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Matthew Willis

Research Analyst

Contact details

Tel: (02) 6260 9287
Fax: (02) 6260 9201

Academic qualifications

• Master of Correctional Management (Charles Sturt University)
• Master of Social Science (Criminology) (Charles Sturt University)
• Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology) (Charles Sturt University)

Selected employment

2007-	Research Analyst, Australian Institute of Criminology
2006-2007	Assistant Director, Detention Operations and Client Services Branch, Department of Immigration and Citizenship
2003-2006	Research Analyst, Australian Institute of Criminology
2001-2003	Assistant Director, Parole and Remissions, Australian Government Attorney-General's Department
1999-2002	Manager Operations Support, ACT Corrective Services

Current areas of specialisation/expertise

• Corrections and detention - systems, outcomes and programs
• Australian Government law enforcement practices and systems
• Arson, particularly in the natural environment

Major projects current and past

• Reintegrating Indigenous offenders
• Bushfire arson
• Research into ex-prisoners, SAAP and homelessness

Publications (most recent)

Australian Institute of Criminology publications

• Australian Institute of Criminology 2004-2006 Bushfire arson bulletins nos 1-30. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology
• Willis M 2003. Bushfire arson: A review of the literature. Research and public policy series no. 61. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology

Journal articles

• Willis M 2005. Bushfires: How can we avoid the unavoidable? Journal of environmental hazards 6(2): 93-99.
• Willis M 2005. Conditional release: Examining the accommodation needs and experiences of ex prisoners. Parity 19 (Nov 2005).

Books and reports

• Willis M 2005. Federal prisoners: A statistical overview. In discussion paper 70 - Sentencing of federal offenders. Canberra: Australian Law Reform Commission.
• Willis M 2003. SAAP, ex-prisoners, housing and homelessness in Australia. Canberra: Australian Government Department of Family and Community Services.

Conference papers

• Willis M 2005. Fire bugged: Bushfire arson now and beyond, 2nd Annual Bushfire CRC Conference/12th Annual AFAC Conference, Auckland NZ, 6 7 October
• Willis M 2005. Fire signs: Geographic profiling and bushfire arson, 11th Annual Symposium on Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis, Santiago Chile, 25-27 July
• Willis M 2005. Human caused: Bushfire arson in Australia, Presented to forestry science students, Australian National University, 13 May
• Willis M 2005. Shifting sands : conducting field research with ex-prisoners, Safety, crime and justice : from data to policy, Canberra, 6-7 June
• Willis M 2004. The invisible hand: bushfire arson in Australia. 1st Annual Bushfire CRC Conference/11th Annual Australasian Fire Authorities Council (AFAC) Conference, Perth, 7-9 October

Committees/Memberships

• Member and Honorary Treasurer, Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology