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Garner Clancey

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Degrees and Qualifications

BA Macquarie MCrim Sydney

Courses Taught

  • Environmental Criminology: Space and Place
  • Criminal Justice Internship


Research Interests

  • Crime prevention
  • Place-based analysis and prevention of crime
  • Crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED)
  • Securitisation
  • Youth crime
  • Juvenile Justice


Brief Biographical Details

Garner has studied psychology (Bachelor of Arts), criminology (Masters), urban planning (two non-award units) and recently commenced a PhD focusing on crime prevention. Garner was appointed as a Lecturer at the Sydney Institute of Criminology (University of Sydney) in January 2012. Previously, Garner worked in the criminal justice system (NSW Department of Juvenile Justice and the NSW Police Force) for 10 years and was a crime prevention consultant for the last 10 years. During this time he developed crime prevention plans for local councils; devised a resource manual for public space CCTV; delivered training to security guards, police and others in various Australian jurisdictions and evaluated various crime prevention programs. Garner has taught (and continues to teach) criminology and crime prevention courses for in excess of 11 years at various universities, including the University of Sydney and the University of NSW.


Community Activities

Garner has been on various boards and committees with a focus on juvenile justice and crime prevention, including the National Children’s and Youth Law Centre, the NSW Young Offenders Advisory Committee and the NSW Juvenile Justice Advisory Council. Garner is currently the Vice President of the Australian Crime Prevention Council and a Deputy Director of the Sydney Institute of Criminology. Garner is also an Associate Member of the Applied Criminology Centre, Huddersfield University.

Garner regularly delivers presentations to community groups and undertakes applied criminological work. Recent presentations and activities have included/include:

  • Panel member - Sydney University Law Society discussion on Indigenous incarceration rates in Australia, 19 April 2012
  • Realities and Perceptions of Crime presentation, Gordon Neighbourhood Watch, 27 February 2012
  • Crime and the Law Study Day presentation for HSC Students, 6 March 2012
  • Facilitated numerous workshops, conferences and seminars, including the Comparative CPTED Conference held at Sydney University on 24 January 2012 (presentations available at: http://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/8101)
  • Facilitating the Blue Mountains Community Drug Action Team planning day
  • Delivering training to Staying Home, Leaving Violence Workers

Some of the resources used in these presentations can be found at: http://garnerclancey.com

Publications

Book Chapters | Refereed Journal Articles | Non-Refereed Articles | Conference/Seminar Presentations | Selected Media

Book Chapters

  • Bargen, J, Clancey, G and Chan, J, ‘Development of the Young Offenders Act’, in Chan, JBL (ed), Reshaping Juvenile Justice: The NSW Young Offenders Act 1997, Sydney Institute of Criminology: Sydney (2005) 17-24
  • Clancey, G,, Doran, S., and Maloney, E, ‘The Operation of Warnings, Cautions and Youth Justice Conferences’ in n Chan, JBL (ed), Reshaping Juvenile Justice: The NSW Young Offenders Act 1997, Sydney Institute of Criminology: Sydney (2005) 47-72

Refereed Journal Articles

  • Clancey, G, Fisher, D & Lee, M, ‘Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) and the New South Wales Crime Risk Assessment Guidelines: A Critical Review’, (2012) 14(1) Crime Prevention and Community Safety: An International Journal 1-15
  • Clancey, G, Lee, M & Fisher, D ‘Do Crime Risk Assessment Reports Measure Crime Risks?’ (2011) 23(2) Current Issues in Criminal Justice 235-254
  • Clancey, G, ‘Are we Still ‘Flying Blind’? Crime Data and Local Crime Prevention in New South Wales’ (2011) 22(3) Current Issues in Criminal Justice 491-500
  • Clancey, G, ‘Crime Risk Assessments in NSW’ (2011) 17(1) European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research 55-67
  • Clancey, G, and Howard, J, ‘Diversion and criminal justice drug treatment: mechanism of emancipation or social control?’ (2006) 25(4) Drug and Alcohol Review 377-385
  • Chan, J, Bargen, J, Luke, G and Clancey, G, ‘Regulating police discretion: An assessment of the impact of the NSW Young Offenders Act 1997’ (2004) 28(2) Criminal Law Journal 72-92

Non-Refereed Articles

  • Clancey, G, ‘Book Review – Crime Prevention by Karen Evans’ (2011) 44(3) Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology 446-449
  • Clancey, G, ‘Biting the Hand that Feeds You’ (2010) 9(2) International CPTED Association Newsletter 9
  • Clancey, G, ‘Bringing Down the House – Razing Public Housing in Australia’ (2009) 8(2) International CPTED Association Newsletter 3, 8
  • Clancey, G, ‘Causes of Youth Crime’ (2006) 16(1) YAPRap 13-16
  • Clancey, G, ‘Youth Crime in NSW – the real picture’ (2005) 15(11) YAPrap
  • Clancey, G, ‘How did we get here? Reflecting on the growth in exclusionary practices’ (2005) 15(9) YAPRap


Conference/Seminar Presentations

  • Clancey, G & Lulham, R ‘Natural Surveillance’ presented at the Surveillance in/and Everyday Life Conference, Sydney, 20-21 February 2012
  • Clancey, G, ‘Crime Prevention, Early Intervention and Mental Health’ presented at the Mental Health and Criminal Justice Form, Adelaide, 15 February 2012
  • Clancey, G,’Crime Risk Assessments in NSW’ presented CPTED Plus Workshop, Sydney Law School, 12August 2011
  • Clancey, G, 'Do Crime Risk Assessment Reports Really Assess Crime Risk?’ presented at International CPTED Association Regional Forum, Nelson, New Zealand, 21-22 June 2011
  • Clancey, G, ‘Crime Prevention Programs/Initiatives Found to be Particularly Valuable and Relevant in Australia’ presented at Crime Prevention 2011 and Beyond: A Forum of Key Personnel from the Asia-Pacific Region, Adelaide, 23-26 January 2011
  • Clancey, G, ‘Made to Order: A Preliminary Review of Crime Risk Assessment Reports in NSW’ presented at Sydney Institute of Criminology Seminar: Critical Perspectives of CPTED, 20 July 2010
  • Clancey, G, ‘Made to Order: A Preliminary Review of Crime Risk Assessment Reports in NSW’ presented at Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference, Sydney, 1-2 July 2010
  • Clancey, G, ‘Capacity Building for Crime Prevention Practitioners’ presented at 15th Anniversary International Centre for the Prevention of Crime: Crime Prevention from Across the World: Taking Stock, Evaluation, and Future Perspectives, Montreal, 7-9 December 2009
  • Clancey, G, ‘A Model for Prioritising Local Crime Problems’ presented at World Congress of Criminology Conference, Barcelona, 20-25 July 2008
  • Clancey, G, ‘Local Crime Prevention Planning’ presented at Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference, Sydney, 19-20 June 2008
  • Clancey, G, ‘Crime Data and Crime Prevention Planning’ presented at Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology Annual Conference: Building Bridges, Adelaide, 23-26 September 2007
  • Clancey, G, ‘CPTED Theory Must Meet Practice More Often’ presented at 6th Australasian Security Research Symposium, Brisbane, 20-21 April 2006
  • Clancey, G, ‘Engaging Security to Improve Young People's Access to Public Space’ presented at The International Centre for the Prevention of Crime Sixth Annual Colloquium: Communities in Action for Crime Prevention, Canberra, 14-15 September 2006
  • Clancey, G, ‘Trying to make the evidence fit : local crime prevention planning’ and ‘Targeted programming : evidence and expectations’ presented at Australian Institute of Criminology Conference: Delivering crime prevention: making the evidence work, Sydney, 22November 2005
  • Clancey, G & Howard, J ‘Diversion and criminal justice drug treatment: mechanism of emancipation or social control?’ presented at APSAD Conference: Science, Practice, Experience, Melbourne, 7-9 November 2005
  • Clancey, G, ‘2020: a public space odyssey – managing young people in public space’ presented at Australian Drug Foundation Conference: Thinking Drinking I: Achieving cultural change by 2020, Melbourne, 21-13 February 2005

Selected Media

  • Newcastle Herald - Home Security on Rise as Intruder Risk Falls, 19 April 2012
  • Drive Program East Side FM – Crime Statistics, 17 April 2012
  • Radio 2UE - Home Security and Aggravated Burglary, 1 April 2012
  • Daily Telegraph - Home Invasions, 28 March 2012
  • Sydney Observer – Crime Isn’t as Bad as You Think, February 2012
  • Radio 5AA – Crime Prevention and Mental Health, 14 February 2012
  • Sydney Morning Herald – Young People and Crime, 10 February 2012
  • Chanel 10 News – Crime Mapping, 9 February 2012
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