Ms Kristi Anderson

Kristi is a PhD candidate, casual academic and senior research assistant in Criminology within the School of Social Science. Her research interests include system responses to sexual, domestic and family violence, the relationship between childhood maltreatment and offending, and the role of trauma-informed responses to impact victim engagement and justice outcomes. Kristi has worked within police organisations in a research and training capacity. Her portfolio included delivering specialist training to investigators of sexual offences, child harm and youth offending, in addition to evaluating a range of police training from recruit driving skills to trauma-informed investigative practice. 

Kristi is currently working on an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project, led by Associate Professor Sarah Bennett, entitled ‘Legitimacy and Effective Policing Responses to Domestic and Family Violence (DFV)’ (2024-27).  As part of this project, she is conducting doctoral research into how frontline police identify and respond to less 'visible' forms of DFV after the criminalisation of coercive control.

Kristi’s doctoral research is supervised by Associate Professor Sarah Bennett and Dr John Gilmour.

Qualifications

Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Queensland (2023)

Research Outputs

Bennett, S., Gilmour, J., Anderson, K., Carr, K. (in press). Understanding police, case and system factors that lead to attrition of sexual offence cases. Trends & Issues in Crime & Criminal Justice.

Bennett, S., Gilmour, J., Anderson, K., & Carr., K. (in press). Understanding police, case and system factors that lead to attrition of sexual offence cases (CRG report). Australian Institute of Criminology.

Bennett, S., Gilmour, J., Carr, K., Helton, K., & Anderson, K. (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), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41887-025-00098-z

Bennett, S., Gilmour, J., Anderson, K., & Colbert, P. (2025). Police capacity, capability and culture: Understanding best-practice investigations of sexual offences. University of Queensland.

Bennett, S., Colbert, P., Antrobus, E., Gilmour, J., Hartley, J., Waters, M., Anderson, K., Fennell, N., & Faa, J. (2024). Identifying effective diversionary practice: An exploration of policing, legal and Youth Justice responses to youth crime. University of Queensland.

Anderson, K., MacDonald, J., & Mallory, S. (2024). Operation Templar: QPS Recruit Driver Training – Findings and recommendations. Queensland Police Service. 

Anderson, K., & Verrier, J. (2023). The Protective Services Group (PSG) Culture Change Project: Findings 2022-2023. The Queensland Police Service. 

Hobson, P., Jayarathne, O., Whiddett, L., Anderson, K., Bennett, S., & Heck, P. (2023). First Responder Crisis Intervention (FRCI) course evaluation. The University of Queensland.

Bennett, S., & Anderson, K. (2022). Research brief: Police diversionary actions with young people. University of Queensland.

Bennett, S., Gilmour, J., Fennell, N., & Anderson, K. (2022). Effectiveness of police diversionary action – Evaluation report. The University of Queensland.

Bennett, S., Gilmour, J., Anderson K., Helton, K., & Carr, K., (2022). Investigating Sexual Assault: Corroborating and Understanding Relationship Evidence (ISACURE). University of Queensland.

Anderson, K. (2022). The Protective Services Group (PSG) Culture Change Project: Findings 2021-2022. Queensland Police Service. 

Bennett, S., Mazerolle, L., & Anderson, K. (2021, August 17-20). Procedural justice and police legitimacy – Research brief. 2021 Australian and New Zealand Society of Evidence-Based Policing (ANZSEBP) conference, Policing Under Scrutiny: Leadership, Legitimacy and the Role of Evidence.

Bennett, S., & Anderson, K. (2021). QPS Detective and Investigation Training and Continuum Project – Final report. The University of Queensland.

Bennett, S., Daley, K. & Anderson, K. (2021). Police training research: Victim engagement. University of Queensland.

Bennett, S., Daley, K. & Anderson, K. (2021). Police training research: Investigative techniques. University of Queensland.

Presentations

Trauma-informed professional practice in the criminal justice system (2025), Introduction to Professional Practice in Criminology (CRIM1111). University of Queensland.

Intimate Partner Sexual Violence (2024), Domestic & Family Violence Vulnerable Person (DFV-VP) Specialist Course. Senior Leader Course, Queensland Police Service.

Evidence-based police responses to youth crime (2024), Child Protection and Youth Justice Investigator Course. Specialist Investigator Training, Queensland Police Service.

Project Templar: Results from the evaluation of QPS Recruit Driver Training (2024), People Capability Command. Queensland Police Service.

Trauma-informed self-care for investigators of child harm (2024), Interviewing Children and Recording Evidence (ICARE) course. Specialist Investigator Training, Queensland Police Service.

Psychological wellbeing for criminal investigators (2024). Investigating Sexual Assault - Corroborating Relationship Evidence (ISACURE) course. Specialist Investigator Training, Queensland Police Service.

Results from the PSG Culture Project (2023), Security & Counter-Terrorism Command. Queensland Police Service.

Transforming workplace culture (2022), Security & Counter-Terrorism Command. Queensland Police Service Headquarters.

Building positive culture in the Queensland Police Service (co-presentation with Assistant Commissioner Debra Platz). Queensland Police Service.

Evaluation of QPS Detective & Investigation Training: Findings and recommendations (virtual presentation with Associate Professor Sarah Bennett), Detective Training. Queensland Police Service.