Professor Rebecca Wickes’ research focuses on neighbourhood social processes and their effects on crime and other social problems in Australia. She takes an interdisciplinary approach and is the lead investigator on the Australian Community Capacity Study (ACCS) – a multi-million-dollar project largely funded by the Australian Research Council and an internationally leading longitudinal study of the concentration of social problems in residential communities. Rebecca is also interested in the safety and inclusion of immigrants in Australia and is involved in ground-breaking projects that examine migrant women’s safety in the home, in the community and in the workplace. Prior to joining Griffith, Rebecca was the Founding Director of the Monash Migration and Inclusion Centre (MMIC), established in 2018 at Monash University. In this capacity she worked with local governments, non-government organisations and state governments to identify programs and pathways that enhance social, economic and cultural inclusion in urban and regional communities. She was also the Convenor of Criminology in the School of Social Sciences at Monash University from 2018 to 2021.

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  • Griffith University

    University, Brisbane, Australia
    Professor

  • Monash University

    University, Melbourne, Australia
    Professor

  • Monash University

    University, Melbourne, Australia
    Associate Professor

Research

Friendly, not friends: migrant settlement and diverse social ties in Australian regional cities

Authors Bronte Alexander, Lawrence Rivera, Rebecca Wickes
Year 2024
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
1 Journal Article

Perceived Variability as a Video-Media Prejudice Reduction Intervention

Authors Wing Hsieh, Nicholas Faulkner, Rebecca Wickes
Year 2022
Journal Name Basic and Applied Social Psychology
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3 Journal Article

Outlaw motorcycle gangs and neighbourhood crime

Authors Luke Lakeman, Kathryn Benier, Rebecca Wickes
Year 2021
Journal Name Current Issues in Criminal Justice
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9 Journal Article

The temporality of place: Constructing a temporal typology of crime in commercial precincts

Authors J Corcoran, R Zahnow, A Kimpton, ...
Year 2019
Journal Name Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science
12 Journal Article

Neighbourhood social conduits and resident social cohesion

Authors Rebecca Wickes, Renee Zahnow, Jonathan Corcoran, ...
Year 2018
Journal Name Urban Studies
14 Journal Article

Surrounded by violence: How do individual perceptions and community context shape views about violence?

Authors Elise Sargeant, Rebecca Wickes, Kristina Murphy, ...
Year 2018
Journal Name Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology
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17 Journal Article

The neighbourhood context of crime against international students

Authors Helen Forbes-Mewett, Rebecca Wickes
Year 2017
Journal Name Journal of Sociology
19 Journal Article

Disasters and crime: The effect of flooding on property crime in Brisbane neighborhoods

Authors Renee Zahnow, Rebecca Wickes, Michele Haynes, ...
Year 2017
Journal Name Journal of Urban Affairs
21 Journal Article

Greenspace and Crime

Authors Anthony Kimpton, Jonathan Corcoran, Rebecca Wickes
Year 2017
Journal Name Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
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22 Journal Article

Violence in Urban Neighborhoods: A Longitudinal Study of Collective Efficacy and Violent Crime

Authors John R. Hipp, Rebecca Wickes
Year 2017
Journal Name Journal of Quantitative Criminology
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23 Journal Article

Neighborhood Guardianship and Property Crime Victimization

Authors Rebecca Wickes, Renee Zahnow, Lacey Schaefer, ...
Year 2017
Journal Name Crime & Delinquency
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24 Journal Article

The effect of ethnic diversity on collective efficacy in Australia

Authors Kathryn Benier, Rebecca Wickes
Year 2016
Journal Name Journal of Sociology
Citations (WoS) 3
29 Journal Article

Ethnic Hate Crime in Australia: Diversity and Change in the Neighbourhood Context

Authors Kathryn Benier, Rebecca Wickes, Angela Higginson
Year 2016
Journal Name British Journal of Criminology
Citations (WoS) 8
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31 Journal Article

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Year 2015
Journal Name Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice
32 Journal Article

Police Legitimacy in Community Context

Authors Lorraine Mazerolle, Rebecca Wickes
Year 2015
Journal Name Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice
33 Journal Article

Ethnic Diversity and Its Impact on Community Social Cohesion and Neighborly Exchange

Authors Rebecca Wickes, Renee Zahnow, Gentry White, ...
Year 2014
Journal Name Journal of Urban Affairs
Citations (WoS) 20
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36 Journal Article

Policing community problems: Exploring the role of formal social control in shaping collective efficacy

Authors Elise Sargeant, Rebecca Wickes, Lorraine Mazerolle
Year 2013
Journal Name Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology
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44 Journal Article

Generating Action and Responding to Local Issues: Collective Efficacy in Context

Authors Rebecca L. Wickes
Year 2010
Journal Name Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology
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48 Journal Article

Gender and national identity: Lessons from the Australian case

Authors Rebecca Wickes, Philip Smith, Timothy Phillips
Year 2006
Journal Name Australian Journal of Political Science
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51 Journal Article

Policing Hate Crime

Authors Gail Mason, JaneMaree Maher, Jude McCulloch, ...
Year 2017
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52 Journal Article

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