Dr. Frank Baffour
PhDSenior Lecturer - Social Work
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Sciences
Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research
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.
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).
Accreditation
I am currently accredited for supervision in the following:
- 3901 Curriculum and Pedagogy
- 4402 Criminology
- 4409 Social Work
- 4405 Gender studies
Current Capacity
Other human society - Other human society not elsewhere classified
Research interests include:
Criminal justice social work, crime and rehabilitation, social work, and criminology
