Rate My Professor Kerry Wimshurst

Kerry Wimshurst is an academic in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. He serves as Campus Convenor for courses such as those in the CCJ series and is a member of the Griffith Criminology Institute within the Arts, Education and Law research group. Wimshurst's research specializations include criminal justice education, student success and failure in higher education, graduate employment outcomes and satisfaction from criminology degrees, perceptions of course and degree names among criminal justice professionals and students, and the influence of crime drama on criminology students' meaning-making. His historical research focuses on penal politics and punishment in Queensland, including intersections in colonial penal policies during the 1870s, age and prostitution in the late nineteenth century, the early experiences and career expectations of women police recruits, and the policing and institutionalization of boys in care from the 1920s to 1960s.

Wimshurst has authored or co-authored numerous publications in leading journals. Key works include 'What's in a name? Perceptions of course names for criminal justice professionals' (Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 2000), 'The impact of institutional factors on student academic results: implications for 'quality' in universities' (Higher Education Research & Development, 2007), 'Criminal Justice Education, Employment Destinations, and Satisfaction' (Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 2007), 'Personal and institutional characteristics of student failure' (Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2008), 'Intersections in colonial and penal politics: The case of Queensland in the 1870s' (History Australia, 2012), 'Age, prostitution and punishment in the late nineteenth century' (Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 2014), 'Making sense of the combined degree experience: the example of criminology double degrees' (Studies in Higher Education, 2015), and 'Meaning-making and crime drama: the case of criminology students' (Media International Australia, 2019). Additional contributions cover police education models in the university sector, academic success factors, and the politics of neglect in youth justice. His scholarship addresses practical implications for university quality assurance, curriculum design in criminology programs, and historical understandings of criminal justice systems.