{"id":6834,"date":"2026-02-05T06:57:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T20:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/?p=6834"},"modified":"2026-02-05T06:57:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T20:57:28","slug":"call-for-contributions-edited-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/2026\/02\/05\/call-for-contributions-edited-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Contributions:  Edited Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Call for Contributions:\u00a0 Edited Book<\/p>\n<p>Researching People who have offended sexually:\u00a0 Behind the scenes<\/p>\n<p><u>Editors<\/u>:<\/p>\n<p>Danielle Arlanda Harris (Griffith University, Australia)<\/p>\n<p>Anja Emilie Kruse (University of Oslo, Norway)<\/p>\n<p>Kelly Richards (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>We invite contributions from both emerging and established scholars (employed in academic and other research environments) that explore:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The broad range of challenges, pitfalls, successes and unexpected events that occur when conducting research on people who have offended sexually<\/li>\n<li>Challenges and innovations in accessing people who have offended sexually \u2013 a hard-to-reach population<\/li>\n<li>Survivor-scholars\u2019 experiences of researching people who have offended sexually<\/li>\n<li>The impacts of researchers\u2019 and\/or participants\u2019 gendered, racialized, classed and\/or other marginalized identities in researching people who have offended sexually<\/li>\n<li>Challenges and innovations with a range of relevant gatekeepers (e.g. IRBs, funding bodies, government\/industry\/community research partners)<\/li>\n<li>The issues that accompany researching undetected or unconvicted people who have offended sexually<\/li>\n<li>The issues that accompany translating knowledge (especially unpalatable findings) into policy and practice<\/li>\n<li>The use of emerging technologies to research people who have offended sexually<\/li>\n<li>The impacts of researching people who have offended sexually (e.g. professional, career, personal, familial, psychological)<\/li>\n<li>Building rapport with people who have offended sexually<\/li>\n<li>The strengths and challenges of cross-cultural and\/or cross-national research with people who have offended sexually<\/li>\n<li>Safety concerns (e.g. physical, emotional, psychological)<\/li>\n<li>Issues of definition and\/or measurement<\/li>\n<li>Experiences of hope, redemption, reform, atonement, restoration etc<\/li>\n<li>Moral and ethical conundrums<\/li>\n<li>Epistemological matters, including but not limited to the thorny representation of people who have offended sexually, their actions, and their life stories<\/li>\n<li>Issues of sample representativeness and generalisability<\/li>\n<li>The issues that accompany researching treated or untreated people who have offended sexually<\/li>\n<li>Managing others\u2019 reactions about your research on people who have offended sexually \u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u2026and we welcome other suggestions aligned with the overarching aim of the book!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Timeline<\/strong> (subject to change):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Abstract deadline \u2013 31 March 2026<\/li>\n<li>Notification of acceptance<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> \u2013 1 May 2026<\/li>\n<li>Draft chapters due \u2013 30 September 2026<\/li>\n<li>Feedback from Editors on draft chapters \u2013 31 December 2026<\/li>\n<li>Revised chapters due (if required) \u2013 30 March 2027<\/li>\n<li>Publication \u2013 late 2027<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information and to provide an abstract please see here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/files\/2026\/02\/KELLY-Call-for-contributions_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Call for Papers Information<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Call for Contributions:\u00a0 Edited Book Researching People who have offended sexually:\u00a0 Behind the scenes Editors: Danielle Arlanda Harris (Griffith University, Australia) Anja Emilie Kruse (University of Oslo, Norway) Kelly Richards (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; 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