About Me

Dr F. D. Baffour is a criminal justice social worker and a senior lecturer in the School of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Sciences at Central Queensland University, Australia.

Holding a PhD in criminal justice social work, Dr Baffour has received prestigious awards including the James Cook University Excellence Doctoral Research Thesis Medal, and passed his PhD thesis with cum laude (rated within the top 5% of PhD candidates worldwide).

Dr Baffour’s work has been published in high-profile peer-reviewed journals, including the British Journal of Social Work, Criminal Justice and Behavior, International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, Crime & Delinquency, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Victims and Offenders, Criminal Justice Review, and others.

Dr Baffour's current projects are exploring the collateral consequences of imprisonment on professional membership and housing in Australia, as well as perpetrator allyship.

General

Universities Studied At

James Cook University

University of Ghana

Universities Worked At

James Cook University

University of New South Wales,

University of Newcastle

Awards

The James Cook University Excellence Doctoral Research Thesis Medal, and

Cum laude (rated within the top 5% of PhD candidates worldwide).

Recent Research Projects

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Research Supervision

Accreditation

I am currently accredited for supervision in the following:

3901 Curriculum and Pedagogy
4402 Criminology
4409 Social Work
4405 Gender studies

Current Capacity

I am currently available to supervise more research candidates

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Research Interests

Human Society

Other human society - Other human society not elsewhere classified
Research interests include: Criminal justice social work, crime and rehabilitation, social work, and criminology