Our research and impact

Our multi-disciplinary team is research active across a number of topics relevant to our work at the Innocence Initiative. This includes, but is not limited to, the context of wrongful conviction in Australia, race and wrongful conviction, parole, corrections and wrongful conviction, and media and true crime.

Our aim is to better our understanding of wrongful convictions and miscarriages of justice in Australia and elsewhere, and educate the wider community on these issues.

We are also available for media commentary on topics relevant to the Innocence Initiative.

Publications

Ruyters, M. & Bartle, J. (2024). The problem of post-conviction review in Australia. Alternative Law Journal.

Ruyters, M. & Bartle, J. (2024). Who’s watching Mr Big? Scenario operations and induced confessions, Current Issues in Criminal Justice. 1-16

Stratton, G., Moffa, M., Sigamoney, A., & Ruyters, M. (2023). Innocence Projects, Work-Integrated Learning, and Student Career Pathways. Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 1-17.

Stratton, G. & Moffa, M. (2023). False allegations and wrongful convictions. In Forensic Psychology, Crime and Policing, Policy Press.

Privitelli, J., Stratton, G., & Thomas, S. D. (2023). Understanding community attitudes toward miscarriages of justice: the role of social characteristics on perceptions of wrongfully convicted exonerees. Psychology, Crime & Law, 1-16.

Moffa, M., Ruyters, M., & Stratton, G. (2022). Still no bodies: Five years of “no body, no parole” in Queensland, Australia. Journal of Criminology, 26338076221087458.

Ruyters, M., Stratton, G., & Bartle, J. (2021). The culture of non-disclosure and miscarriages of justice. Alternative Law Journal, 46(4), 299-306.

Ruyters, M., Stratton, G., & Moffa, M. (2020). Wrongful convictions and the implications for corrective services. In: Prisons and Community Corrections, Routledge

Stratton, G. & Sigamoney, A. (2020). Why We Don’t See Race: How Australia Has Overlooked Race as an Influence on Miscarriages of Justice In: Race and Justice, 1-16

Tudor-Owen, J., Scott, A., Henry, P., & Stratton, G. (2019). Perceptions of exonerees in Australia In: Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 26, 206-218.

Stratton, G. (2019). Wrongful Conviction, Pop Culture, and Achieving Justice in the Digital Age In: Crime, Deviance and Popular Culture, Palgrave Macmillan,

MacFarlane, J., & Stratton, G. (2016). Marginalisation, managerialism and wrongful conviction in Australia In: Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 27, 303-321.

Stratton, G. (2015). Transforming the Central Park jogger into the Central Park Five: Shifting narratives of innocence and changing media discourse in the attack on the Central Park jogger, 1989–2014. Crime, Media, Culture, 11(3), 281-297.

Stratton, G. (2015). Wrongfully convicting the innocent: A state crime?. Critical Criminology, 23(1), 21-37.

Stratton, G. (2013). Innocent narratives: Wrongful conviction, Australian Story and the influence on public opinion. Continuum, 27(6), 875-885.

Media and expert commentary

Ruyters, M. (2024). Judge who locked up baby killer Keli Lane makes an extraordinary claim about the ex-Olympic water polo hopeful. The Daily Mail

Ruyters, M. (2024). Calls to repeal ‘no body, no parole’ laws. ABC Listen

Ruyters, M. (2024). Inside the push to scrap NSW’s ‘no body, no parole’ laws. Sydney Morning Herald

Ruyters, M. (2024). Kathleen Folbigg and Lindy Chamberlain call for changes to NSW ‘no body, no parole’ laws. The Guardian

Stratton, G. & Baker, K. (2024). Trial by Media, Insight, SBS

Ruyters, M. (2024). Keli Lane Part 2, Parole Denied. Motive and Method

Bartles, J. (2024). Parole myths. Mornings ABC

Moffa, M., Sigamoney, A., Stratton, G., Ruyters, M., & Bartle, J. (2024, April 4). Do parolees really ‘walk free’? Busting common myths about parole. The Conversation

Ruyters, M. & Baker, K. (2023, June 11). Experts call for an Australian Criminal Cases Review Commission. SBS News

Ruyters, M. (2023, June 5). Kathleen Folbigg. TripleJ Hack

Ruyters, M. (2023, April 9). When Mounties Pose as Mobsters, Some Canadians Cry Foul. The New York Times

Sigamoney, A. (2023, April 6). ‘This doesn’t scare us’: Why are young women drawn to gruesome true crime. The Age

Stratton, G. (2023, March 7). Shirley Finn. Planet Perth

Sigamoney, A. (2022, October 13). True Crime Podcasts - help or hinderance to police investigations. ABC Nightlife

Ruyters, M. (2022, September 27). No body no parole laws. 2SER

Ruyters, M (2022, September 21). ‘No remains detected to date’: Experts question utility of proposed parole law. The Age

Ruyters, M. (2022, September 20). NSW set to introduce 'no body, no parole' laws. ABC News

Ruyters. M. (2022, September 20). Triple J Hack Interview on Adnan Syed, ABC Radio

Ruyters, M. & Moffa, M. (2022, September 20). NSW to implement ‘no body, no parole’ laws. The Wire

Stratton, G., Sigamoney, A., & Bartle, J. (2022, September 6). True crime entertainment like The Teacher’s Pet can shine a light on cold cases - but does it help or hinder justice being served? The Conversation.

Bartle, J., Stratton, G., Ruyters, M., & Moffa, M. (2022, September 23). ‘No body, no parole’ laws could be disastrous for the wrongfully convicted. The Conversation.

Bartle, J. (2022, September 20). What’s next for Adnan Syed? 2GB

Stratton, G. (2019, February 25). Ethical dilemmas and the true crime podcast. 3CR

Bartle, J., Stratton, G., & Ruyters, M. (2018, October 11). Why police and prosecutors don’t always disclose evidence in criminal trials. The Conversation.

Ruyters, M. (2016, March 9). ‘The makers behind Making a Murderer’ . Triple J Hack