Angela Dwyer is an Australian

social scientist Social science (often rendered in the plural as the social sciences) is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among members within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the ...

and writer. Her specialist area is policing studies, with a particular interest in how lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender young people experience policing.

Life

Dwyer holds bachelor degrees in

sociology Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. The term sociol ...

, and a

PhD A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the deg ...

, from

Queensland University of Technology The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a public university, public research university located in the city of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. It has two major campuses, a modern city campus in Gardens Point, Brisbane, Gardens Point ...

. She completed her

in 2006 and from the following year was a senior lecturer at the university. In 2015 she was appointed to a position at the

University of Tasmania The University of Tasmania (UTAS) is a public research university, primarily located in Tasmania, Australia. Founded in 1890, it is Australia's fourth oldest university. Christ College (University of Tasmania), Christ College, one of the unive ...

. Dwyer is a senior researcher at the Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies and serves as a member of the Vulnerability, Resilience, and Policing Research Consortium.

Publications

* ''Sex, Crime and Morality,'' co-written with Hayes, S. and Carpenter, B., Routledge, 2012 *''Queering Criminology,'' co-edited with Ball, M. and Crofts, C., Springer, 2016

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dwyer, Angela Academic staff of the University of Tasmania Academic staff of Queensland University of Technology Queensland University of Technology alumni Living people Year of birth missing (living people)