Rate My Professor Li Eriksson

Dr Li Eriksson is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University. She completed her PhD in Criminology at Griffith University in 2013, commencing her doctoral studies in February 2009. Eriksson is an expert in gendered violence and homicide, with her research focused on the social, relational, and contextual dynamics shaping lethal and non-lethal violence. Her academic interests encompass intimate partner homicide and femicide, the role of coercive control, maternal and paternal filicide, alcohol and drug problems among homicide offenders, childhood maltreatment and its long-term effects on decision-making, offending patterns in intimate partner violence, and victim blaming in media representations of homicide.

Eriksson has produced 39 peer-reviewed publications garnering over 800 citations. Key contributions include 'A cycle of violence? Examining family-of-origin violence, attitudes, and intimate partner violence perpetration' (2015), 'Intimate femicide: The role of coercive control' (2019), 'A general strain theory of intimate partner homicide' (2013), 'Maternal and paternal filicide: Case studies from the Australian Homicide Project' (2016), 'Academic dishonesty amongst Australian criminal justice and policing university students: individual- and contextual-level factors' (2015), and recent articles such as 'Understanding Offending Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence: They Are Not All the Same' (2025), 'Are Young Killers Different? A Comparison of Young and Older Homicide Offenders' (2025), and 'Victim Blaming, Gender, and Social Media Commentary: A Randomized Vignette Study of Audience Comments on News Reports of Intimate Partner Homicide' (2025). Her methodologies include hierarchical cluster analyses, vignette studies, qualitative thematic analysis, and life event calendars. Within her school, she holds positions as Student Engagement Coordinator and A/Criminology Student Society (CSS) Coordinator, and supervises higher degree by research projects on policing intimate partner violence using crime script analysis, offender characteristics in lethal violence, intimate partner violence among Chinese populations in Australia, and evidence-based music programs for prisoners. As a member of the Griffith Criminology Institute and the Violence Research and Prevention Program, Eriksson advances knowledge on violence precursors and prevention.