Religion and Society Research Cluster

Associate Professor Toby Miles-Johnson

• Director of Academic Program - Criminology and PolicingDirector of Academic Program - Criminology and Policing
• Discipline Lead - Criminology and Policing
• Adjunct Associate Professor - School of Justice - QUT
• Adjunct Associate Professor - Centre for Justice - QUT
• Chair of Policing – Policing Research Group Australian New Zealand Society of Criminology

Associate Professor Toby Miles-Johnson has a national and international profile as a policing scholar specialising in quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Having researched with different institutions and groups of people, Toby specialises in research with police organisations, national security agencies, international defence agencies, and diverse groups of people, and people categorised as vulnerable or hard to reach. He has conducted multiple research projects in collaboration with six police organisations around Australia, as well as with the Australian Federal Police, two police organisations in the United Kingdom, and three police departments in the United States. Toby is interested in how institutions such as police and other national/international security agencies, respond to and engage with all citizens when experiencing victimisation or when professional engagement occurs. His research examines police training, police education, police staffing, and police engagement with diverse communities. His research interests also include: Policing – Religion and Cultural Practices, Policing – Domestic Violence, Threat and Victimisation, Gender, Sexuality, Victimisation and Crime, Prejudiced Motivated Crime (Hate Crime), and International Security. Cited and discussed in key policing documents around the globe, his research examines police recognition and response to domestic violence, hate crime, forced marriage, religious policing, mental health policing, as well as recruitment, deployment, attrition and promotion of officers, and policing diversity and inclusion. He is the current ‘Chair of the Policing Group’ within the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology. He is also the Director of the Academic Program for Criminology and Policing at Western Sydney University.

Qualifications

Honours and Awards

2018 Certificate of Recognition – Awarded by Advance HEA through QALT and Professor Suzi Derbyshire,
Deputy Vice Chancellor Learning and Teaching, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
2016 Staff Achievement Award – University of Southampton
2013 Awarded the Deans Award for Research Higher Degree Excellence, 2013 Dean’s Commendation List for Research
Higher Degree Excellence, University of Queensland
2009 Awarded the University Medal - Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice (Honours), Griffith University, Queensland
2009 Griffith University Award for Academic Excellence
2008 Awarded the Criminology and Criminal Justice Medal - Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University, Queensland
2008 The Crime and Misconduct Commission Award (CMC) - Highest Academic Achievement - Bachelor of Criminology and
Criminal Justice, Griffith University, Queensland
2008 Griffith University Award for Academic Excellence
2007 Golden Key International Honour Society for Academic Achievement
2007 Griffith University Award for Academic Excellence
2006 Griffith University Award for Academic Excellence

Selected Publications

‘Religious policing: how religion and level of religiosity shape officer’s interaction with minority groups’  https://rdcu.be/cNrWN

Contact

Ph: (02) 9772 6403 | Ext: 6403 I Email: t.miles-johnson@westernsydney.edu.au

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