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Leanne Weber is an Adjunct Professor in the Canberra Law School with a multi-disciplinary background in the social sciences. She researches policing and border control using criminological and human rights frameworks. Leanne holds an MA in the theory and practice of human rights from the University of Essex, and an MPhil and PhD in criminology from the University of Cambridge.
Leanne held a Research Professor post in the CLS from February 2021 to December 2024, having previously been a Future Fellow in the School of Social Sciences and Director of the Border Crossing Observatory at Monash University. Prior to that she was a Larkins Research Fellow at the same institution.
Leanne has produced, or co-produced, eleven academic books and published more than 50 book chapters and journal articles. She has twice been awarded the Christine M Alder Book Prize by the ANZ Society of Criminology; in 2013 for Globalization and Borders: Death at the Global Frontier (2011, Palgrave, with Sharon Pickering) and in 2024 for Place, Race and Politics: The Anatomy of a Law and Order Crisis (2021, Emerald, with Blaustein, Benier, Wickes and Johns).
She received a lifetime achievement award from the ANZ Society of Criminology in 2024 for her contribution to the development of border criminology and promotion of human rights perspectives within the discipline.
Latest book A research agenda for a human rights centred criminology
Latest article How automated is automatic visa cancellation in Australia?
Current projects:
Analysing interactions within the criminal deportation system (DP210100931 with M Marmo, A Gerard, F Gordon, M Bosworth)
Previous ARC-funded projects:
Globalisation and the policing of internal borders (FT140101044)
Policing Migration in Australia: an analysis of onshore migration policing networks (DP0774554)
Exploring the experience of security in the Vietnamese Australian Community: practical implications for policing (LPO776899,with DL Meredyth,TN Thomas,MD Gilding,NL Cherry; Industry Partner Victoria Police).
Fluid Security in the Asia Pacific (DP1093107, with S Pickering, C Tazreiter and M Segrave)
Exporting Risk: The Australian Deportation Project (DP110102453, with S Pickering, M Grewcock and M Segrave).
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, The detention of asylum seekers at UK ports of entry, University of Cambridge
Award Date: 22 Jul 2006
Master, Theory and Practice of Human Rights, University of Essex
Award Date: 26 Mar 1998
Master, Criminology, University of Cambridge
Award Date: 17 Jul 1993
Bachelor, University of Adelaide
Award Date: 3 May 1988
Bachelor, Bachelor of Science, University of Adelaide
Award Date: 2 May 1979
External positions
Fellow of the ANZ Society of Criminology
4 Dec 2024 → …
Series co-editor Palgrave Critical Studies in Human Rights and Criminology, Palgrave Publishing
2021 → …
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Analysing interactions within the criminal deportation system
WEBER, L. (CI), Marmo, M. (CoI), GERARD, A. (CoI), Gordon, F. (CoI) & Boswroth, M. (CoPI)
5/11/21 → 31/08/26
Project: Research
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A Research Agenda for a Human Rights Centred Criminology
Weber, L. (Editor) & Marmo, M. (Editor), 3 Feb 2024, Palgrave Macmillan. 246 p. (Critical Studies in Human Rights and Criminology)Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book › peer-review
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Bordered welfare in Australia: Income management as a bordering technology of neoliberal and colonial governance
Weber, L., Maher, S. & Newitt, R., 13 May 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Punishment and Society: the international journal of penology. p. 1-23 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Robodeport or Surveillance Fantasy? How automated is automatic visa cancellation in Australia?
Weber, L. & Gerard, A., 14 Mar 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Frontiers in Sociology. p. 1-36 36 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The deep structure of internal borders
Weber, L., 2024, Handbook on Border Criminology. Bosworth, M., Franka, K., Lee, M. & Mehta, R. (eds.). United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 172-188 17 p.Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter › peer-review
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Towards a Human Rights Centred Criminology
Weber, L. & Marmo, M., 2024, A Research Agenda for a Human Rights Centred Criminology. Weber, L. & Marmo, M. (eds.). Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 1-19 19 p. (Critical Studies in Human Rights and Criminology).Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter › peer-review
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