Prof Belinda Carpenter
Professor Belinda Carpenter
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Prof Belinda Carpenter is currently an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice with research expertise in the area of death investigation and sex crimes.
With regard to my expertise in death investigations, I have received numerous ARC grants and government funding to explore various aspects of the Australian coronial system. My research is broadly socio-legal in orientation and multi-disciplinary in approach, focused on impact to the professionals and the families caught up in a coronial investigation. I have worked with pathologists, police and counsellors to determine the invasiveness of an autopsy required for best practice, with families to feedback the trauma of public inquests, and with coroners to navigate the evidentiary proof required to determine a suicide. This work is highly empirical, and qualitative in its approach. In contract, my work on sex crimes is largely theoretical in nature, utilising feminist and post structural approaches to explore public discourses. This work has culminated in a series of monographs.
My career has also included University managerial positions, most significantly Associate Dean of Research in the Faculty of Law, as well as ministerial appointments to the Queensland Parole Board. I have also had a high HDR supervisory load with more than 30 successful completions.