Associate Professor David Bright is a criminologist and forensic psychologist with the Centre for Crime Policy and Research (CCPR) at Flinders University. His research interests include criminal networks, organised crime, and terrorist networks. He heads the Flinders Illicit Networks Lab which conducts ground-breaking research using social network analysis and related approaches to study organised criminal groups and terrorist groups.
Simone was admitted to practise as a barrister and solicitor in the Supreme Court of South Australia in 2004. Her research interests include serious youth offending, repeat incarceration and the prison. She began her legal career at the District Court of South Australia as a Judges Associate and has gone on to work as a Criminal Defence Solicitor with the Legal Services Commission of SA and also in private practise. She holds a current practising certificate and continues to perform consultancy and pro bono work in criminal law. Simone joined the law school in 2009 as Project Officer on the ARC funded project,Generativity in young male (ex)prisoners: Caring for self, other and future with and beyond prison. This research forms the basis of the book Young Offenders: Crime, Prison & Beyond (Halsey and Deegan, 2015). Simone’s current doctorate investigates opportunities for life-sentenced juveniles to cope, adjust and mature in prison environments.