Dr Russell Brewer
Senior Lecturer
School of Social Sciences
Faculty of Arts
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Dr Russell Brewer is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Adelaide. He has a PhD from the Australian National University. His research interests include cybercrime, youth delinquency, crime prevention and policing. He has published his research findings through several leading publication outlets, holds multiple nationally competitive grants, and has been called upon by Government Agencies both domestically and abroad to advise on policy.
Russell is an Investigator on several current research projects, including the 5-year Australian Research Council funded Digital Youth Research Project (www.DigitalYouthResearch.org), as well as the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Sciences Council funded project entitled EconoMical, PsycHologicAl and Societal Impact of RanSomware (www.emphasis.ac.uk).
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Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2019 Teaching Award Vice-Chancellor's Innovation in Teaching Award Flinders University Australia — 2014 Research Award Vice-Chancellor's Award for Early Career Researchers Flinders University Australia — -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2012 Australian National University Australia PhD 2007 Flinders University Australia BA (Hons) 2006 Simon Fraser University Canada BA -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2020 Bright, D., & Brewer, R. (2020). Innovations in research on illicit networks. Global Crime, 21(1), 1-2.
2019 Holt, T. J., Brewer, R., & Goldsmith, A. (2019). Digital drift and the “sense of injustice”: counter-productive policing of youth cybercrime. Deviant Behavior, 40(9), 1144-1156.
2018 Brewer, R., Cale, J., Goldsmith, A., & Holt, T. (2018). Young people, the internet, and emerging pathways into criminality: a study of Australian adolescents. International Journal of Cyber Criminology, 12(1), 115-132.
2017 Brewer, R. (2017). The malleable character of brokerage and crime control: a study of policing, security and network entrepreneurialism on Melbourne’s waterfront. Policing and Society, 27(7), 712-731.
2017 Roach Anleu, S., Brewer, R., & Mack, K. (2017). Locating the Judge within Sentencing Research. International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 6(2), 46-63.
2015 Goldsmith, A., & Brewer, R. (2015). Digital drift and the criminal interaction order. Theoretical Criminology, 19(1), 112-130.
2014 Brewer, R., & Grabosky, P. (2014). The Unraveling of Public Security in the United States: The Dark Side of Police-Community Co-Production. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 39(1), 139-154.
2013 Brewer, R. (2013). Enhancing Crime Control Partnerships Across Government. Police Quarterly, 16(4), 371-394.
2012 Brewer, R. (2012). A Snapshot of Crime Prevention Partnerships on Australian and American Waterfronts. CEPS Briefing Paper Series, 1-6. 2008 Brewer, R., & Dalton, D. (2008). Assessing the Importance of Culture in Explaining Drug Use amongst Indigenous Police Detainees in Adelaide. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 20, 265-286. -
Books
Year Citation 2019 Brewer, R., Vel-Palumbo, M. D., Hutchings, A., Holt, T., Goldsmith, A., & Maimon, D. (2019). Cybercrime prevention: theory and applications. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.
2018 Lennon, C., & Brewer, R. (Eds.) (2018). Criminal Justice and Regulation Revisted: Essays in Honour of Peter Grabosky. Routledge. 2014 Brewer, R. (2014). Policing the Waterfront: Networks, Partnerships, and the Governance of Port Security. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. -
Book Chapters
Year Citation 2019 Brewer, R., Fox, S., & Miller, C. (2019). Applying the techniques of neutralization to the study of cybercrime. In T. Holt, & A. Bossler (Eds.), The Palgrave handbook of international cybercrime and cyberdeviance (pp. 1-19). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave.
2018 Brewer, R., & Chang, L. Y. (2018). Peter Grabosky: At the interface of criminal justice and regulation. In Y. Chang, & R. Brewer (Eds.), Criminal justice and regulation revisited: Essays in honour of Peter Grabosky (pp. 3-16). United Kingdom: Routledge. 2018 Chang, L. Y., & Brewer, R. (2018). Conclusions. In Y. C. Lennon, & R. Brewer (Eds.), Criminal justice and regulation revisted: Essays in honour of Peter Grabosky (pp. 186-192). Routledge. 2018 Brewer, R. (2018). Non-State Actors as Brokers of Crime Control: Accounting for Entrepreneurialism on the Waterfront. In L. Chang, & R. Brewer (Eds.), Criminal Justice and Regulation Revisited: Essays in Honour of Peter Grabosky (pp. 85-108). United Kingdom: Routledge. 2017 Brewer, R. (2017). Controlling crime through networks. In P. Drahos (Ed.), Regulation, Institutions and Networks (pp. 447-464). ACT; Australia: ANU Press. -
Report for External Bodies
Year Citation 2017 Goldsmith, A., Holt, T., Brewer, R., & De Vel-Palumbo, M. (2017). Interventions in Cyber Crime: A Review. -
Internet Publications
Year Citation 2019 Cale, J., Whitten, T., Brewer, R., de Vel-Palumbo, M., Goldsmith, A., & Holt, T. (2019). South Australian Digital Youth Survey Research Report: Year 1 Results. University of Adelaide.
| Year | Amount | Funding Scheme | Project |
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| 2017 | $296,000 | Australian Research Council Discovery Project | Digital Youth Research Project |
| 2017 | $1,526,000 | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | Economical, psychological and societal impacts of ransomware |
Russell coordinates the following courses:
| Code | Title |
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| CRIM 1001 | Understanding Criminology |
| CRIM 1002 | Crime, Control and Criminal Justice |
| CRIM 3002 | Criminological Research |
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2020 Principal Supervisor Exploring the role of cognitive processes in shaping the use of techniques of neutralisation through an investigation of cyberbullying Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Morgan Lee Ruth Sayer 2019 Principal Supervisor The Lived Experiences of Incarcerated Women with Cognitive Disabilities in Australian Prisons Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Julie-Anne Toohey 2019 Principal Supervisor Understanding the Role of Internet Addiction in Adolescent Cyber-Sexual Delinquency Master of Philosophy Master Part Time Caitlan Elizabeth Sian Miller 2019 Principal Supervisor Encountering Online Hate: Exploring the interactional factors associated with youth participation Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Sarah Marie Fox
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