Emily Moir is a senior lecturer in Criminology and Justice. Emily is an environmental criminologist and crime analyst who is interested in how certain environments and situations enable opportunities for crime. Her research focuses on guardianship and citizen-led crime control, exploring how regular people not involved in law enforcement and the criminal justice system can help to detect, respond to, and prevent crime. She has applied this work across a range of crime types including burglary and property crime, elder abuse, workplace exploitation, and parole and probation reoffending. Emily has consulted with a variety of state and local agencies on projects related to community safety and crime trends and project evaluation.
Emily is on the Editorial Board for Security Journal and on the Committee of Management for the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology.
Professional Memberships
- Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology
- Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis
- American Society of Criminology – Division of Community and Place
- Security Journal Editorial Board
Awards/Fellowships
- Adam Sutton Crime Prevention Award, Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology, 2020
- Letter of Recognition for Outstanding Student Satisfaction Ratings (100%), Griffith University 2017
Professional Social Media
Research grants
Grant/Project name |
Investigators |
Funding body & A$ value |
Year(s) |
Focus (of research grant) |
Relationships Australia |
Emily Moir, Vinathe Sharma-Brymer |
$110,000 |
2024 |
Elder Abuse: Best Practice Perpetrator Interventions and Programs Research |
Life Without Barriers |
Emily Moir, Dimity Adams |
$19,406 |
2023-2024 |
Evaluation of Harmful Sexual Behaviour Training |
The Salvation Army |
Emily Moir, Dimity Adams |
$24,869 |
2023 |
Understanding Environmental Safeguarding of Young People in a Charitable Organisation |
UniSC Launch Partnership |
Kristen Tulloch, Emily Moir, Andrew Wood, Kate Mulgrew |
$26,122 |
2022-2023 |
PUSH! Evaluating a Skills-Based Positive Psychology Program for At-Risk Young People |
Sunshine Coast Regional Council |
Emily Moir, Tim Prenzler, Susan Rayment-McHugh, Natalee Cairns |
$39,764 |
2022-2023 |
Nambour Community Safety Review: Phase 2 |
Queensland Police Service |
Emily Moir, Kelly Hine, Susan Rayment-McHugh, Nadine McKillop |
$19,920 |
2022 |
I live my life…without a knife Evaluation
|
Queensland Police Service |
Susan Rayment-McHugh, Emily Moir |
$29,946 |
2021-2022 |
Evaluation of the ‘JTYouGotThis’ Program |
Sunshine Coast Regional Council |
Timothy Prenzler, Susan Rayment-McHugh, Emily Moir |
$12,000 |
2021 |
Nambour Crime and Safety Review |
Research areas
- Citizen-led crime prevention and community safety
- Environmental criminology and crime analysis
- Problem-oriented policing
- Burglary prevention
- Elder abuse
Teaching areas
- Introduction to Criminology
- Introduction to Cybercrime
- Justice and the Australian Legal System
- Punishment and Corrections
Program coordinator
Emily's research focuses on guardianship and citizen-led crime control, exploring how regular people not involved in law enforcement and the criminal justice system can help to detect, respond to, and prevent crime.