Expert Advisory Group on Drugs and Alcohol
Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) http://www.aracy.org.au/
Alcohol and other Drug Council of Australia (ADCA)