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Pamela Henry

Associate Professor

Availability:

Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm

Current teaching:

• LAW4130 Innocence Project

Background

Pamela henry is the Director of the Sellenger Centre for research in Law, Justice and Social Change. 

Staff qualifications:

• PhD, CSU;
• BA(Psych)Hons, ECowan.

Research

Research interests:

• Miscarriage of justice
• Family and family law
• Suicide prevention
• Covert policing

Current research area:

• Miscarriage of justice
• Family and family law
• Suicide prevention
• Covert policing

Recent research grants:

• 2011 – Centrecare,  Implementation of the WA Suicide Prevention Strategy, (Henry, P.), $1,000,000.00.
• 2010 - WA Police, Inappropriate use of the WA Police Incident Management System,  (Rajakaruna, N. & Henry, P.), $10,000.00.
• 2010 – Centrecare, Need for FRC services in prison populations, (Henry, P. & Hamilton, K.), $38,450.00.
• 2010 – Centrecare, Problem gambling in CALD communities, (Henry, P. & Rajakaruna, N.), $53,280.00.
• 2010 - Public Purpose Trust, Criminal Justice Review Project, (Henry, P.), $200,586.10.
• 2009 – Centrecare, Post separation family project, (Henry, P.), $92,000.00.
• 2009 - WA Police, Blueline evaluation, (Henry, P. & Rajakaruna, N.), $10,000.00.
• 2009 - WA Police, The age of first cannabis use, (Henry, P. & Rajakaruna, N.), $12,800.00.

Recent publications

Refereed journal articles:

• Henry, P., & Hamilton, K. (2011). Family dispute resolution in the new family relationship centres: Practitioner perspectives. Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal.
• Hamilton, K., & Henry, P. (2011). The role of counsellors in the new family relationship centres: Practitioner perspectives. Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal. 

Conference papers:

• Scott, A.J., Savilla, K.E., Henry, P.J., & Dear, G.E. (2010). Community perceptions of stalking: Definitions of stalking and illegal conduct in Western Australia. Paper to be presented at The British Psychological Society Division of Forensic Psychology Annual Conference, 22-25 June, Canterbury, UK.
• Scott, A.J., Stratton, G., Wylie, K., & Henry, P.J. (2010).The effect of statistical DNA evidence on mock-jury decision making. Paper to be presented at the 20th Conference of the European Association of Psychology and Law, 15-18 June, Gothenburg, Sweden. 
• Duffy, L., Henry, P., Stratton, G., & Isaacson, N.   (2009). Criminalisation of the Mentally Ill. Paper presented at the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology Conference. Perth, Western Australia.
• Henry, P.J., & Clarke, S. (Nov, 2009). Stepparents and the family law system : It is just too complicated to be inclusive. Paper presented at the Family Relationship Services Australia Conference, Children and Families : Reducing Risk, Building Resilience. Sydney, Australia. 
• Henry, P.J., Isaacson, N., & Clarke, S. (2009). The experience of stepparents within the Midland Family relationship Centre. Paper presented at the 29th Annual Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law. Fremantle, Western Australia. 
• Henry, P.J., & Duffy, L. (2009). Sellenger Centre Criminal Justice Review Project : Risk to Students. Paper presented at the Australia and New Zealand Society of Criminology Conference. Perth, Western Australia. 
• Isaacson, N. & Henry, P. (Nov, 2009). Internal integrity systems: Managing risk in a policing context. Paper presented at the 22nd Annual Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology Conference. Perth, Western Australia.  
• Isaacson, N., Henry, P., & McCue, J. (Nov, 2009). The experience of non-residential stepmothers. Paper presented at the 29th Annual Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law. Fremantle, Western Australia. 
• Stratton, G., Henry, P., Isaacson, N., & Duffy, L. (2009). Agenda for Innocence. Paper presented at the Australia and New Zealand Society of Criminology Conference. Perth, Western Australia.