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Personal profile
Biography
Robyn Oxley is a Tharawal woman from the South-West Sydney area of New South Wales with family connections to the Yorta Yorta clan along the Murray River in Victoria. Ms Oxley is an Assistant Lecturer in Criminology for the Faculty of Arts.
Robyn's research interests include:
- Social Constructs of Aboriginality
- Cultural Appropriation of Indigenous knowledge and Indigenous culture
- Self-determination in the criminal justice system
- Aboriginal women imprisonment and Family Violence
- Pre and Post release support of Aboriginal people
Robyn is knowledgable within the Aboriginal experience with the criminal justice system and her research is aimed at improving the social justice outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres strait Islanders through comparative analysis from other States and Territories.
Education/Academic qualification
Criminology, Bachelor (Honours, MONASH UNIVERSITY
Criminology, Bachelor, MONASH UNIVERSITY
External positions
Independent Vicitor Program, Commission for Children and Young People
Jun 2019 → …Keywords
- Indigenous
- Aboriginal affairs
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Law
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
- Aboriginal history
- Aboriginal Studies
- Prisons
- Prisons privatisation
- Deaths in Custody
- Royal Commission
- family violence
- Overrepresentation
Prizes
Southern Womens Action Network Bursary
Robyn Oxley (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities 2019 2019
- 2 Public lecture/debate/seminar
Panel: #FreeHer: Poverty as a Pathway to Prison
Robyn Oxley (Contributor)27 Jun 2019
Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
So what if... We didn't have prisons
Robyn Oxley (Contributor)27 May 2019
Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Press / Media
Tanya Day inquest to investigate role of systemic racism in her death in custody
27/06/19
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Victoria's high rate of Indigenous incarceration is a systemic problem
31/05/19
1 item of media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment