Dr Michelle Sydes
Research Fellow
School of Social Science
+61 7 336 51070
Researcher biography
Michelle Sydes is a criminologist and Lecturer at the School of Social Science. Michelle's PhD explored the impact of immigration on neighbourhood violence and provided the first longitudinal examination of the immigration-crime link in the Australian context. Her research interests are centred on communities and crime – with particular focus on how changes in immigration, disadvantage and residential segregation impact neighbourhood crime. Between 2017 and 2018, Michelle worked in partnership with the Office of the Chief Inspector to promote, implement and assess evidence based practices at Queensland Corrective Services. Michelle continues to pursue research focused on understanding best practice in corrections. Michelle's work has been published in leading national and international journals including the Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, the Journal of Experimental Criminology, Crime and Delinquency, the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology and the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. Michelle has worked on and co-authored several systematic reviews including a rapid review of the 'what works' literature in corrections. This review was used by Queensland Corrective Services to guide and inform their 10 Year Strategic Plan.
Book Chapters
Sydes, Michelle (2021). Immigration and neighbourhood
crime. Crime and Disorder in Community Context. (pp. 23-46) edited by Rebecca Wickes and Lorraine Mazerolle. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315668178-2
Sydes, Michelle, Wickes, Rebecca and Zahnow, Renee (2021). Distance to crime. Crime and Disorder in Community Context. (pp. 63-81) edited by Rebecca Wickes and Lorraine Mazerolle. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315668178-4
Sydes, Michelle and Wickes, Rebecca (2021). The land of the ‘Fair Go’? Mapping
income inequality and socioeconomic
segregation across Melbourne
Neighbourhoods. Urban socio-economic segregation and income inequality. (pp. 229-246) edited by Maarten van Ham, Tiit Tammaru, Rūta Ubarevičienė and Heleen Janssen. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
Wickes, Rebecca and Sydes, Michelle (2015). Immigration and crime. The Routledge handbook on crime and international migration. (pp. 11-25) edited by Sharon Pickering and Julie Ham. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203385562
Journal Articles
Eggins, Elizabeth, Mazerolle, Lorraine, Higginson, Angela, Hine, Lorelei, Walsh, Kerryann, Sydes, Michelle, McEwan, James, Hassall, Georgia, Roetman, Scott, Wallis, Rebecca and Williams, John (2021). Criminal justice responses to child sexual abuse material offending: a systematic review and evidence and gap map. Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice (623) 623.
Sydes, Michelle, Dodd, Shannon and Antrobus, Emma (2020). Body cameras behind bars: Exploring correctional officers’ feelings of safety with body-worn cameras. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 1-20. doi: 10.1177/1748895820959125
Dodd, Shannon, Antrobus, Emma and Sydes, Michelle (2020). Cameras in corrections: exploring the views of correctional officers on the introduction of body-worn cameras in prisons. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 47 (9), 1190-1208. doi: 10.1177/0093854820942288
Sydes, Michelle (2019). Immigration, ethnicity, and neighborhood violence: considering both concentration and diversity effects. Race and Justice, 215336871987518. doi: 10.1177/2153368719875183
De Rooy, Kathleen, Bennett, Sarah and Sydes, Michelle (2019). Women released from custody: investigating risk factors and reoffending. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 63 (13), 0306624X1984577-2263. doi: 10.1177/0306624X19845778
Mazerolle, Lorraine, Eggins, Elizabeth, Sydes, Michelle and Hine, Lorelei (2019). Policing domestic and family violence: a review of the evaluation literature. Police Science: Australia and New Zealand Journal of Evidence-Based Policing, 4 (1), 18-20.
Sydes, Michelle (2018). Where immigrants live: capturing ethnic segregation at the local level in two Australian cities. Australian Geographer, 50 (2), 1-21. doi: 10.1080/00049182.2018.1512184
Sydes, Michelle (2018). Review of Leanne Weber (ed.) (2015) Rethinking Border Control for a Globalizing World: A Preferred Future. Oxfordshire and New York: Routledge. International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 7 (2), 113-115. doi: 10.5204/ijcjsd.v7i2.531
Bennett, Sarah, Newman, Michael and Sydes, Michelle (2017). Mobile Police Community Office: A vehicle for reducing crime, crime harm and enhancing police legitimacy?. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 13 (3), 417-428. doi: 10.1007/s11292-017-9302-6
Sydes, Michelle (2017). Revitalized or disorganized? Unpacking the immigration-crime link in a multiethnic setting. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 54 (5), 680-714. doi: 10.1177/0022427817696955
Rohde, David, Corcoran, Jonathan, Sydes, Michelle and Higginson, Angela (2016). The association between smoke alarm presence and injury and death rates: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Fire Safety Journal, 81, 58-63. doi: doi:10.1016/j.firesaf.2016.01.008
Wickes, Rebecca, Sydes, Michelle, Benier, Kathryn and Higginson, Angela (2016). ‘Seeing’ hate crime in the community: Do resident perceptions of hate crime align with self-reported victimization?. Crime and Delinquency, 63 (7), 875-896. doi: 10.1177/0011128715625079
Sydes, Michelle L., Wickes, Rebecca L. and Higginson, Angela (2014). The spatial concentration of bias: an examination of the community factors that influence residents' perceptions of bias crime. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 47 (3), 1-20. doi: 10.1177/0004865814522638
Thesis
Sydes, Michelle (2017). The Immigration-Crime Myth: Exploring the Impact of Immigration on Neighbourhood Violence. PhD Thesis, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2017.900
Research Reports
Eggins, Elizabeth, Mazerolle, Lorraine, Higginson, Angela, Hine, Lorelei, Walsh, Kerryann, Sydes, Michelle, McEwan, James, Hassall, Georgia, Roetman, Scott, Wallis, Rebecca and Williams, John (2021). Criminal justice responses to child exploitation material offending: a systematic review and evidence and gap map. Canberra, ACT Australia: Australian Institute of Criminology.
Fitzgerald, Robin, Dodd, Shannon, Antrobus, Emma and Sydes, Michelle (2020). Evaluation of the Borallon Training & Correctional Centre. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
Mazerolle, Lorraine, Eggins, Elizabeth, Sydes, Michelle and Hine, Lorelei (2020). Police Responses to Domestic and Family Violence – A Rapid Review of the Evaluation Literature. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
Sydes, Michelle and Williamson, Harley (2019). SMS reminders for court appearances: does message content matter amongst defendants on bail?. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland.
Antrobus, Emma, Dodd, Shannon and Sydes, Michelle (2019). Cameras in corrections: a report to Queensland Corrective Services. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland.
Sydes, Michelle and Hine, Lorelei (2019). Nudging offenders to attend community service: assessing the efficacy of appointment reminders and procedural justice in community corrections. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland.
Mazerolle, Lorraine, Eggins, Elizabeth, Sydes, Michelle, Hine, Lorelei, McEwan, James, Norrie, Grace and Somerville, Adele (2018). Criminal justice responses to domestic and family violence: a rapid review of the literature. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Sydes, Michelle, Eggins, Elizabeth and Mazerolle, Lorraine (2018). What works in corrections? A review of the evaluation literature. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Queensland Corrective Services.
Sydes, Michelle and McEwan, James (2018). Targeting technical violations through SMS: the Parole Appointment Reminder trial. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland.
Higginson, Angela, Mazerolle, Lorraine, Sydes, Michelle, Davis, Jacqueline and Mengersen, Kerrie (2015). Policing interventions for targeting interpersonal violence in developing countries: a systematic review. 3ie Systematic review London: International Initiative for Impact Evaluation. doi: 10.23846/sr31277