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Biography
Sinclair Dinnen has a background in socio-legal studies and completed his PhD at ANU in 1996. His doctoral research was undertaken in Papua New Guinea while he was a research fellow at the National Research Institute (1992-1995). This research was published as Law and Order in a Weak State: Crime and Politics in Papua New Guinea (University of Hawai’i Press, 2001).
He has longstanding research interests in regulatory pluralism, comparative criminology, justice and policing, conflict and peacebuilding, post-colonial state formation and development studies. Sinclair has published in leading journals including Oceania, Contemporary Pacific, Third World Quarterly, Policing & Society, Conflict, Security & Development, International Peacekeeping, Australian Journal of International Affairs, Development and Change, and Third World Thematics, as well as book chapters , and has also co-edited seven books including, most recently, Hybridity on the Ground In Peacebuilding and Development (ANU Press, 2018).
Research interests
Post-colonial state formation; plural policing; regulatory pluralism; law & justice reform; political ordering; development discourse and practice; crime; conflict; peacebuilding; nationbuilding.
Qualifications
Expertise Areas
- CRIMINOLOGY
- Police Administration, Procedures and Practice
- Private Policing and Security Services
- Public Policy
- Comparative Government and Politics
- International Relations
- Law and Society
- Legal Institutions (incl. Courts and Justice Systems)
- OTHER LAW AND LEGAL STUDIES
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Network (past 5 years)
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Community Rule-Making in the Pacific Islands as Regulatory Innovation
Forsyth, M., Boodoosingh, R., Dinnen, S., Hukula, F. & Roberts, A.
Australian Research Council (ARC)
31/01/22 → 31/01/25
Project: Research
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Improving responses to sexual violence against children in Papua New Guinea
Putt, J., Dinnen, S. & Essacu, F.
Australian Research Council (ARC)
27/12/21 → 27/12/24
Project: Research
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VAPJP Policing and Justice Services Study
Putt, J., Barbara, J. & Dinnen, S.
Palladium International Pty Ltd
26/07/21 → 31/10/22
Project: Research
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The Role of the Private Sector in Enhancing Security in Papua New Guinea
Australian Civil-Military Centre
1/02/20 → 30/12/20
Project: Research
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Reporting, Investigating and Prosecuting Family and Sexual Violence Offences in PNG
Cardno Emerging Markets (Australia) Pty Ltd
15/05/19 → 15/12/19
Project: Research
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Plural Policing in Papua New Guinea: More Than the Sum of Its Parts?
Dinnen, S., 2022, In: Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice. 38, 3, p. 280-294Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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A Case for a Public Pacific Criminology?
Forsyth, M., Dinnen, S. & Hukula, F., 2020, Routledge Handbook of Public Criminologies. Kathryn Henne & Rita Shah (ed.). 1st ed. New York: Routledge, p. 163-178Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
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Contextualising policing in Melanesia: History, adaptation and adoption problematised
Watson, D. & Dinnen, S., 2020, Mapping Security in the Pacific: A Focus on Context, Gender and Organisational Culture. Sara N Admin, Daniella Watson & Christian Girard (ed.). 1st ed. Oxon: Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, p. 161-173Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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IB2020/23 Sexual Violence Against Children in Papua New Guinea: What the Criminal Justice Data Tells Us
Putt, J. & Dinnen, S., 2020, In: Department of Pacific Affairs. 2020/23, p. 1-2Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Insecurity, policing and marketization: Papua New Guinea's changing security landscape
Dinnen, S., 2020, Mapping Security in the Pacific: A Focus on Context, Gender and Organisational Culture. Sara N Admin, Daniella Watson & Christian Girard (ed.). 1st ed. Oxon: Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, p. 186-198Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter