Dr Lesley Laing
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BSW(Hons)(UNSW), PhD(UNSW) BSW Program Director Senior Lecturer, Undergraduate and Pre-service Programs |
Email: Phone: +61 2 9351 4091 Fax: +61 2 9351 3783 Building.Room: A35.742 |
Research interests
Social work and social policy
- Child protection
- Social policy
- Violence in families
Professional biography
Prior to joining the Faculty, Lesley practised social work in the fields of community health, child and family mental health and child protection. She was Director of the Education Centre Against Violence, where she was responsible for the development of statewide training programs for health workers in responding to adult and child sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse and neglect. In 2000, she established the Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse at the University of New South Wales.
Awards
Faculty of Education and Social Work Teaching Excellence Award 2003
Professional and community roles
Reference Group, Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault (ACSSA)
Deputy Chair, NSW Premier's Council for Preventing Violence against Women
Current projects
- A study of women's experiences in obtaining an Apprehended Domestic Violence Order, funded by the NSW Law and Justice Foundation
- Towards Better Practice: an ARC funded study aimed at enhancing collaboration between domestic violence and mental health services. Co-researchers Jude Irwin,Lindsey Napier & Cherie Toivonen
- A study of women's experiences of navigating the Family Law system in the context of domestic violence.
Current research students
| Project title | Degree | Research student |
|---|---|---|
| Australia Says No? Policy, Politics and the Australian Government’s Approaches to Male Violence Against Women During the Howard Years (1997-2007). | PhD | Mayet Costello |
| The Experience of Fathering for Men Who Are Domestically Violent | PhD | Susan Heward Belle |
| Cultural context and Child Protection: A comparative study of South Korea and NSW. | DSW | Su Kyung Kim |
| TBA | DSW | Stephanie Unicomb |
| TBA | DSW | Anne-Marie Wilson-Salt |
Selected publications
Book chapters
- Laing, L. (2009). Violence Abuse and Health. In Bywaters, P., McLeod, E. and Napier, L. (Eds.), Social Work and Global Health Inequalities (pp. 105–117), Bristol: The Policy Press.
- Laing, L. (2008). 'Violence', criminal justice, the law, policy and practice. In Barbara Fawcett and Fran Waugh (Eds.), Addressing Violence, Abuse and Oppression: Debates and Challenges (pp. 67–79), New York London: Routledge.
Journal articles
- Laing, L. (2008). A Perilous Journey: Seeking protection in the aftermath of domestic violence. Communities Children and Families Australia, 3(2), 19–28.
Conference papers
- Laing, L, Irwin, J. (2007). Women, Domestic Violence and Depression. In Not published. Carlton Crest, Sydney, 23-25th May 2007.
- Irwin, J, Laing, L. (2007). Enhancing collaboration between mental health and women’s domestic violence services: Overview and voices of women (Keynote Paper). In Not published. Leichhardt Town Hall, Sydney, 2nd April 2007 .
- Laing, L. (2006). Swimming Against the Tide: managing child contact in the context of domestic violence. In Not published. Wellington, New Zealand, 14-16 February 2006.
- Laing, L. (2006). Domestic Violence: Research into Policy and Practice (Invited Keynote Paper to the inaugural DoCS Early Intervention Conference). In Not published. Australian Technology Park, 7 & 8 December 2006.
- Laing, L. (2005). Integration: Challenges from a domestic violence perspective (Invited Keynote Address to 'Promoting Women’s Safety Through Integration'). In Not published.. Amy Wheaton Building, School Of Social Work and Social Policy, U, 7 – 9 DECEMBER 2005.