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A/Prof Eileen Baldry

BA, Dip Ed, MWP, PhD
Associate Dean (Education)
School of Social Sciences and International Studies

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Teaching

Social Policy
Social Development

Research

Eileen has conducted research projects on keeping families with a child with a disability safely together (ARC funding in collaboration with the Spastic Centre of NSW); is collaborating on social and community development models especially in social housing; and is working with a colleague Associate Professor Sue Green on Indigenous Australians and Social Work theory and education. Her work on post-release homelessness of ex-prisoners and other social factors (funded by AHURI) indicates the vital importance of supported accommodation post-release to help prevent re-imprisonment. She is currently leading: a needs analysis on Aboriginal Women with Dependent Children leaving prison in NSW; an evaluation of Prison Fellowship support for children of imprisoned parents; and an ARC Linkage research project investigating the pathways people with mental health disorders and cognitive disability take through the criminal justice and other human service agency systems. She is a Chief Investigator (CI), with colleagues from Sydney University on another ARC Linkage 5 year project 'Working from the ground up: a participatory approach to community regeneration in public housing neighbourhoods', and is also a CI with colleagues from UNSW Law and Melbourne Uni on an ARC Discovery 3 year project 'The Prison project'

Research Keywords

mental health disorder and cognitive disability in the criminal justice system, prison post-release support, prisons and prisoners, women prisoners

Publications

BOOKS AND CHAPTERS

Baldry, E., Vinson, T. (eds), 1991 Actions Speak: Strategies and Lessons from Australian Social and Community Action. Longman Cheshire, Melbourne.

'Silent Spring Revisted' 1991 Ockham's Razor 3 ABC Enterprises, ABC Sydney.

Baldry, E. 1994 'USA Privateers: Neo-colonialists in a Southern Land' in Moyle, P. (ed) Private Prisons and Police: Recent Australian Trends , Pluto , Sydney

Baldry, E., Vinson, T. & Hargreaves, J. (1996) “Social networks and Child Abuse: An Ecological Study” in G. Pfeffer & D.K. Behera (eds) Contemporary Society: Childhood and Complex Order. pp214-236, Manak Publications, New Dehli.

Baldry, E. & Vinson, T. 1999 “Does Community Matter? The importance of Social Networks in Promoting Child Protection” in Laing & Beckenridge Continuing the Challenge: Speaking out against sexual & domestic violence Allen & Unwin, Melbourne.

Baldry, E. 2000 “Women in Prison; Australia” in N Rafter (ed) Encyclopaedia of Women and Crime Oryx Press, Phoenix

Baldry, E., McDonnell, D., Maplestone, P., Peeters, M. 2002 Ex-prisoners and accommodation: what bearing do different forms of housing have on social re-integration: Positioning paper. AHURI, Melbourne. (refereed)

Baldry, E., McDonnell, D., Maplestone, P., Peeters, M. 2003 Ex-prisoners and accommodation: what bearing do different forms of housing have on social re-integration: Final Report AHURI, Melbourne. (refereed)

Baldry E & Green S 2003 “Indigenous Welfare in Australia” Ch 3 in C Aspalter (ed) Neo-Liberalism and the Australian Welfare State Casa Verde Publishing, Taiwan.

Baldry, E. 2005 'The effect of housing post-release on re-integration into the community' in S. O'Toole & S. Eyland (eds) Correctional Criminology Hawkins Press (federation Press), Sydney.

Baldry, E & Maplestone, P. 2005 Women ex-prisoners post-release: where to from here? Ch 18 pp75-88, In Bridge Foundation Out of Sight, Out of Mind Gininderra Press, ACT.

REFEREED ARTICLES

Diesendorf (Baldry), E. 1988 'Why Women Leave the Church Part 1'. Women-Church No 2, Autumn.

Diesendorf(Baldry), E. 1988 'Why Women Leave the Church Part 2'. Women-Church No 3 Spring.

Diesendorf(Baldry), E. 1988 'Ordination of Women'. Social Alternatives Vol7, No3:31-34

Baldry,E. 1994 “Private Prison Entrepreneurs and the NSW Experience” Socio-Legal Bulletin No12, Autumn: 11-15

Vinson, T.; Baldry, E.; Hargreaves, J. 1996 'Neighbourhoods, Networks and Child Abuse' The British Journal of Social Work No26: 523-543.

Baldry, E. 1996 “Prison Privateers: Neo-Colonialists in NSW” Howard Journal of Criminal Justice Vol 35, No2: 161-174, May

Baldry, E. 1996 “Women's Leadership in the Consumer Movement” International Review of Women and Leadership, 2 (1): 74-85

Breckenridge, J. & Baldry, E. 1997 “Workers Dealing With Mother Blame in Child Sexual Assault Cases” Journal of Child Sexual Abuse Vol 6, No 1: 65-80.

Baldry, E. 1997 “Convicted Women: before and after prison” Current Issues in Criminal Justice Vol8, No3: 275-286.

Baldry, E. & Vinson, T. 1998 “The Current Obsession with Reducing Taxes” Just Policy No13: 3-9.

Baldry, E. & Walsh, A. 1999 “Social Workers' role in social and emotional support for women being treated for breast cancer.” Australian Social Work Vol52, No3: 37-42.

Vinson, T. & Baldry, E. 1999 “The Spatial Clustering of Child Maltreatment: are micro-social environments involved?” Trends and Issues in crime and criminal justice No. 19, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra. (refereed)

Baldry E 2001 "Homelessness and the Criminal Justice System" Women, Girls and Criminal Justice Vol 2 No 6: 83, 91-94.

Baldry, E. & Green, S. 2002" Indigenous Welfare in Australia" Journal of Societal and Social Policy Vol1 No1: 1-14.

Baldry, E. 2002 "Dealing. Women in the Drug Economy" Book Review. Criminal Justice: The International Journal of Policy and Practice. v2no1.: 96-97

Baldry, E. & Borzychi, M. 2003 “Post-release policy, issues and services in Australia: Themes emerging from a roundtable discussion” Trends and Issues in crime and criminal justice No. 262 Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra (referred)

Baldry, E., McDonnell, D., Maplestone, P., Peeters, 2003 Australian Prisoners' Post-release Housing Current Issues in Criminal Justice, Vol 15, No 2: 155-169.

Davis, C., Baldry, E., Milosevic, B. & Walsh, A. 2004 Defining the role of the hospital social worker in Australia Pt1 International Social Work 47(3): 346-358.

Baldry, E. 2004 Women in prison 25 years after Nagle. Current Issues in Criminal Justice Vol 16, No 1: 101-105.

Davis, C., Milosevic, B., Baldry, E. & Walsh, A. 2005 Defining the role of the hospital social worker in Australia Pt2 International Social Work 48(3): 289-299.

Baldry, E., Bratel, J., Dunsire, M. & Durrant, M 2005. Keeping children with a disability safely in their families. Practice: a Journal of the British Association of Social Workers 17(3): 143-156.

Baldry, E., Green, S & Thorpe, K. 2006 “Urban Aboriginal Peoples' experience and use of human services” International Social Work 49(3): 364-375

Baldry, E., McDonnell, D., Maplestone, P., & Peeters, M. 2006 Ex-prisoners, accommodation and the state: post-release in Australia. ANZ Journal of Criminology Vol 39(1): 20-33

Baldry, E. Bratel, J. & Breckenridge, J. 2006 Domestic Violence and Children with Disabilities Australian Social Work Vol 59(2): 185-197

Armstrong, K., Baldry, E & Chartrand, V. 2007 Human Rights Abuses & Discrimination against Women in the Criminal Justice System in NSW. Australian Journal of Human Rights 12(2): 203-228

COMMISSIONED RESEARCH REPORTS, MONOGRAPHS & OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Baldry, E. 1994 'Changing the Boundaries' in Biles, D. and Vernon, J. Private Sector Involvement in the Criminal Justice System Conference Proceedings, No23, AIC, Canberra.

Vinson, T., Baldry,E. & Breckenridge,J. 1995 Tertiary Educational Coverage of Sexual and Domestic Violence in New South Wales. School of Social Work, UNSW, Sydney

Vinson, T. & Baldry, E. 1995 Tertiary Learning Package - Domestic Violence School of Social Work, UNSW, Sydney.

Vinson, T. & Baldry, E. 1995 Tertiary Learning Package - Child Sexual Assault, School of Social Work, UNSW, Sydney.

Baldry, E., Breckenridge, J., Vinson, T. & Wearing, M. 1995 Strategies to enhance the coverage of adult and child sexual and domestic violence in New South Wales tertiary education institutions - Final Report. School of Social Work, UNSW, Sydney.

Baldry, E. & Vinson, T. 1998 'Australians willing to pay more taxes for social spending purposes' Uniya Brief, Uniya Jesuit Social Justice Centre, Kings Cross.

Nipperess, J. & Baldry, E. 1998 Indigenous Australian Content in Bachelor of Social Work Degrees UNSW, Sydney

Vinson, T. & Baldry, E. 2000 “Reducing the number of women in prison” research submission to Select Committee on the Increase in Prisoner Population NSW Parliament Upper House Committee.

Vinson, T. & Baldry, E. 2001 “Reducing the number of men in prison” research submission to Select Committee on the Increase in Prisoner Population NSW Parliament Upper House Committee.
integration? Positioning paper AHURI, Melbourne. (refereed)

Baldry, E. & Maplestone, P. 2002 Barriers to ex-prisoners' and their families' social and economic participation. Commissioned Discussion paper for Commonwealth Department of Family & Community Services

Baldry, E. & Meehan, A. 2003 Literature Review and Model Evaluation: Homelessness and Ex-Offenders. Research paper commissioned by NSW Partnership Against Homelessness through NSW Department of Housing.

Baldry, E. 2007 Recidivism and the role of social factors post-release. Precedent 81:4-7.

Interests

Social justice and change towards equitable societies, fair redistribution of resources internationally and locally, the development of civil and civic societies.

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