Rate My Professor Helena Menih

During her appointment at the University of New England, Menih delivered a Criminology Research Seminar Series presentation titled 'People need to understand why we are who we are: an ethnographic study of homeless women in Brisbane' in August 2016, drawing from her fieldwork involving ten months on Brisbane's streets engaging with homeless women. She co-presented 'Understanding prisoner re-entry challenges in rural areas in Australia' with Natalie Thomas at the Rural Crime and the Law Conference in 2018. Her peer-reviewed publications include 'Women’s experiences of homelessness, risk and desistance' in the British Journal of Criminology (2020), which examines risk perceptions among homeless women; 'Intimate partner violence and “expert” assessments in family courts: Asking the victims about their “risk”' in Victims & Offenders (2019, co-authored with Zoe Rathus, Samantha Jeffries, and Rachael Field); and contributions to 'Good Evidence, Safe Outcomes in Parenting Matters Involving Domestic Violence: Understanding Family Report Writing Practice' (University of New South Wales Law Journal, 2016). Menih has also co-authored works on ethical principles in researching vulnerable populations and sentencing discourses involving female drug offenders. Her scholarship has contributed to policy discussions, including submissions on family law reforms and critiques of parental alienation concepts.