Rate My Professor Belinda Crissman

Dr Belinda Crissman serves as a Lecturer in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University, part of the Arts, Education and Law Group. She is affiliated with the Griffith Criminology Institute and is located at the Nathan Campus (N16). Her professional email is b.crissman@griffith.edu.au and phone is +61 (0)7 3735 1076. Dr Crissman's research addresses critical issues at the nexus of mental health and the criminal justice system, including deaths in custody, prison health services, and mental health service trajectories.

Key publications include 'Deaths of people with serious mental disorder: An investigation of avoidable deaths in custody' (2019, Australian Journal of Social Issues), where she was the corresponding author, examining overrepresentation of individuals with serious mental disorders in prison deaths. She co-authored 'Women's Health in Queensland Prisons: An Analysis of Stakeholder Perspectives' (2017, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology) with Catrin Smith, Janet Ransley, and Troy Allard, analyzing stakeholder views on health services for incarcerated women. In 2026, she contributed to 'Developmental trajectories of outpatient mental health service contact from childhood to early adulthood among people who die by suicide' (Frontiers in Psychiatry) with James M. Ogilvie, Emily Hurren, Carleen Thompson, and others. Earlier works encompass 'Treatment with youth who have committed sexual offences' (2008) and efforts to improve therapeutic engagement with adolescent sexual offenders. Dr Crissman was a member of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice team awarded the 2015 Vice Chancellor's Research Excellence Award for developing and expanding population-based linked databases tracking youth through Queensland's justice, correctional, and mental health systems. She convenes the course 'Mental Disorder and Crime' (7103CCJ). In 2012, she visited high schools to discuss criminology.