Dr John Gilmour
Co-leader of the Justice and Society Research Cluster & Adjunct Research Fellow & Research Fellow
School of Social Science
Researcher biography
Dr John Gilmour has research experience in a wide range of content and methodological areas. His primary research is focused on integrating the use of scientific research methodologies and evidence-based practice into modern policing. He works closely with Australian police services to evaluate strategic and operational police practices and policy, and to provide evidence-based recommendations for current investigative procedures. Dr Gilmour specialises in the application of scientific research methods and modern statistical methodologies to policing practices, crime trend analysis, social issues, and system responses.
Publications
Book
Fein, Erich C., Gilmour, John, Machin, Tanya and Hendry, Liam (2022). Statistics for research students. Toowoomba, QLD, Australia: University of Southern Queensland. doi: 10.26192/q7985
Book Chapters
Abel, Susan and Gilmour, John (2022). Communication, social support, and families. Social media and technology across the lifespan. (pp. 61-79) edited by Tanya Machin, Charlotte Brownlow, Susan Abel and John Gilmour. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-99049-7_5
Gilmour, John, Jeffries, Carla, Machin, Tanya and Brownlow, Charlotte (2022). The effects of Facebook-based social support on health across metropolitan and regional Australians. Social media and technology across the lifespan. (pp. 97-114) edited by Tanya Machin, Charlotte Brownlow, Susan Abel and John Gilmour. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-99049-7_7
Brownlow, Charlotte, Machin, Tanya, Abel, Susan and Gilmour, John (2022). Final Reflections. Social Media and Technology Across the Lifespan. (pp. 131-134) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-99049-7_9
Machin, Tanya, Brownlow, Charlotte, Abel, Susan and Gilmour, John (2022). Introduction: Cyberpsychology Across the Lifespan. Social Media and Technology Across the Lifespan. (pp. 1-8) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-99049-7_1
Journal Articles
Hinde, Kylie, Hald, Gert Martin, Hallford, David, Gilmour, John, Arendt, Mikkel, Pavan, Silvia and Austin, David (2025). Posttraumatic stress symptoms in Australian parents of autistic children: Factor structure of the International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ) and the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (PCL-5). Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. doi: 10.1037/tra0001959
Bennett, Sarah, Gilmour, John, Carr, Katrina, Helton, Kirsten and Anderson, Kristi (2025). Evaluating the impact of victim-centric, trauma-informed training on sexual violence case outcomes: a quasi-experimental study of a program for police investigators. Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing, 9 (1) 3. doi: 10.1007/s41887-025-00098-z
Forster, Elizabeth M., Kotzur, Catherine, Gilmour, John S. and Richards, Julianne (2025). Paediatric pain management: Strengthening child and parent voices and partnership for improved care. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 81, A1-A2. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2025.02.003
Ho, Heemeng, Ko, Ryan, Mazerolle, Lorraine, Gilmour, John and Miao, Cheng (2024). Using Situational Crime Prevention (SCP)-C3 cycle and common inventory of cybersecurity controls from ISO/IEC 27002:2022 to prevent cybercrimes. Journal of Cybersecurity, 10 (1) tyae020, 1-33. doi: 10.1093/cybsec/tyae020
Ho, Heemeng, Gilmour, John, Mazerolle, Lorraine and Ko, Ryan (2024). Utilizing cyberplace managers to prevent and control cybercrimes: a vignette experimental study. Security Journal, 37 (1), 129-152. doi: 10.1057/s41284-023-00371-8
Bates, Lyndel, Bennett, Sarah, Irvine, Claire, Antrobus, Emma and Gilmour, John (2023). A procedurally just flyer reduces subsequent speeding offences: evidence from the Queensland Speeding Engagement Trial (QSET). Journal of Experimental Criminology, 21 (1), 201-217. doi: 10.1007/s11292-023-09582-w
Simcoe, Sarah Mae, Gilmour, John, Garnett, Michelle S., Attwood, Tony, Donovan, Caroline and Kelly, Adrian B. (2022). Are there gender-based variations in the presentation of Autism amongst female and male children?. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 53 (9), 1-9. doi: 10.1007/s10803-022-05552-9
McIlveen, Peter, Alchin, Carolyn, Hoare, P. Nancey, Bowman, Sarah, Harris, Rebecca, Gotting, Geraldine, Gilmour, John, Perera, Harsha N., Beccaria, Lisa, Kossen, Chris, Cavaye, Jim, Creed, Allison and McDonald, Nicole (2022). Place identity and careers in regional Australia. Australian Journal of Career Development, 31 (1), 57-65. doi: 10.1177/10384162221085807
Bedford, Laura, Mazerolle, Lorraine, Gilmour, John and Martin, Peter (2021). The impact of mobile technology devices on street checks and crime incidents reported: results of a randomised controlled trial. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 18 (4), 1-18. doi: 10.1007/s11292-021-09470-1
Forster, Elizabeth M., Kotzur, Catherine, Richards, Julianne and Gilmour, John (2021). Paediatric post-discharge pain and parent perceptions of support from an Australian nurse practitioner led acute pain service. Journal of Child Health Care, 26 (3) 13674935211014742, 136749352110147-406. doi: 10.1177/13674935211014742
Tanksale, Radhika, Sofronoff, Kate, Sheffield, Jeanie and Gilmour, John (2020). Evaluating the effects of a yoga-based program integrated with third-wave cognitive behavioral therapy components on self-regulation in children on the autism spectrum: a pilot randomized controlled trial. Autism, 25 (4), 1362361320974841-1008. doi: 10.1177/1362361320974841
Gilmour, John, Romaniuk, Madeline, on behalf of the PTSD Initiative , McLeay, Sarah, Harvey, Wendy, Crawford, Darrell, Colquhoun, David, McD Young, Ross, Dwyer, Miriam, Gibson, John, O’Sullivan, Robyn, Cooksley, Graham, Strakosch, Christopher, Thomson, Rachel, Voisey, Joanne and Lawford, Bruce (2020). Factor structure of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Australian Vietnam Veterans: Confirmatory factor analysis of the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM–5. Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health, 6 (1), 48-57. doi: 10.3138/jmvfh-2018-0042
Gilmour, John, Machin, Tanya, Brownlow, Charlotte and Jeffries, Carla (2020). Facebook-based social support and health: a systematic review. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 9 (3), 328-346. doi: 10.1037/ppm0000246
Conference Papers
Bates, L., Bennett, S., Antrobus, E., Irvine, C. and Gilmour, J. (2024). The Queensland Speeding Engagement Trial: Enhancing the benefits of camera detected speeding notices.. International Summer School for Policing Scholars (ISSPS) Symposium, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 26 July 2024.
Miao, Cheng, Ho, Heemeng, Tsen, Elinor, Gilmour, John and Ko, Ryan K. L. (2024). Scp-bp framework: situational crime prevention for managing data breaches in business processes. Business Process Management 22nd International Conference, BPM 2024, Krakow, Poland, 1-6 September 2024. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-70396-6_26
Research Reports
Bennett, S., Colbert, P., Antrobus, E., Gilmour, J., Hartley, J., Waters, M., Anderson, K., Fennell, N. and Faa, J. (2024). Identifying effective diversionary practice: An exploration of policing, legal and youth justice responses to youth crime.. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
Bennett, S., Gilmour, J., Fennell, N. and Anderson, K. (2022). Effectiveness of police diversionary action – evaluation report. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The Queensland Police Service.
Bennett, Sarah, Gilmour, J., Anderson, K., Helton, K. and Carr, K. (2022). Investigating Sexual Assault: Corroborating and Understanding Relationship Evidence (ISACURE) – Summary Report. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The Queensland Police Service.