Dr Mark Halsey

• Senior Lecturer

• Coordinator of Master of Criminology

  BA(Hons)(Adel), MCrim(Melb), PhD(Melb)
  Phone: 61 3 8344 9446
  Email: mhalsey@unimelb.edu.au
  

  Mark teaches From Graffiti to Terrorism and Qualitative Research Methods. His research interests include imprisonment, youth offending, criminal justice policy, as well as cultural and criminological theory.

  Mark is in the penultimate year of a five year interview based study of young men subject to repeat cycles of incarceration and release across juvenile and adult custodial spheres in South Australia (funded initially by a Flinders University Small Grant and subsequently by an ARC Discovery Grant). The primary aim of this research is to record the lived experience of repeat incarceration for young men aged 15 to 24 through a series of initial and follow-up interviews addressing pathways into crime, experiences of incarceration, and challenges of release. This project is due for completion late in 2008. 

  Along with Stuart Ross (Melbourne Centre of Criminological Research and Evaluation) and Janet Stanley (Brotherhood of St Laurence), Mark is responsible for evaluating Australia’s first Neighbourhood Justice Centre, based in Collingwood. This Centre, established by the Victorian Government in early 2007, aims to provide a new approach to resolving civil, criminal and other matters by promoting restorative and therapeutic approaches to justice. The evaluation will conclude in October 2009.  

  In addition to these projects, Mark has undertaken consultancies for state and local government on issues ranging from graffiti management, to respite foster care, to adult conferencing in the magistrates court.

  He is the author of Deleuze and Environmental Damage: Violence of the Text (Ashgate, 2006) and has published in such journals as British Journal of Criminology, Punishment and Society, and Theoretical Criminology.

Subjects taught

• 191-101 From Graffiti to Terrorism
• 191-420 Qualitative Research Methods

Nationally competitive grants

ARC Discovery Grant (2005-08), $161,000, Understanding recidivism and repeat incarceration among young male offenders: A biographical and longitudinal approach, (jointly administered with Flinders University of South Australia under a multi-institutional agreement)

Consultancies

• 2007

Victorian Department of Justice (2007-2009), [Competitive Tender] Evaluation of Neighbourhood Justice Centre, City of Yarra Joint bid involving Centre for Criminological Research and Evaluation, University of Melbourne, and the Research Department of the Brotherhood of St Laurence
Halsey, Project Leader

• 2006

Time for Kids Inc., Client Perspectives on Intervention
Halsey, Sole Consultant

City of Onkaparinga, Desktop Review of Graffiti Management Strategy
Halsey, Principal Consultant (with Alison Young)

• 2005

City of Brimbank, [Competitive Tender] Draft Graffiti Management Strategy
Halsey, Principal Consultant

City of Melbourne, Graffiti Writers’ Perspectives of Draft Graffiti Management Strategy
Halsey, Sole Consultant

• 2004-05

South Australian Courts Administration Authority, [Competitive Tender] Evaluation of Adult Conferencing Pilot
Halsey, Principal Consultant (with Andrew Goldsmith and David Bamford)

City of Marion, Evaluation of Art of Respect Initiative
Halsey, Sole Consultant

• 2004

KESAB Environmental Solutions/Wrigley, Evaluation of Consumer Behaviour
Halsey, Sole Consultant

• 2003-04

Time for Kids Inc.,
Evaluation of organisational charter, processes and outcomes
Halsey, Sole Consultant

• 2001-02

KESAB Environmental Solutions, City of Mitcham, City of Onkaparinga, City of Tea Tree Gully, Crime Prevention Committees of the City of Salisbury, City of Tea Tree Gully, and City of Mitcham and Unley, TransAdelaide, and the Crime Prevention Unit of the South Australian Attorney General’s Department, Explorative Study of Graffiti Culture
Halsey, Principal Consultant (with Alison Young)

Publications

• Books

Halsey, M. (2006) Deleuze and Environmental Damage: Violence of the Text, London: Ashgate, 286pp.

• Chapters in Books

Halsey, M. (2008, forthcoming) ‘In the Image of Desistance: Notes on the Conditions for Making Good’ in Carlen, P. (ed) Imaginary Penalities, Willan: Collompton.

Halsey, M. (2008, forthcoming) ‘Narrating the Chase: Edgework and Young Peoples’ Experience of Crime’ in Cunneen, C. & Anthony, T. (eds) Australasian Critical Criminology Reader, Sydney: Federation Press.

Halsey, M. (2008, forthcoming) ‘Deleuze and Deliverance: Body, Wildness, Ethics’ in Herzogenrath, B. (ed) Deleuze/Guattari and Ecology, London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Halsey, M. (2007, in press) ‘Molar Ecology: What Can the Body of an Eco-Tourist Do?’ in Malins, P. & Hickey-Moodey, A. Deleuzian Encounters: Studies in Contemporary Social Issues, London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Halsey, M. (2006) ‘Social Explanations for Crime’ (revised and expanded) in Goldsmith, A., Israel, M. & Daly, K. (eds) Crime and Justice: A Guide to Criminology, 3rd edition, Sydney: Lawbook Company, pp. 89-105.

Halsey, M. (2006 [2004]) ‘Against “Green” Criminology’ in South, N. & Beirne, P. (eds) Green Criminology, London: Ashgate, pp. 553-574.

Halsey, M. & White, R. (2006 [1998]) ‘Crime, Eco-Philosophy and Environmental Harm’, in South, N. & Beirne, P. (eds) Green Criminology, London: Ashgate, pp. 195-222.

Halsey, M. & Israel, M. (2005) ‘Crime and Justice in Australia’ in Wright, R.A. & Miller, J.M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Criminology, New York: Routledge.

Halsey, M. (2003) ‘Social Explanations for Crime’, in Goldsmith, A., Israel, M. & Daly, K. (eds) Crime and Justice in the 21st Century: An Australian Textbook in Criminology, 2nd edition, Sydney: Lawbook Company, pp. 83-104.

• Journals

Halsey, M. (2007, in press) ‘Assembling the Custodial Subject: Rhetoric and Reality of Post-Release Life’, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Vol. 97, No. 4.

Halsey, M. (2007, in press) ‘On Confinement: Client Perspectives of Secure Care and Imprisonment’, Probation Journal: The Journal of Community and Criminal Justice, special issue, Experiencing Justice, Vol. 54, No. 4.

Halsey, M. & Young, A. (2006) ‘“Our Desires are Ungovernable”: Writing Graffiti in Urban Space’, Theoretical Criminology, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 275-306.  

Halsey, M. (2006) ‘Negotiating Conditional Release: Juvenile Narratives of Repeat Incarceation’, Punishment and Society, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 147-81.  

Halsey, M. (2005) ‘Ecology and Machinic Thought: Nietzsche, Deleuze, Guattari’, Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 33-56.

Halsey, M. (2004) ‘Against Green Criminology’, British Journal of Criminology, Vol. 44, No. 6, pp. 833-53. 

Halsey, M. (2004) ‘Environmental Visions: Deleuze and the Modalities of Nature’, Ethics & the Environment, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 33-64.

Halsey, M. (2003) ‘Crime and Modernity: A Review’, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, vol 36, no 3, pp. 382-89. 

Halsey, M. & Young, A. (2002) ‘The Meanings of Graffiti and Municipal Administration’, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 165-86.  

Halsey, M. (2001) ‘An Aesthetic of Prevention’, Criminal Justice, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 385-420.

Halsey, M. (1999) ‘Environmental Discontinuities: The Regulation and Production of an Eco-experience’, Criminal Justice Policy Review, special issue on environmental regulation, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 213-55.

Halsey, M. & White, R. (1998) ‘Crime, Eco-philosophy and Environmental Harm’, Theoretical Criminology, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 345-72.  

Halsey, M. (1997) ‘The Wood for the Paper: Old-growth forest, Hemp and Environmental Harm’, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 121-48.

Halsey, M. (1997) ‘Environmental Crime: Towards an Eco-Human Rights Approach’, Current Issues in Criminal Justice, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 217-42.

Commissioned reports

Halsey, M. (2006) Time for Kids Inc.: Client Perspectives on Intervention and Assistance. Prepare for Time for Kids Inc.

Halsey, M. & Young, A. (2006) Desktop Review of Onkaparinga’s Graffiti Management Strategy. Prepared for City of Onkaparinga.

Halsey, M. & Pederick, B. (2005) City of Melbourne Draft Graffiti Management Strategy, 2005: Graffiti Writers’ Perspectives. Prepared for City of Melbourne.
Goldsmith, A., Halsey, M. & Bamford, D. (2005) Adult Restorative Justice Conferencing Pilot: Final Report. Prepared for South Australian Courts Administration Authority.

Halsey, M. (2005) Draft Graffiti Management Strategy. Prepared for City of Brimbank.

Halsey, M. (2005) The ‘Art of Respect’: A Preliminary Evaluation. Prepared for City of Marion.

Goldsmith, A., Bamford, D. and Halsey, M. (2004) Adult Restorative Justice Conferencing Pilot: Interim Report. Prepared for South Australian Courts Administration Authority.

Halsey, M. (2004) Time for Kids Inc.(formerly SOS): An Interim Evaluation. Prepared for Time for Kids Inc.

Halsey, M. (2004) Gum Disposal: Final Report on Consumer Behaviour. Prepared for Wrigley and KESAB Environmental Solutions.

Halsey, M. & Young, A. (2002) Graffiti Culture Research Project: Final Report. Prepared for KESAB Environmental Solutions, City of Mitcham, City of Onkaparinga, City of Tea Tree Gully, Crime Prevention Committees of the City of Salisbury, City of Tea Tree Gully, and City of Mitcham and Unley, TransAdelaide, and the Crime Prevention Unit of the South Australian Attorney General’s Department. Available in PDF format at http://www.kesab.asn.au/graffiti/report.pdf 

Halsey, M. (2001) Graffiti Culture Research Project: Summary Report. Prepared for KESAB Environmental Solutions, City of Mitcham, Crime Prevention Committees of the City of Unley, City of Salisbury and the City of Tea Tree Gully, and the Crime Prevention Unit of the South Australian Attorney General’s Department.

Halsey, M. & Young, A. (1999) ‘Graffiti and Vandalism: A Report to Knox City Council’, Prepared for Knox City Council.

Presentations

Conference Paper (forthcoming): ‘Risking Desistance: Respect and Responsibility in the Post-Release Context’, Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Adelaide Convention Centre, 23rd to 26th September 2007.

Conference Paper: ‘On Confinement: Client Perspectives of Secure Care and Imprisonment’, Law and Society Association, Berlin, Humboldt University, 25th-28th July 2007. [Invited Paper]

Conference Paper: ‘Narrating the Chase: Edgework and Young Peoples’ Experience of Crime’, Australasian Teaching Critical Criminology Conference, University of Sydney Law School, 13th July 2007. [Invited Paper]
Open Seminar: ‘Serving the "Second" Sentence: Post-release Life for Young Male Offenders in South Australia, Law School, Flinders University of South Australia, 10th October 2006.

Conference Paper: ‘Assembling Recidivism: Rhetoric and Reality of Post-Release Support’, British Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Glasgow, 5th-7th July 2006.

Keynote Speaker: ‘The Big Clean: Managing Graffiti for the Commonwealth Games’, Graffiti Management: A Shared Responsibility, organised by City of Marion, KESAB and Office for the Southern Suburbs, Marion Cultural Centre,  29th June 2006. [Invited Paper]

Conference Paper (with Andrew Goldsmith and David Bamford: ‘Adult Conferencing in the Sentencing Process: The Adelaide Restorative Justice Project’, Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Hobart, 7th– 9th February 2006.

Keynote Speaker (with Andrew Goldsmith and David Bamford): ‘Face to Face: Results in Adult Conferencing’, SA Chapter of the AIJA, Sir Samuel Way building, 23rd November 2005. [Invited Paper]

Conference Paper: ‘Between Times: Learning to Desist from Crime’, Understanding and Responding to Chronic Youth Offending, invited paper, convened by Office of Crime Statistics and Research and the Australian Institute of Criminology, Adelaide Wine Centre, 27th October 2005. [Invited Paper]

Keynote Speaker: ‘Against the Archetype: Writer’s Perspectives on Graffiti and Urban Space’, ACT Government, Canberra, 21st June 2005. [Invited Paper]
Pre-conference Seminar: ‘Narratives of Conditional Release: An Interpretive Biographical Approach to Juvenile Repeat Incarceration’, presented at Effects of Imprisonment, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, UK, 13th – 15th April 2004.

Keynote Speaker: ‘Policing Graffiti: Toward a New Response’, International Police Association (South Australian Region), Adelaide, 11th March 2004. [Invited Paper]

Conference Paper (with Alison Young): ‘Image, Sense, Affect: Understanding Urban Space in the Eyes of Graffiti Writers’, Graffiti and Disorder: Local Government, Law Enforcement and Community Responses, Organised by the Australian Institute of Criminology in conjunction with the Australian Local Government Association, Brisbane, 18th – 19th August 2003.

Keynote Speaker: ‘Young people, law and crime’, Youth Affairs Council of South Australia (YACSA), Way Hall, Adelaide Central Mission, 13th November 2002. [Invited Paper]

Conference Paper (with Alison Young): ‘Signs of the Other?: Graffiti as Art or Vandalism?’, Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Brisbane, 1st – 3rd October 2002.

Keynote Speaker: Graffiti Prevention Forum, City of Onkaparinga, 17th July 2002. [Invited Paper]

Speaker: School Vandalism Forum, Elizabeth Vale Primary School, 19th June 2002.

Departmental Seminar: ‘Conversations with Illicit Writers: Implications for Policy and Prevention’, Law School, Flinders University of South Australia, 29th May 2002.

Keynote Speaker: Graffiti Forum, City of Charles Sturt, 9th May 2002. [Invited Paper]

Speaker: ‘Think Tank’: Graffiti Prevention – Schools, Local Government, KESAB and Police, Safer Schools Centre, Morphett Vale East Primary, 5th April 2002. [Invited Paper]

Departmental Seminar: ‘The Problem of Graffiti: Conversations with Illicit Writers’, Law School, Flinders University of South Australia, 29th August 2001.

Conference Paper: ‘An Aesthetic of Prevention: The Case of Burglary’, Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, University of Melbourne, 21st - 23rd February 2001.

Conference Paper: ‘Exploring Social and Psychological Aspects of Graffiti-Vandalism’, Anti-Graffiti Forum, City of Tea Tree Gully, 23rd February 2000. [Invited Paper]

Media

Radio ABC, Tasmania, 1st June 2001; ABC, Northern Territory, 6th June 2001;
ABC News, Adelaide, 12th June 2001; 5AA (Live), Adelaide, 12th June 2001;
6PR, Perth, 12th June 2001; ABC Overnight, Melbourne, 12th June 2001; JJJ Morning Show, 13th June 2001; ABC (Live), Brisbane, 13th June 2001; 2GB (Live), Sydney, 13th June 2001; ABC (Live), Northern Territory, 19th June 2001; ABC Statewide (Live), Victoria, 30th July 2001; 3LO (Live), John Faine, Morning Program, Melbourne, 31st July 2001; ABC 891 (Live), Adelaide, 9th May 2002; 5AA (Live), 9th May 2002; SBS, 10th May 2002; 4EB 98.1 FM (Live), Brisbane, 13th May 2002; JJJ, 13th May 2002; ABC, Darwin (Live), 12th June 2002; ABC, Canberra (Live), 14th June 2002; 5AA (Live), 10th June 2003; ABC, Melbourne (Afternoon Show, Live), 24th September 2003; ABC 891 (Live), Adelaide, 31st October 2003; ABC 5UV (Live), Adelaide, 4th May 2004; ABC 5UV (Live), Adelaide, 13th August 2004; 101.5FM, Arts Alive, 29th September 2004; 5AA (Live) 10th March 2005; 5AA (Live) 17th November 2005; ABC 621 (Live) The National Interest, 27th November 2005; 2SER, University of Technology, Sydney, 7th February 2006; ABC 621 Australia Talks Back, 8th May 2006; 3AW 12th June 2007; ABC 891, Adelaide, 21st June 2007.

Print The Advertiser, 24th February 2000; Flinders Journal, vol 12, no 8, May 28th - June 10th 2001; The Australian, 12th June 2001; The Messenger, 13th June 2001; Encounter, Flinders Alumni Magazine, August 2001; The Advertiser, 10th May 2002, p. 11; Gawler Bunyip, SA Regional Newspaper, 19th June 2002, p. 3; Brisbane Sunday Mail, 21st August 2003; The Messenger, 27th August 2003, p. 13; The Australian, 3rd November 2003, p. 14; The Australian, 6th November 2004, p. 16; The Age, 10th March 2005; The Age, 2nd June 2005, p. 14; Independent Weekly, 20th June 2005; Herald Sun, 17th November 2005, p. 7.

Television Seven News, 31st May 2001; Ten News, 9th May 2002; ABC News, 9th November 2003; Nine News, 9th November 2003; Ten News, 9th November 2003; ABC Stateline, 13th August 2004; ABC News (Melbourne), 26th October 2006; 7.30 Report, ABC TV, 19th June 2007.
Film Interviewed by Nicholas Hansen, for “Rash 2”, 24th November 2005, sequel to “Rash” (awarded Best Feature Documentary, Film Critics Circle of Australia,2005 annual awards for Australian Film)