Associate Professor Suzanna Fay
Deputy Head of School and Chief Examiner
Co-leader of the Justice and Society Research Cluster
Associate Professor
School of Social Science
+61 7 336 52208
Researcher biography
Suzanna received her PhD in Sociology at the University of Washington where she concentrated on comparative perspectives of crime, immigration, and neighborhood action as well as methodology via association with the Centre for Statistics and the Social Sciences. Her recent work centers around three themes that are related to multiple aspects of crime and the justice system. The first theme examines the comparative context of crime and considers how different people perceive crime and criminals particularly in the neighborhood context. The second considers how perceptions of gun regulation by police, dealers, and the community influence debate and enforcement of Australia's gun laws and consider these consequences across time and space. The third, considers the perceptions of child maltreatment and abuse and it's consequences for reporting, monitoring, and court outcomes for children and families. Underscoring all three themes are sociological questions of race and ethnic stratification, and how perceptions of crime influence individual actions.
| Featured projects | Duration |
|---|---|
| The Cost of Gun Control for Licences Firearm Dealers in Australia | 2017 |
Publications
Book
Fay, Suzanna (2024). Gun Control in Context : Learning from the Australian Gun Control Experience. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003271642
Book Chapters
Fernandes, April, Ramirez, Suzanna and Crutchfield, Robert D. (2014). Race and ethnicity in social disorganization theory. Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. (pp. 4237-4245) edited by Gerben Bruinsma and David Weisburd. New York, NY, USA: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5690-2
Crutchfield, Robert and Ramirez, Suzanna (2012). Using census data and surveys to study labor markets and crime. The SAGE handbook of criminological research methods. (pp. 143-158) edited by David Gadd, Susanne Karstedt and Steven F. Messner. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
Ramirez, Suzanna and Harris, Alexes (2010). Success and failure in education and criminal justice: Identifying common mechanisms. International encyclopedia of education. (pp. 874-880) edited by Penelope Peterson, Eva Baker and Barry McGaw. Oxford, U.K.: Elsevier; Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-044894-7.00150-0
Journal Articles
Islam, Fakhrul and Fay, Suzanna (2024). Intersectional challenges in post-trafficking reintegration of survivor women of trafficking. The International Journal of Human Rights, 1-31. doi: 10.1080/13642987.2024.2372398
Staines, Zoe, Smith, Kiah, Plage, Stefanie, Nahar Lata, Lutfun, Fay, Suzanna, Zheng, Zhaoxi, Simpson Reeves, Laura, Beazley, Helen, Kuskoff, Ella, Clarke, Andrew, McGowan, Glenys, Shevellar, Lynda and Prangnell, Jonathan (2023). Social science as social action to address inequalities. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 59 (1), 108-127. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.272
Miles-Johnson, Toby and Fay, Suzanna (2023). Recruitment, deployment, promotion, and attrition of female officers: The impact on staffing and perceptions of police practice. Policing - A Journal of Policy and Practice, 17 paad060. doi: 10.1093/police/paad060
Miles-Johnson, Toby and Fay, Suzanna (2022). “Being diverse and being included, don’t go together in policing”—diversity, inclusion, and Australian constables. Societies, 12 (4) 100, 1-19. doi: 10.3390/soc12040100
Fay, Suzanna (2021). Gun dealer motivations for complying with the law: lessons from the Australian experience of gun control. Sociological Perspectives, 65 (1), 154-176. doi: 10.1177/07311214211021127
Miles-Johnson, Toby, Fay, Suzanna and Wiedlitzka, Susann (2021). Policing minority communities: how perception of engagement and level of “awareness” influence officer attitudes toward practice. Social Sciences, 10 (2) 70, 1-23. doi: 10.3390/socsci10020070
Williamson, Harley, Fay, Suzanna and Miles-Johnson, Toby (2019). Fear of terrorism: media exposure and subjective fear of attack. Global Crime, 20 (1), 1-25. doi: 10.1080/17440572.2019.1569519
Drakulich, Kevin, Fay-Ramirez, Suzanna and Benier, Kathryn (2019). The neighborhood context of perceived and reported anti-white hate crimes. Race and Justice, 12 (1), 215336871983294-27. doi: 10.1177/2153368719832944
Wiedlitzka, Susann, Mazerolle, Lorraine, Fay-Ramirez, Suzanna and Miles-Johnson, Toby (2018). Perceptions of police legitimacy and citizen decisions to report hate crime incidents in Australia. International Journal for Crime Justice and Social Democracy, 7 (2), 91-106. doi: 10.5204/ijcjsd.v7i2.489
Fay, Suzanna and Crutchfield, Robert (2018). Perceptions of “others,” risk, and counter terrorism-related informal social control. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 52 (3), 315-333. doi: 10.1177/0004865818786763
Fay-Ramirez, Suzanna (2016). Therapeutic practice through restorative justice: managing stigma in Family Treatment Court. QUT Law Review, 16 (3), 50-67. doi: 10.5204/qutlr.v16i3.669
Faye-Ramirez, Suzanna and Eggins, Elizabeth (2016). Title registration for a systematic review: family treatment drug courts for improving parental legal and psychosocial outcomes. Campbell Systematic Reviews, 15 (1-2) e1024. doi: 10.1002/cl2.1024
Miles-Johnson, Toby, Fay-Ramirez, Suzanna and Wiedlitzka, Susann (2016). (Mis)Perceptions of Ethnic Group Size and Consequences for Community Expectations and Cooperation With Law Enforcement. Race and Justice, 8 (2), 99-125. doi: 10.1177/2153368716653662
Fay-Ramirez, Suzanna, Antrobus, Emma and Piquero, Alex R (2015). Assessing the effect of the Queensland "Summer of Disasters" on perceptions of collective efficacy. Social Science Research, 54, 21-35. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2015.06.017
Fay-Ramirez, Suzanna (2014). The comparative context of collective efficacy: understanding neighbourhood disorganization and willingness to intervene in Seattle and Brisbane. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 48 (4), 513-542. doi: 10.1177/0004865814536707
Fay-Ramirez, Suzanna (2014). Therapeutic Jurisprudence in Practice: Changes in Family Treatment Court Norms Over Time. Law and Social Inquiry, 40 (1), 205-236. doi: 10.1111/lsi.12067
Fay-Ramirez, Suzanna, Western, Mark, Mazerolle, Lorraine and Wiedlitzka, Susann (2013). National security and preparedness survey technical report. SSRN Electronic Journal. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.2594567
Ramirez, Suzanna, Antrobus, Emma and Williamson, Harley (2013). Living in Queensland: preparing for and communicating in disasters and emergencies. Australian Journal of Communication, 40 (1), 1-21.
Conference Papers
Fay, Suzanna (2022). Gun Ownership Stigma, and Gun Dealer's Navigation of the Gun Control Process. American Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA USA, 11-15 November 2022.
Fay, Suzanna (2019). Gun dealer perspectives on gun control and public responses to gun ownership. American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, United States, 12-16 November 2019.
Fay, Suzanna and Eggins, Elizabeth (2018). Family treatment drug court process and parental legal outcomes: a systematic review. American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Altlanta, GA, United States, 13-17 November 2018.
Fay, Suzanna and Drakulich, Kevin (2018). Public attitudes toward gun control: politics and views of firearms in the U.S. versus Australia. American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, United States, 13-17 November 2018.
Fay-Ramirez, Suzanna and Miles-Johnson, Toby (2018). Inclusion and diversity: police officer perceptions of recruitment, retention, promotion and deployment. American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Altanta, GA, United States, 13-17 November 2023.
Fay-Ramirez, Suzanna (2017). Family Treatment Court Process and Parental Legal Outcomes: A Systematic Review. XXXVth International Congress on Law and Mental Health, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, 9-14 July 2017.
Fay-Ramirez, Suzanna, Sydes, Michelle and Benier, Kathryn (2016). The Complex Web of Australian Ethnic Segregation and Neighbourhood Change. American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, United States, 16-19 November 2016.
Fay-Ramirez, Suzanna and Martinez Jr, Ramiro (2016). A Comparative Approach to Understanding the Immigration – Crime Link: Drug Arrests in San Antonio, TX and Brisbane, Australia. American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, United States, 16-19 November 2016.
Fay-Ramirez, Suzanna (2015). Mainstreaming Therapeutic Jurisprudence: Lessons from Family Treatment Court. XXXIV International Congress on Law and Mental Health, Sigmund Freud University, Vienna, Austria, 12-17 July 2015.
Research Reports
Maitra, Suvradip, Sleep, Lyndal, Fay, Suzanna and Henman, Paul (2024). Building a trauma-informed algorithmic assessment toolkit. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making and Society. doi: 10.60836/f01c-4a18
Fay, Suzanna and Belgrove, Emma (2021). Condensed policy analysis of performace audit of QPS weapons licencing. Final report. Dalby, QLD Australia: QLD Shooters Union.
Cheshire, Lynda, Clarke, Andrew, Fay, Suzanna, Fitzgerald, Robin and Parsell, Cameron (2020). Next step home – Women on parole evaluation: Stage 2. Final report. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Queensland Government.
Cheshire, Lynda, Singh, David, Clarke, Andrew, Fitzgerald, Robin, Fay, Suzanna and Parsell, Cameron (2019). Next Step Home – Women on Parole Evaluation: Interim Report. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Queensland Government.
Fay, Suzanna, Belgrove, Emma and De Rooy, Kathleen (2019). The cost of gun control for licenced firearms dealers in Australia: general report. Belmont, QLD Australia: Sporting Shooters Association of Australia.
Seminar Papers
Henman, Paul, Fay, Suzanna, Sleep, Lyndal, Gillingham, Philip and Maitra, Suvradip (2023). Trauma-informed AI: developing and testing a practical AI audit framework for use in social services. University of Notre Dame, University of Toronto, University of Western Ontario, University of Baltimore, IBM Tech Ethics Lab.
Fay, Suzanna (2023). Divided States of America: How can we learn from Australia's experience of gun control?. Rotary Club of Oxley.
Fay, Suzanna (2019). Criminological perspectives on gun control: an update from the cost of gun control research program. Keynote Address for Sporting Shooters Association of Australia Victorian Branch Annual General Meeting.
Fay, Suzanna (2018). Guns, explosives, and learning to use the bathroom correctly on a gun raid. The Australian Society of Implant Dentistry.
Fay-Ramirez, Suzanna (2017). Criminological perspectives on gun control: an update from the cost of gun control research program. Keynote Address for Sporting Shooters Association of Australia NSW Branch Annual General Meeting.
Fay-Ramirez, Suzanna (2016). Gun control and the criminological cannon: learning about regulation from criminological research. Sporting Shooters Association of Australia National Annual General Meeting Keynote Address.